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thing
/θɪŋ/
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  1. noun
    a vaguely specified concern
    "things are going well"

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    affair matter
    type of:
    concern
  2. noun
    an action
    "how could you do such a thing?"
    type of:
    action
  3. noun
    an artifact
    "how does this thing work?"
    type of:
    artifact artefact
  4. noun
    an entity that is not named specifically
    "I couldn't tell what the thing was"
    type of:
    entity
  5. noun
    an event
    "a funny thing happened on the way to the..."
  6. noun
    any attribute or quality considered as having its own existence
    "the thing I like about her is ..."
    type of:
    attribute
  7. noun
    a persistent illogical feeling of desire or aversion
    "he has a thing about seafood" "she has a thing about him"
    type of:
    feeling
  8. noun
    a separate and self-contained entity
    type of:
    physical entity
  9. noun
    a special abstraction
    "a thing of the spirit" "things of the heart"
  10. noun
    a special objective
    "the thing is to stay in bounds"
  11. noun
    a special situation
    "this thing has got to end" "it is a remarkable thing"
  12. noun
    a statement regarded as an object
    "to say the same thing in other terms" "how can you say such a thing?"
    type of:
    statement
Examples of thing
  • "things are going well"
  • "how could you do such a thing?"
  • "how does this thing work?"
  • "I couldn't tell what the thing was"
  • "a funny thing happened on the way to the..."
  • "the thing I like about her is ..."
  • "he has a thing about seafood"
  • "she has a thing about him"
  • "a thing of the spirit"
  • "things of the heart"
  • "the thing is to stay in bounds"
  • "this thing has got to end"
  • "it is a remarkable thing"
  • "to say the same thing in other terms"
  • "how can you say such a thing?"
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