thing
/θɪŋ/ noun A1- That which is considered to exist as a separate entity, object, quality or concept.
- A word, symbol, sign, or other referent that can be used to refer to any entity.
- An individual object or distinct entity.
- Whatever can be owned.
- Corporeal object.
- Possessions or equipment; stuff; gear. · Hold on, let me just grab my things.
- The latest fad or fashion.
- A custom or practice. · Cheek kissing is a French thing; you get used to it after a while.
Plural things
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“But it’s a rum thing all the same.
Beside him glided Caderousse, whose desire to partake of the good things provided for the wedding party had induced him to become reconciled to the Dantès, father and son, although there still lingered in his mind a faint and unperfect recollection of the events of the preceding night; just as the brain retains on waking in the morning the dim and misty outline of a dream.
I am glad of one thing, that he comes alone; because we shall see the less of him.
“I’m going to drive over to White Sands and settle this thing.
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