What does thing mean?
Definitions for thing
θɪŋthing
Here are all the possible meanings 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.
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thingnoun
A word, symbol, sign, or other referent that can be used to refer to any entity.
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thingnoun
An individual object or distinct entity.
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thingnoun
whatever can be owned.
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thingnoun
The latest fad or fashion.
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thingnoun
clothes, possessions or equipment.
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thingnoun
A unit or container, usually containing edible goods.
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thingnoun
A problem, dilemma, or complicating factor.
The car looks cheap, but the thing is, I have doubts about its safety.
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thingnoun
A penis.
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thingnoun
A living being or creature.
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thingnoun
That which matters; the crux.
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thingnoun
A public assembly or judicial council in a Germanic country.
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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
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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
Anyone who is suffering from shame and public humiliation needs to know one thing: you can survive it, i know it's hard. It may not be painless, quick or easy, but you can insist on a different ending to your story.
Only that thing is free which exists by the necessities of its own nature, and is determined in its actions by itself alone.
He is going to be a very valuable little thing, depending on his eventual development, and the way he continues to get along with everybody else in the sanctuary.
You just look at the consumer world, you get jealous at the speed at which you can easily and quickly gain access to applications, that is exactly the same thing you want in the industrial world. The thing is you need it done in an industrial way.
The main thing I want, and what we all want, is for the country to be peaceful, and never return to the violence we saw in the war, i got used to hearing the sounds of gunshots when I was very young, and it's something I don't want to hear any more.
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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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