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thing

n. any attribute or quality considered as having its own existence; "the thing I like about her is ..."

thing

n. a statement regarded as an object; "to say the same thing in other terms"; "how can you say such a thing?"

thing

n. an action; "how could you do such a thing?"

thing

n. an artifact; "how does this thing work?"

thing

n. a separate and self-contained entity

thing

n. a special abstraction; "a thing of the spirit"; "things of the heart"

thing

n. an event; "a funny thing happened on the way to the..."

thing

n. a special situation; "this thing has got to end"; "it is a remarkable thing"

thing

n. a special objective; "the thing is to stay in bounds"

thing

n. a persistent illogical feeling of desire or aversion; "he has a thing about seafood"; "she has a thing about him"

matter, affair, thing

n. a vaguely specified concern; "several matters to attend to"; "it is none of your affair"; "things are going well"

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point

n. a brief version of the essential meaning of something; "get to the point"; "he missed the point of the joke"; "life has lost its point"

feat, effort, exploit

n. a notable achievement; "he performed a great feat"; "the book was her finest effort"

device

n. any ornamental pattern or design (as in embroidery)

thing

n. a separate and self-contained entity

doodad, doohickey, doojigger, gimmick, gizmo, gismo, gubbins, thingamabob, thingumabob, thingmabob, thingamajig, thingumajig, thingmajig, thingummy, whatchamacallit, whatchamacallum, whatsis, widget

n. something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known; "she eased the ball-shaped doodad back into its socket"; "there may be some great new gizmo around the corner that you will want to use"

appliance, contraption, contrivance, convenience, gadget, gizmo, gismo, widget

n. a device or control that is very useful for a particular job

item

n. a whole individual unit; especially when included in a list or collection; "they reduced the price on many items"

article

n. one of a class of artifacts; "an article of clothing"

device

n. any ornamental pattern or design (as in embroidery)

thing

n. an artifact; "how does this thing work?"

animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna

n. a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

commodity, trade good, good

n. articles of commerce

event

n. something that happens at a given place and time

situation

n. a complex or critical or unusual difficulty; "the dangerous situation developed suddenly"; "that's quite a situation"; "no human situation is simple"

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