Meaning

1 senses
  1. (rare)To express as a thing; to reify.

Examples

17181 sentences
  1. Take things a little more seriously.

    Сприймай речі трохи серйозніше. — deniko

    ruВоспринимай вещи немного серьёзнее. — Lenin_1917

    deNimm die Dinge etwas ernster. — Espi

  2. I don't believe such things exist.

    Я не вірю, що такі речі існують. — deniko

    ruЯ не верю, что такие вещи существуют. — marafon

    deIch glaube nicht, dass solche Dinge existieren. — Tamy

  3. I have many things to do.

    У мене багато справ. — deniko

    ruУ меня много дел. — ae5s

    deIch habe viel zu tun. — MUIRIEL

  4. Swimming is one thing I enjoy.

    Плавати — ось справа, що мені подобається. — eritain

    ruПлавание — одно из моих удовольствий. — fjay69

    deIch schwimme unter anderem gern. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. Please don't leave valuable things here.

    Будь ласка, не залишайте тут цінних речей. — uaspeaker

    ruПожалуйста, не оставляйте здесь ценных вещей. — Hellerick

    deBitte lassen Sie keine Wertsachen hier. — al_ex_an_der

Origin

From Middle English thing, from Old English þing, from Proto-West Germanic *þing, from Pro

From Middle English thing, from Old English þing, from Proto-West Germanic *þing, from Proto-Germanic *þingą.

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Forms

things, thinging, thinged, thinged
Base formthing · to thing
3rd person singularthings
Present participlethinging
Past simplethinged
Past participlethinged

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theything
he, she, itthings

Past simpleLesson

all personsthinged

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave thinged
he, she, ithas thinged

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill thing

Collocations

12 patterns
  • the same thing
  • kind of thing
  • same thing
  • lot of things
  • the right thing
  • such a thing
  • thing to do
  • the only thing
  • right thing
  • list of things
  • things turned out
  • some things

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
thing — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto