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That which is considered to exist as a separate entity, object, quality or concept.
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A word, symbol, sign, or other referent that can be used to refer to any entity.
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An individual object or distinct entity.
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A genuine concept, entity or phenomenon; something that actually exists (often contrary to expectation or belief).
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Bacon pie? Is that a thing?
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Whatever can be owned.
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Corporeal object.
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(somewhat obsolete, with the) The latest fad or fashion.
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(in the plural) Clothes, possessions or equipment.
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Hold on, let me just grab my things.
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A unit or container, usually containing edible goods.
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get me a thing of apple juice at the store; I just ate a whole thing of jelly beans
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A problem, dilemma, or complicating factor.
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The car looks cheap, but the thing is, I have doubts about its safety.
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A penis.
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A living being or creature.
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you poor thing; she's a funny old thing, but her heart's in the right place; I met a pretty blond thing at the bar
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That which matters; the crux.
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that's the thing: we don't know where he went; the thing is, I don't have any money
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Used after a noun to refer dismissively to the situation surrounding the noun's referent.
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Oh yeah, I'm supposed to promote that vision thing.
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That which is favoured; personal preference. (Used in possessive constructions.)
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A public assembly or judicial council in a Germanic country.
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A romantic relationship.