thing
∞
1.0
- noun
- /θɪŋ/
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cosa
- I found a strange thing in the garden that I couldn't identify.
- one thing
- other things
- such a thing
How do you know that thing over there is sweet?
- How do you know that thing over there is sweet?
- God is a dead thing, a thing that has died.
- And some of those things grow between the rows.
- Well, they model things in the real world mainly.
- But on Nebula, the people who create the Thing own the thing.
- I love all kinds of things other than this.
Examples
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It's a terrible thing to lose a child.
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If this is gonna be a sacred thing, we gotta do it together, right?
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There could be no such thing as cold fire.
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There is no such thing as good debt.
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And we have to have these two things match.
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So we're going to do the same thing on Thursday.
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How do you know that thing over there is sweet?
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So these are the things that we have.
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We're all at home with this thing trying to work.
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A man that finds a wife finds a good thing.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
A single thing in a list or collection
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8.4
An informal word for an object when you forget its name
6
9.2
A simple word for an object you cannot remember the name of
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9.6
A thing whose name you do not know or remember
1
9.9
A thing whose name you cannot remember
A small object whose name you do not know
An object whose name you do not know or have forgotten
An object whose name you don't know or have forgotten
A word for a person or thing whose name you cannot remember
Idioms
- Informal
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6.0
Something a person is not thinking about or worrying about right now
1
6.9
A very useful new thing that people say is great
A phrase said to show something would be nice but is very unlikely to happen
Compounds
- Offensive
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8.2
An attractive young woman often talked about in a kind way or as less grown-up
How Specific
Surface Forms
Etymology
Thing comes from Old English þing, which meant a 'meeting' or the 'matter' people talked about; when people pointed to an object at that meeting, the 'matter' became the word for any object or unknown item.