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