Definition Thing

English vocabulary and translations (See all our English vocabulary translation)

a thing: an object; an article, a phenomenon; an item, a matter; a concern, a situation
noun

The last thing we would want is to lose this client's business. What an awful situation that would be.

Pronunciation examples

UK: The best thing about France is the pains au chocolat.

US: What's that strange thing over there?

"the thing, down at the airport, with the you know."
"Headlines, headlines, believing the things that we read"
"Things got a little bit crazy in Kalackistan and I told him that I needed some space, a little bit of time to think."
"That's also a fun thing to do."
"The most important things in the world are family and respect."
"My thing is chemistry."
"Wang Jewelry (Tianjin, formerly "Ling Ling's Rings and Things", bought outright in 2002, given to Wang's son-in-law as a dowry."
"And that's when things got really interesting."
"This here is going to be your crew for the thing we're gonna do tomorrow."
"Peter : What thing, Fat Face?"

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