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US
/ˈθɪŋ/
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[ UK /θˈɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /θˈɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
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a statement regarded as an object
how can you say such a thing?
to say the same thing in other terms -
a special objective
the thing is to stay in bounds -
an action
how could you do such a thing? -
a persistent illogical feeling of desire or aversion
he has a thing about seafood
she has a thing about him -
any attribute or quality considered as having its own existence
the thing I like about her is ... -
an artifact
how does this thing work? - a separate and self-contained entity
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a special abstraction
a thing of the spirit
things of the heart -
an event
a funny thing happened on the way to the... -
a special situation
it is a remarkable thing
this thing has got to end -
a vaguely specified concern
things are going well
several matters to attend to
it is none of your affair -
an entity that is not named specifically
I couldn't tell what the thing was
How To Use thing In A Sentence
- Elisabeth found herself with a straggle of colonists in a mosquito-ridden, uncleared jungle where sandflies bored into the skin of the feet and the clay soil was so intractable that nothing would grow.
- Before Malfurion could ask who she meant, Tyrande brought the glaive up in a salute and murmured something in the hidden tongue of the Sisterhood. WORLD OF WARCRAFT STORMRAGE
- Before we did anything we wrote and rewrote the script until we felt what we had got written down was a really good story.
- A heart will not be hurt for pursuing a dream, when you truly want something, all the universe conspires to help you complete the.
- As he ran past, the arquebusier shouted something about Susanoo, the kami of storms, and how he was punishing them for their arrogance. Blood Ninja II
- The new taxon is named Gamerabaena, and the authors note, under etymology, "'Gamera refers to the fictional, firebreathing turtle from the 1965 movie Gamera, in allusion to his fire-breathing capabilities and the Hell Creek Formation ... "Look at everything around us. Look at everything we've done."
- This is not good for anybody, except for a few curmudgeons and people who are embittered by nothing more than their own embitteredness.
- It's not because I'm worried about what they might think, or anything ridiculous like that, it's because in a lot of cases this material was intended for me alone - either through an oral tradition or as a gnostic revelation from the spirits.
- Things have changed a lot since the days of diaries. The Sun
- When I ask if he spends money on anything really extravagant, he looks a bit uncertain. Times, Sunday Times
