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How to say thing and what does thing mean?

thing

noun

How to pronounce thing?

The word thing sounds like thing
/θɪŋ/

What is the definition of thing?

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