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1. Any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
   "she packed her things and left"

1. A special situation
   "this thing has got to end"; "it is a remarkable thing"
    
2. An action
   "how could you do such a thing?"
    
3. A special abstraction
   "a thing of the spirit"; "things of the heart"
    
4. An artifact
   "how does this thing work?"
    
5. An event
   "a funny thing happened on the way to the..."
    
6. A vaguely specified concern
   "things are going well";
   - matter, affair
    
7. A statement regarded as an object
   "to say the same thing in other terms"; "how can you say such a thing?"
    
8. An entity that is not named specifically
   "I couldn't tell what the thing was"
    
9. Any attribute or quality considered as having its own existence
   "the thing I like about her is ..."
    
10. A special objective
    "the thing is to stay in bounds"
     
11. A persistent illogical feeling of desire or aversion
    "he has a thing about seafood"; "she has a thing about him"
     
12. A separate and self-contained entity

Type of: abstract, abstraction, action, aim, artefact [Brit], artifact [N. Amer], attribute, belongings, concern, entity, feeling, happening, holding, natural event, object, objective, occurrence, occurrent, physical entity, property, situation, state of affairs, statement, target

Encyclopedia: Things