Meaning of Things | Babel Free

Definitions

1. One's clothes, furniture, luggage, or possessions collectively; stuff
   plural, plural-only
2. The general state of affairs in a given context, e.g. one's relationship
   plural, plural-only

Equivalents

Examples

“Have you brought all your things with you?”

“Get your hands off my things!”

“Ole Golly just had indoor things and outdoor things.... She just had yards and yards of tweed which enveloped her like a lot of discarded blankets, which ballooned out when she walked, and which she referred to as her Things. —Louise Fitzhugh, Harriet the Spy (1964)”

“Things have been rough between lately.”

“She wants to break things off.”

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