Thing

  • 31thing —    ‘O thou thing!’ says Leontes to his wife Hermione, in Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale. He means that she is not worthy to be called a person since he believes, mistakenly, that she has been unfaithful to him. This contemptuous use of ‘thing’,… …

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  • 32thing — n. 1 a material or non material entity, idea, action, etc., that is or may be thought about or perceived. 2 an inanimate material object (take that thing away). 3 an unspecified object or item (have a few things to buy). 4 an act, idea, or… …

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  • 33thing — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, thing, assembly; akin to Old High German ding thing, assembly, Gothic theihs time Date: before 12th century 1. a. a matter of concern ; affair < many things to do > b. plural state of affairs in&#8230; …

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  • 34thing — [[t]θɪŋ[/t]] n. 1) an inanimate object: a person, animal, or thing[/ex] 2) some object that is not or cannot be specifically designated: Hand me that thing[/ex] 3) anything that is or may become an object of thought: things of the spirit[/ex] 4)&#8230; …

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  • 35Thing — La Dinghuis, lieu de réunion de la double seigneurie de Maastricht Le Thing (Vieux norrois et islandais Þing, néerlandais ding, autres langues scandinaves modernes ting) était le nom des assemblées gouvernementales dans les anciennes sociétés&#8230; …

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  • 36thing — see if a thing’s worth doing, it’s worth doing well all good things must come to an end all things are possible with God all things come to those who wait bad things come in threes the best things come in small packages …

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  • 37thing — noun 1》 an object that one need not, cannot, or does not wish to give a specific name to.     ↘(things) personal belongings or clothing. 2》 an inanimate material object as distinct from a living being.     ↘a living creature or plant.     ↘a&#8230; …

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  • 38thing — noun 1) the room was full of strange things Syn: object, article, item, artifact, commodity; device, gadget, instrument, utensil, tool, implement; entity, body; informal whatsit, whatchamacallit; Brit. thingummy, thingy, thingamabob …

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  • 39thing — See: A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE IS A DANGEROUS THING, DO ONE S THING or DO ONE S OWN THING, FIRST THINGS COME FIRST, FOR ONE THING, SEE THINGS, SURE THING, TAKE IT EASY or TAKE THINGS EASY, TELL A THING OR TWO …

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  • 40thing — See: A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE IS A DANGEROUS THING, DO ONE S THING or DO ONE S OWN THING, FIRST THINGS COME FIRST, FOR ONE THING, SEE THINGS, SURE THING, TAKE IT EASY or TAKE THINGS EASY, TELL A THING OR TWO …

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