noun
Meaning 1
plural of thing
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
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Standard Lemma guide
things
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/ˈθɪŋz/
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rhymes with -ɪŋz
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CMU ARPABET: TH IH1 NG Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
One's clothes, furniture, luggage, or possessions collectively; stuff
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
Examples
- Have you brought all your things with you?
- Get your hands off my things!
- Ole Golly just had indoor things and outdoor things.... She just had yards and yards of tweed which enveloped her like a lot of discarded blankets, which ballooned out when she walked, and which she referred to as her Things. —Louise Fitzhugh, Harriet the Spy (1964)
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noun
Meaning 3
The general state of affairs in a given context, e.g. one's relationship
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
Examples
- Things have been rough between lately.
- She wants to break things off.
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verb
Meaning 4
third-person singular simple present indicative of thing
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
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noun
Meaning 5
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- she packed her things and left
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Broader terms: property, belongings, holding
History
Etymology
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Real reading context