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Definitions of thing:

noun:   a separate and self-contained entity
noun:   an action
Example: "How could you do such a thing?"

noun:   an artifact
Example: "How does this thing work?"

noun:   an entity that is not named specifically
Example: "I couldn't tell what the thing was"

noun:   any attribute or quality considered as having its own existence
Example: "The thing I like about her is ..."

noun:   a special abstraction
Example: "A thing of the spirit"

noun:   a special objective
Example: "The thing is to stay in bounds"

noun:   a statement regarded as an object
Example: "To say the same thing in other terms"

noun:   an event
Example: "A funny thing happened on the way to the..."

noun:   a persistent illogical feeling of desire or aversion
Example: "He has a thing about seafood"

noun:   a special situation
Example: "This thing has got to end"

noun:   a vaguely specified concern
Example: "Things are going well"

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