What does Thing mean?
Definitions for Thing
θɪŋthing
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Thing.
Princeton's WordNet
thingnoun
a special situation
"this thing has got to end"; "it is a remarkable thing"
thingnoun
an action
"how could you do such a thing?"
thingnoun
a special abstraction
"a thing of the spirit"; "things of the heart"
thingnoun
an artifact
"how does this thing work?"
thingnoun
an event
"a funny thing happened on the way to the..."
matter, affair, thingnoun
a vaguely specified concern
"several matters to attend to"; "it is none of your affair"; "things are going well"
thingnoun
a statement regarded as an object
"to say the same thing in other terms"; "how can you say such a thing?"
thingnoun
an entity that is not named specifically
"I couldn't tell what the thing was"
thingnoun
any attribute or quality considered as having its own existence
"the thing I like about her is ..."
thingnoun
a special objective
"the thing is to stay in bounds"
thingnoun
a persistent illogical feeling of desire or aversion
"he has a thing about seafood"; "she has a thing about him"
thingnoun
a separate and self-contained entity
Wiktionary
thingnoun
That which is considered to exist as a separate entity, object, quality or concept.
thingnoun
A word, symbol, sign, or other referent that can be used to refer to any entity.
thingnoun
An individual object or distinct entity.
thingnoun
whatever can be owned.
thingnoun
The latest fad or fashion.
thingnoun
clothes, possessions or equipment.
thingnoun
A unit or container, usually containing edible goods.
thingnoun
A problem, dilemma, or complicating factor.
The car looks cheap, but the thing is, I have doubts about its safety.
thingnoun
A penis.
thingnoun
A living being or creature.
thingnoun
That which matters; the crux.
thingnoun
A public assembly or judicial council in a Germanic country.
Etymology: See thing.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
THINK THINGnoun
Etymology: ðing , Saxon; ding, Dutch.
Do not you chide; I have a thing for you.
———— You have a thing for me?
It is a common thing ——
———— Ha?
———— To have a foolish wife. William Shakespeare, Othello.The great master he found busy in packing up his things against his departure. Richard Knolles, Hist. of the Turks.
The remnant of the meat-offering is a thing most holy. Lev. ii. 3.
Says the master, you devour the same things that they would have eaten, mice and all. Roger L'Estrange.
A thing by neither man or woman priz’d,
And scarcely known enough to be despis’d. Dryden.I should blush to own so rude a thing,
As it is to shun the brother of my king. Dryden.Wicked men, who understand any thing of wisdom, may see the imprudence of worldly and irreligious courses. John Tillotson.
I have a thing in prose, begun above twenty-eight years ago, and almost finished: it will make a four shilling volume. Jonathan Swift.
See, sons, what things you are! how quickly nature
Falls to revolt, when gold becomes her object?
For this the foolish over-careful fathers
Have broke their sleeps with thought, their brains with care. William Shakespeare, Henry IV.Never any thing was so unbred as that odious man. William Congreve.
The poor thing sighed, and with a blessing expressed with the utmost vehemence turned from me. Addison.
I’ll be this abject thing no more.
Love give me back my heart again. George Granville.I lov’d the maid I married; never man
Sigh’d truer breath: but that I see thee here,
Thou noble thing! more dances my wrapt heart. William Shakespeare.THINK THINGnoun
Etymology: ðing , Saxon; ding, Dutch.
Do not you chide; I have a thing for you.
———— You have a thing for me?
It is a common thing ——
———— Ha?
———— To have a foolish wife. William Shakespeare, Othello.The great master he found busy in packing up his things against his departure. Richard Knolles, Hist. of the Turks.
The remnant of the meat-offering is a thing most holy. Lev. ii. 3.
Says the master, you devour the same things that they would have eaten, mice and all. Roger L'Estrange.
A thing by neither man or woman priz’d,
And scarcely known enough to be despis’d. Dryden.I should blush to own so rude a thing,
As it is to shun the brother of my king. Dryden.Wicked men, who understand any thing of wisdom, may see the imprudence of worldly and irreligious courses. John Tillotson.
I have a thing in prose, begun above twenty-eight years ago, and almost finished: it will make a four shilling volume. Jonathan Swift.
See, sons, what things you are! how quickly nature
Falls to revolt, when gold becomes her object?
For this the foolish over-careful fathers
Have broke their sleeps with thought, their brains with care. William Shakespeare, Henry IV.Never any thing was so unbred as that odious man. William Congreve.
The poor thing sighed, and with a blessing expressed with the utmost vehemence turned from me. Addison.
I’ll be this abject thing no more.
Love give me back my heart again. George Granville.I lov’d the maid I married; never man
Sigh’d truer breath: but that I see thee here,
Thou noble thing! more dances my wrapt heart. William Shakespeare.
ChatGPT
thing
A thing can be described as an object, entity, or item that exists or is perceivable. It is a broad term used to refer to any tangible or intangible matter or concept. A thing can range from something concrete, such as a physical object, to something abstract, such as an idea or a quality.
Webster Dictionary
Thingnoun
whatever exists, or is conceived to exist, as a separate entity, whether animate or inanimate; any separable or distinguishable object of thought
Thingnoun
an inanimate object, in distinction from a living being; any lifeless material
Thingnoun
a transaction or occurrence; an event; a deed
Thingnoun
a portion or part; something
Thingnoun
a diminutive or slighted object; any object viewed as merely existing; -- often used in pity or contempt
Thingnoun
clothes; furniture; appurtenances; luggage; as, to pack or store one's things
Thingnoun
whatever may be possessed or owned; a property; -- distinguished from person
Thingnoun
in Scandinavian countries, a legislative or judicial assembly
Freebase
Thing
The Thing is a fictional character, a superhero that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is a founding member of the Fantastic Four. His trademark orange rocky appearance, sense of humor, blue eyes, and his famous battle cry, "It's clobberin' time!", makes him a very recognizable comic book character. The Thing's speech patterns are loosely based on those of Jimmy Durante. Michael Chiklis portrayed The Thing in the 2005 film Fantastic Four, and its 2007 sequel Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. In 2011, IGN ranked the Thing 18th in the Top 100 Comic Book Heroes.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Thing
thing, n. an inanimate object: a living being (in tenderness or in contempt): an event: a part: (pl.) clothes, wraps.—ns. Thing′iness, reality, objectivity: disposition to take a materialistic view of things; Thing′-in-itself′, a noumenon, the Ger. ding an sich; Thing′umbob, Thing′ummy (coll.), a thing, anything, an indefinite name for some person whom one cannot be troubled to name distinctly.—adj. Thing′y, materialistic.—Do the handsome thing by, to treat generously; Know a thing or two, to be shrewd; Make a good thing of it, to reap a good advantage from; The thing, the proper or right thing. [A.S. thing, thinc; Ger. ding.]
Thing
ting, n. a parliament, or a court of law, in Scandinavian countries. [Ice. thing, an assembly.]
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Thing
name for a legislative or judicial assembly among the Scandinavians.
Editors Contribution
thing
A known and specific data, information, product, word or detail.
Those things over there are to be deleted from the computer.
Submitted by MaryC on January 14, 2020
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
THING
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Thing is ranked #108199 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Thing surname appeared 164 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Thing.
51.8% or 85 total occurrences were White.
21.9% or 36 total occurrences were Asian.
21.3% or 35 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
4.2% or 7 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
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British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Thing' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #336
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Thing' in Written Corpus Frequency: #131
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Thing' in Nouns Frequency: #7
Anagrams for Thing »
night
Night
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Thing in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Thing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of Thing in a Sentence
The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair.
My kind of loyalty was to one's country, not to its institutions or its officeholders. The country is the real thing, the substantial thing, the eternal thing; it is the thing to watch over, and care for, and be loyal to; institutions are extraneous, they are its mere clothing, and clothing can wear out, become ragged, cease to be comfortable, cease to protect the body from winter, disease, and death.
It has, moreover, been proven that horror, nastiness, and the frightful are what give pleasure when one fornicates. Beauty is a simple thing ugliness is the exceptional thing. And fiery imaginations, no doubt, always prefer the extraordinary thing to the simple thing.
We do the right thing, it is unacceptable, because we do the right thing, to be held hostage to bad policies because ‘ you Democrats will do the right thing and while we do, we House Republicans, will do the wrong thing. We will shut down the government as they have. ’ We are not going to be held hostage by doing the right thing, either.
It would be a pretty incredible thing, there’s a lot of good players in this league, a lot of receivers I’ve got a ton of respect for, so it would be very cool. The most important thing is that we win the game, lock down the division title and be ready to move into the playoffs here, but it would be a very cool thing because of the respect I have for the players in this league and the talent that there is. It’s a tough thing to do.
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Translations for Thing
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- cosaAragonese
- شيءArabic
- şeyAzerbaijani
- рэчBelarusian
- нещо, вещBulgarian
- cosaCatalan, Valencian
- věcCzech
- вєштьOld Church Slavonic, Church Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- pethWelsh
- tingDanish
- Sache, DingGerman
- πράγμα, πλάσμαGreek
- aĵoEsperanto
- cosaSpanish
- ese, asiEstonian
- gauzaBasque
- چیزPersian
- pakkaus, pulma, olento, juttu, käräjät, asia, esine, kamat, kalu, olennainenFinnish
- chose, truc, machinFrench
- dingWestern Frisian
- rud, níIrish
- rudScottish Gaelic
- cousaGalician
- mba'eGuaraní
- વસ્તુGujarati
- דברHebrew
- वस्तू, चीज़Hindi
- dolog, teremtés, lényHungarian
- իր, բանArmenian
- cosaInterlingua
- benda, hal, barang, makhlukIndonesian
- kozoIdo
- cosaItalian
- 物Japanese
- ნივთიGeorgian
- нәрсеKazakh
- របស់Khmer
- 물건Korean
- rēs, ensLatin
- ສິ່ງLao
- daiktas, dalykasLithuanian
- lietaLatvian
- zavatraMalagasy
- нешто, стварMacedonian
- वस्तुMarathi
- အရာBurmese
- dingDutch
- ting, dings, greieNorwegian
- rzecz, przedmiotPolish
- coisaPortuguese
- lucru, chestie, obiectRomanian
- предмет, вещь, нечтоRussian
- वस्तुSanskrit
- rič, onaj, ствар, stvarSerbo-Croatian
- vecSlovak
- stvar, rečSlovene
- sendAlbanian
- ting, sakSwedish
- kitu, vituSwahili
- వస్తువుTelugu
- สิ่งThai
- şey, nesneTurkish
- річUkrainian
- وستو, چیزUrdu
- điều, vậtVietnamese
- 事情Chinese
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