Meaning of thing | Babel Free

Definitions

1. thing (object, concept)
2. That which is considered to exist as a separate entity, object, quality or concept.
3. thing (living being or creature)
4. A word, symbol, sign, or other referent that can be used to refer to any entity.
5. Nickname or appellative for numerous "things", including fictional characters.
   informal
6. Right away; before anything else: Do your assignments first thing in the morning.
7. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
8. An individual object or distinct entity.
9. Nickname for the Volkswagen 181.
   US, informal, slang
10. To have hallucinations.
11. third-person singular imperative
12. Whatever can be owned.
13. things, especially clothes, that belong to someone. Take all your wet things off. goed أشْياء، ثِياب принадлежности coisas věci die Sachen(pl.) tøj πράγματα, προσωπικά αντικείμενα cosas, bártulos; ropa riided متعلقات شخصی؛ لباس vaatteet affaires חֲפָצִים वस्तु, पदार्थ, चीज stvari, predmeti holmi barang föt, föggur, dót cose 衣類 (생각의 대상으로서의) 물, 사물, 사항, 문제 reikmenys, drabužiai apģērbs; drēbes baju-baju spullenting, klærrzeczycoisas lucruri вещи; одежда veci stvari stvari saker, grejor, kläder เส...
    especially
14. Corporeal object.
15. early in the morning just after getting up, starting work etc. I'll do it first thing (in the morning). aan die begin أوَّل شَيء في الصَّباح първото нещо сутринта a primeira coisa hned po ránu (morgens) als allererstes som det første το πρώτο πράγμα a primera hora esimene asi اولین کار بعد از بیدار شدن ensi töikseen demain à la première heure דָבָר רִאשוֹן בַּבוֹקֵר सर्वप्रथम prvo, prva stvar pagi-pagi sekali í fyrramálið (come prima cosa) まっ先に 우선 첫째로 visų pirma pats pirmais sejurus mula kerj...
    etc
16. Possessions or equipment; stuff; gear.
    in-plural
17. late at night, just before stopping work, going to bed etc. She always has a cup of tea last thing at night. aan die einde آخر شَيْ قَبْل النَّوْم последно нещо a última coisa před spaním (nachts)zu allerletzt som det sidste το τελευταίο πράγμα (πριν τον ύπνο) a última hora; antes de irse a dormir lõpetuseks آخرین کار قبل از خواب viimeiseksi juste avant de se coucher דָבָר אַחֲרוֹן בַּלַילָה अंतिम zadnje, zadnja stvar lefekvés előtt (még ...) menjelang tidur rétt áður en farið er í háttinn (c...
    etc
18. The latest fad or fashion.
    dated
19. the important fact or question is; the problem is. The thing is, is he going to help us? die vraag is القَضَيَّه هي، المَسْألَه هي въпросът е o importante é que otázka je... die Sache ist die... sagen er den το ζήτημα είναι la cuestión es küsimus on مطلب عمده این است که tärkein asia on la question est בְּדִיוּק מַה ש- (काम, तथ्य, विचार, घटला, परिस्थिति के लिए) बात, मामला stvar je u tome, radi se o tome a legfontosabb szempont az, hogy... yang penting spurningin er, það sem skiptir máli (il pu...
20. A custom or practice.
    informal
21. cosa, objeto.
22. A genuine concept, entity or phenomenon; something that actually exists (often contrary to expectation or belief).
    informal
23. An object or entity that is not or cannot be named specifically: What is this thing for?
24. A possession or item in one's control, as:a. things Articles of clothing: Put on your things and let's go.
25. A unit or container, usually containing consumable goods.
    informal
26. An act, deed, or work: promised to do great things.
27. A problem, dilemma, or complicating factor.
    informal
28. The central point; the crux.
    informal
29. A penis.
    euphemistic, slang
30. A vulva or vagina.
    euphemistic, slang
31. A living being or creature.
32. Used after a noun to refer dismissively to the situation surrounding the noun's referent.
33. That which is favoured; personal preference.
    informal
34. One's typical routine, habits, or manner.
    informal
35. A public assembly or judicial council in a Germanic country.
    historical
36. A romantic relationship.
    informal
37. A romantic couple.
    informal
38. Girl; attractive woman.
    Multicultural-London-English

Equivalents

Examples

“Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us...”

“The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about […], or offering services that let you […], "share the things you love with the world" and so on. But the real way to build a successful online business is to be better than your rivals at undermining people's control of their own attention.”

“Hold on, let me just grab my things.”

“To go to bed late, to rise late, to breakfast late, to dine late, and to visit late, is to be “quite the thing,” or in good English, which you may understand better than the first phrase, to be in the fashion.”

“After a slow start it became the thing to do; 'everyone went to see Pbi-Pbi, no one talked of anything but Pbi-Pbi[…]'”

“Cheek kissing is a French thing; you get used to it after a while.”

“Q: Bacon pie? Is that a thing? A: Yes, I checked into it, and it's a thing. Some people are even connoisseurs about it.”

“Now I don't know how many of those male flight attendants are male lesbians -- you know... (Laughter) Well, it's a thing. I mean, there's a -- it's a -- there's a feminist professor down in Tampa who's discovered a male lesbian”

“Frequent statements of the kind “'Race' is not a thing”, “'races,' put simply, do not exist”, “'race' (as each essay subtly shows) simply does not exist” aim to discredit Todorov's claim that a relapse to an ontology of race is at place […]”

“Clémence would say that his style was normcore before normcore became a thing. She had to admit that she still found him attractive.”

“Conservative philosophy, in other words, is, as we say now, a thing and deserves a serious listen.”

“Could you get me a thing of apple juice at the store?”

“I just ate a whole thing of jelly beans.”

“And he invited us all in there and then he kicked the girls out a little bit later and brought me in a couple things of alcohol. And just before he brought in my second bottle of alcohol[…]”

“I remember my friend Ben saying in the old days that he would never go to Costco and buy one of those big things of toilet paper[…]”

“I came home and ate a whole thing of ice cream.”

“The car looks cheap, but the thing is, I have doubts about its safety.”

“That's the thing: we don't know where he is.”

““Oh Gertie it’s true. It’s all true. They’ve got a horrid gash instead of a thrilling thing.””

“‘They reckon she lets her dogs lick her thing.’”

“you poor thing”

“sweet young thing”

“she's a funny old thing, but her heart's in the right place”

“I met a pretty blond thing at the bar”

“Oh yeah, I'm supposed to promote that vision thing.”

“Don’t forget to have Gomez postpone that shooting thing. (in reference to the execution of Fernandez)”

“it's not really my thing”

“Tool talk [is] not my thing.”

“The Internet isn't my thing. I so much rather talk on the phone.”

“let me do my thing; I'm here doing my thing”

“But I'm just a guy from Missoula, Montana, doing my thing, going down the road like everybody else.”

“In accordance with Old Germanic custom men came to the thing fully armed, [...]”

“The goðar seem both to have received payment of thing-fararkaup from those who stayed home and at the same time compensated those who went to the thing, and it cannot be seen whether they had any profit from these transactions.”

“All Icelandic things were skap-thing, meaning that they were governed by established procedure and met at regular legally designated intevals at predetermined meeting places.”

“I can screw you in front of everyone. I don't care, we have a thing going on, you know. I love you,” she said.”

“Are John and Jennifer a thing again? I thought they broke up.”

“Look at the nyash on that thing!”

“But when the earl held a Thing, then Thorkell spoke on behalf of the freemen, told the need of the men, and bade the earl spare his people.”

“The supreme political unit of the tribe was the assembly of its free male warriors. This assembly, called the "Thing", served as the court of highest instance for dealing with individuals who had broken fundamental elements of the tribal pact, an occasion to meet and to reinforce ties among members, and, often, an assembly which preceded a military campaign.”

“Before Thorstein left home, he and Asgerd decided to take Arinbjorn's gift, the silk cloak, out of Egil's chest, and Thorstein wore it to the Thing.”

“1928 The Executive Committee of the Law Thing is created to assume executive powers from the Governor.”

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