THING
\θˈɪŋ], \θˈɪŋ], \θ_ˈɪ_ŋ]\
Definitions of THING
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a separate and self-contained entity
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an action; "how could you do such a thing?"
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an artifact; "how does this thing work?"
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an entity that is not named specifically; "I couldn't tell what the thing was"
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any attribute or quality considered as having its own existence; "the thing I like about her is ..."
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a special abstraction; "a thing of the spirit"; "things of the heart"
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a special objective; "the thing is to stay in bounds"
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a statement regarded as an object; "to say the same thing in other terms"; "how can you say such a thing?"
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a persistent illogical feeling of desire or aversion; "he has a thing about seafood"; "she has a thing about him"
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an event; "a funny thing happened on the way to the..."
By Princeton University
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a separate and self-contained entity
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an action; "how could you do such a thing?"
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an artifact; "how does this thing work?"
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an entity that is not named specifically; "I couldn't tell what the thing was"
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any attribute or quality considered as having its own existence; "the thing I like about her is ..."
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a special abstraction; "a thing of the spirit"; "things of the heart"
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a special objective; "the thing is to stay in bounds"
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a statement regarded as an object; "to say the same thing in other terms"; "how can you say such a thing?"
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a persistent illogical feeling of desire or aversion; "he has a thing about seafood"; "she has a thing about him"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Whatever exists, or is conceived to exist, as a separate entity, whether animate or inanimate; any separable or distinguishable object of thought.
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A transaction or occurrence; an event; a deed.
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A portion or part; something.
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Clothes; furniture; appurtenances; luggage; as, to pack or store one's things.
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In Scandinavian countries, a legislative or judicial assembly.
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A diminutive or slighted object; any object viewed as merely existing; - often used in pity or contempt.
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Whatever may be possessed or owned; a property; - distinguished from person.
By Oddity Software
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Whatever exists, or is conceived to exist, as a separate entity, whether animate or inanimate; any separable or distinguishable object of thought.
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A transaction or occurrence; an event; a deed.
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A portion or part; something.
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Clothes; furniture; appurtenances; luggage; as, to pack or store one's things.
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In Scandinavian countries, a legislative or judicial assembly.
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A diminutive or slighted object; any object viewed as merely existing; - often used in pity or contempt.
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Whatever may be possessed or owned; a property; - distinguished from person.
By Noah Webster.
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That which has a separate, individual existence; lifeless matter, as a stone; any object of thought; an event or act; a creature; an indefinite object.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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Any substance; any particular article or commodity; an animal; an act or event spoken of; a portion or part.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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That which can be thought of; a matter; an affair; an event or action; any substance; used in contempt, by way of extenuation or in pity, as "never any thing was soill-bred," "the poor thing sighed".
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. [Anglo-Saxon, German] A material object ; an inanimate substance ; whatever is that is not a person;-that which is created ; an animal;- that which is manufactured or produced ; article ; commodity;-that which occurs or happens ; event; occurrence ;-that which is proposed, done, or told ; deed; action;-a portion or part; something:-a piece of work ; a composition, in depreciation;- a person, in contempt;-pl. personal property ; accoutrements; clothes ; furniture ; appurtenances.