Meaning & Definition of Thing in English

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

• "Several matters to attend to"

• "It is none of your affair"

• "Things are going well"

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