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noun
a vaguely specified concern
"things are going well"
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"how could you do such a thing?"
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"how does this thing work?"
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noun
an entity that is not named specifically
"I couldn't tell what the thing was"
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"a funny thing happened on the way to the..."
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noun
any attribute or quality considered as having its own existence
"the thing I like about her is ..."
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noun
a persistent illogical feeling of desire or aversion
"he has a thing about seafood"
"she has a thing about him"
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noun
a separate and self-contained entity
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noun
a special abstraction
"a thing of the spirit"
"things of the heart"
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"the thing is to stay in bounds"
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"this thing has got to end"
"it is a remarkable thing"
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noun
a statement regarded as an object
"to say the same thing in other terms"
"how can you say such a thing?"