What does thing mean?
Definitions for thing
θɪŋthing
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Princeton's WordNet
thing(noun)
a special situation
"this thing has got to end"; "it is a remarkable thing"
thing(noun)
an action
"how could you do such a thing?"
thing(noun)
a special abstraction
"a thing of the spirit"; "things of the heart"
thing(noun)
an artifact
"how does this thing work?"
thing(noun)
an event
"a funny thing happened on the way to the..."
matter, affair, thing(noun)
a vaguely specified concern
"several matters to attend to"; "it is none of your affair"; "things are going well"
thing(noun)
a statement regarded as an object
"to say the same thing in other terms"; "how can you say such a thing?"
thing(noun)
an entity that is not named specifically
"I couldn't tell what the thing was"
thing(noun)
any attribute or quality considered as having its own existence
"the thing I like about her is ..."
thing(noun)
a special objective
"the thing is to stay in bounds"
thing(noun)
a persistent illogical feeling of desire or aversion
"he has a thing about seafood"; "she has a thing about him"
thing(noun)
a separate and self-contained entity
Wiktionary
thing(Noun)
That which is considered to exist as a separate entity, object, quality or concept.
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thing(Noun)
A word, symbol, sign, or other referent that can be used to refer to any entity.
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thing(Noun)
An individual object or distinct entity.
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thing(Noun)
whatever can be owned.
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thing(Noun)
The latest fad or fashion.
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thing(Noun)
clothes, possessions or equipment.
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thing(Noun)
A unit or container, usually containing edible goods.
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thing(Noun)
A problem, dilemma, or complicating factor.
The car looks cheap, but the thing is, I have doubts about its safety.
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thing(Noun)
A penis.
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thing(Noun)
A living being or creature.
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thing(Noun)
That which matters; the crux.
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thing(Noun)
A public assembly or judicial council in a Germanic country.
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Webster Dictionary
Thing(noun)
whatever exists, or is conceived to exist, as a separate entity, whether animate or inanimate; any separable or distinguishable object of thought
Thing(noun)
an inanimate object, in distinction from a living being; any lifeless material
Thing(noun)
a transaction or occurrence; an event; a deed
Thing(noun)
a portion or part; something
Thing(noun)
a diminutive or slighted object; any object viewed as merely existing; -- often used in pity or contempt
Thing(noun)
clothes; furniture; appurtenances; luggage; as, to pack or store one's things
Thing(noun)
whatever may be possessed or owned; a property; -- distinguished from person
Thing(noun)
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
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
If a person only advocates to not worry about the people who take credit of others work and just advises to do own job sincerely, then the first thing to ensure if s/he is also not like them only.
If someone said to me 10 to 15 years down the road this would be a routine thing we'll be doing, that would be great and I don't even know that I'd be surprised. But you can also imagine that in 10 to 15 years, we'll look back and say what is that crazy thing we were doing.
If you want to destroy an organization, any organization, you destroy it from within. You destroy it from without. Then what you do is you convince everybody you're doing the right thing.
The serious thing about this attack was that it was very well planned and orchestrated, with a military-style strategy, this was planned. A lot of gunmen were involved. They blocked the highway to surround them (police) and attack with military superiority.
No plan can prevent a stupid person from doing the wrong thing in the wrong place at the wrong time--but a good plan should keep a concentration from forming.
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Translations for thing
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- 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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