noun
a special situation
Examples
- this thing has got to end
- it is a remarkable thing
noun
an action
Examples
- how could you do such a thing?
noun
a special abstraction
Examples
- a thing of the spirit
- things of the heart
noun
an artifact
Examples
- how does this thing work?
noun
an event
Examples
- a funny thing happened on the way to the...
noun
a vaguely specified concern
Synonyms
Examples
- several matters to attend to
- it is none of your affair
- things are going well
noun
a statement regarded as an object
Examples
- to say the same thing in other terms
- how can you say such a thing?
noun
an entity that is not named specifically
Examples
- I couldn't tell what the thing was
noun
any attribute or quality considered as having its own existence
Examples
- the thing I like about her is ...
noun
a special objective
Examples
- the thing is to stay in bounds
noun
a persistent illogical feeling of desire or aversion
Examples
- he has a thing about seafood
- she has a thing about him
noun
a separate and self-contained entity