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[ noun ] a special situation
Examples "this thing has got to end" "it is a remarkable thing" |
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[ noun ] an action
Examples "how could you do such a thing?" |
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[ noun ] an artifact
Examples "how does this thing work?" |
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[ noun ] an event
Examples : "a funny thing happened on the way to the..." |
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[ noun ] a statement regarded as an object
Examples "to say the same thing in other terms" "how can you say such a thing?" |
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[ noun ] any attribute or quality considered as having its own existence
Examples : "the thing I like about her is ..." |
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[ noun ] a special abstraction
Examples "a thing of the spirit" "things of the heart" |
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[ noun ] an entity that is not named specifically
Examples "I couldn't tell what the thing was" |
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[ noun ] a special objective
Examples : "the thing is to stay in bounds" |
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[ noun ] a separate and self-contained entity
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[ noun ] a persistent illogical feeling of desire or aversion
Examples : "he has a thing about seafood" "she has a thing about him" |
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