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- [thing]
- /θɪŋ/
- /θɪŋ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [thing]
- /θɪŋ/
Definitions of thing word
- noun thing (in Scandinavian countries) a public meeting or assembly, especially a legislative assembly or a court of law. 1
- idioms thing do / find one's own thing, Informal. to pursue a lifestyle that expresses one's self. Also, do/find one's thing. 1
- idioms thing make a good thing of, Informal. to turn (a situation, experience, etc.) to one's own profit; benefit by: She made a good thing of her spare-time hobbies. 1
- idioms thing not to get a thing out of, to be unable to obtain information or news from: The police couldn't get a thing out of him. to fail to appreciate, understand, or derive aesthetic pleasure from: My wife likes opera, but I don't get a thing out of it. 1
- idioms thing see / hear things, Informal. to have hallucinations. 1
- noun thing single object 1
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Origin of thing
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English; Old English: originally, “meeting”; see thing2
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Parts of speech for Thing
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
thing popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 100% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
thing usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for thing
noun thing
- abc — The ABC of a subject or activity is the parts of it that you have to learn first because they are the most important and basic.
- abc's — The ABC's of a subject or activity are the parts of it that you have to learn first because they are the most important and basic.
- addiction — Addiction is the condition of taking harmful drugs and being unable to stop taking them.
- adornment — An adornment is something that is used to make a person or thing more beautiful.
- adultery — If a married person commits adultery, they have sex with someone that they are not married to.
Antonyms for thing
noun thing
- actuation — to incite or move to action; impel; motivate: actuated by selfish motives.
- actuations — to incite or move to action; impel; motivate: actuated by selfish motives.
- big idea — any plan or proposal that is grandiose, impractical, and usually unsolicited: You're always coming around here with your big ideas.
- brain wave — any of the fluctuations of electrical potential in the brain as represented on an electroencephalogram. They vary in frequency from 1 to 30 hertz
- close up — If someone closes up a building, they shut it completely and securely, often because they are going away.