thing

(noun) a special situation. Examples: "This thing has got to end." "It is a remarkable thing."

(noun) an action. Example: "How could you do such a thing?."

(noun) a special abstraction. Examples: "A thing of the spirit." "Things of the heart."

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

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

(noun) a vaguely specified concern. Synonyms: matter, affair. Examples: "Several matters to attend to." "It is none of your affair." "Things are going well."

(noun) a statement regarded as an object. Examples: "To say the same thing in other terms." "How can you say such a thing?."

(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 objective. Example: "The thing is to stay in bounds."

(noun) a persistent illogical feeling of desire or aversion. Examples: "He has a thing about seafood." "She has a thing about him."

(noun) a separate and self-contained entity.