Definitions for things
things

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.7 / 3 votes

1. thingsnoun

   any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)

   "she packed her things and left"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. thingsnoun

   One's clothes, furniture, luggage, or possessions collectively; stuff

   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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1. Things

   Things is a song which was written and recorded by Bobby Darin in 1962. Released as a single, it reached No.3 in the U. S., No.2 in the U. K., and No.3 in the first-ever official Irish Singles Chart, published by RTÉ in October 1962. It was later covered by Ronnie Dove and became a Top 30 country hit for him. In 1962, Darin began to write and sing country music, with hit songs including "Things". It was the final Darin single released on the Atco Records unit of Atlantic Records before he began recording for Capitol Records. While vault material would continue to be issued on Atco, Darin would later return to Atlantic Records.

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1. things

   "Things" generally refers to any physical objects or entities that exist in the world. It is a broad term that encompasses a wide range of items, entities, or concepts, both living and non-living. "Things" can refer to tangible objects such as furniture, books, or food, as well as abstract concepts like ideas, emotions, or beliefs.

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1. Things

   Things is a personal task management application for Mac OS X made by Cultured Code, a software startup based in Stuttgart, Germany. The 1.0 release on OS X was on January 6, 2009. The app went on to win an Apple Design Award at WWDC the same year; it also received a 4.5 of 5 review in Macworld, and was awarded an Editors Choice Award.

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1. things

   Plural form of thing.

   We put our luggage in the car for our honeymoon, we are so delighted to be husband and wife.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on December 19, 2015  

Matched Categories

1. • Belongings

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'things' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #249

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'things' in Written Corpus Frequency: #135

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Anagrams for things »

1. nights

How to pronounce things?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say things in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of things in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of things in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of things in a Sentence

1. Reshmi Basu:

   This is the company that has the legs it needs to possibly turn things around, but consumers' tastes and demand are going to change. They're going to emerge from bankruptcy with a much smaller footprint.

2. Flashfood CEO Josh Domingues:

   We have shoppers on an annual basis that'll save between $ 5,000 and $ 10,000 on their grocery bills. We have stories of people buying coolers to put in their basement because they're saving so much money on things like meat, and they just throw it into the cooler.

3. Fox News:

   It’s going to give her an opportunity to have an outlet for her grief, between sports, athletics, art or music whatever she chooses to do they are going to be able to financially help her do those things.

4. Matthew Bennett:

   The peopling of North America is one of those things that has been for many years very contentious and a lot of archeologists hold views with almost religious zeal, one of the problems is that there is very few data points.

5. Jodie Sweetin:

   People always asked, ‘Oh my God, wasn’t John Stamos so cute?’ i’ve known John since I was 5. I’ve seen him roll into work in old T-shirts and sweatpants with holes in them, and not looking all that cute. He was always just John to me. I know him too well to think he’s hot. He’s a big dork and I love him. You get to know people so well that you’re like, ‘Oh my God! No, no, no,’ when it comes to that stuff. I know he is good-looking, but I’ve seen some things, and that would be like having a weird crush on your uncle.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=things
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Things
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Things
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=things
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=things