Meaning of 'thing'

noun

a separate and self-contained entity

noun

an action

Example: "how could you do such a thing?"

noun

an artifact

Example: "how does this thing work?"

noun

an entity that is not named specifically

Example: "I couldn't tell what the thing was"

noun

any attribute or quality considered as having its own existence

Example: "The thing I liked most about the novel was how it made such big ideas accessible to a wider audience."

noun

a vaguely specified concern

Synonyms: matter affair

noun

a special abstraction

Example: "a thing of the spirit"

noun

a special objective

Example: "the thing is to stay in bounds"

noun

a statement regarded as an object

Example: "to say the same thing in other terms"

noun

an event

Example: "a funny thing happened on the way to the..."

noun

a persistent illogical feeling of desire or aversion

Example: "I have a thing about seafood."

noun

a special situation

Example: "this thing has got to end"