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/ˈθɪŋ/ · noun
That which is considered to exist as a separate entity, object, quality or concept..
Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us...
The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about […], or offering services that let you […], "share the things you love with the world" and so on. But the real way to build a successful online business is to be better than your rivals at undermining people's control of their own attention.
Hold on, let me just grab my things.
To go to bed late, to rise late, to breakfast late, to dine late, and to visit late, is to be “quite the thing,” or in good English, which you may understand better than the first phrase, to be in the fashion.
After a slow start it became the thing to do; 'everyone went to see Pbi-Pbi, no one talked of anything but Pbi-Pbi[…]'
Cheek kissing is a French thing; you get used to it after a while.
Q: Bacon pie? Is that a thing? A: Yes, I checked into it, and it's a thing. Some people are even connoisseurs about it.
Now I don't know how many of those male flight attendants are male lesbians -- you know... (Laughter) Well, it's a thing. I mean, there's a -- it's a -- there's a feminist professor down in Tampa who's discovered a male lesbian
Use thing when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Thing means That which is considered to exist as a separate entity, object, quality or concept..
Common synonyms include item, stuff, yoke, penis.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us...
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