transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈthiŋ ]
noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, thing, assembly; akin to Old High German ding thing, assembly, Gothic theihs time
Date: before 12th century
1.
a. : a matter of concern : affair
many thing s to do
b. plural : state of affairs in general or within a specified or implied sphere
thing s are improving
c. : a particular state of affairs : situation
look at this thing another way
d. : event , circumstance
that shooting was a terrible thing
2.
a. : deed , act , accomplishment
do great thing s
b. : a product of work or activity
likes to build thing s
c. : the aim of effort or activity
the thing is to get well
3.
a. : a separate and distinct individual quality, fact, idea, or usually entity
b. : the concrete entity as distinguished from its appearances
c. : a spatial entity
d. : an inanimate object distinguished from a living being
4.
a. plural : possessions, effects
pack your thing s
b. : whatever may be possessed or owned or be the object of a right
c. : an article of clothing
not a thing to wear
d. plural : equipment or utensils especially for a particular purpose
bring the tea thing s
5. : an object or entity not precisely designated or capable of being designated
use this thing
6.
a. : detail , point
checks every little thing
b. : a material or substance of a specified kind
avoid fatty thing s
7.
a. : a spoken or written observation or point
b. : idea , notion
says the first thing he thinks of
c. : a piece of news or information
couldn't get a thing out of him
8. : individual
not a living thing in sight
9. : the proper or fashionable way of behaving, talking, or dressing — used with the
10.
a. : a mild obsession or phobia
has a thing about driving
also : the object of such an obsession or phobia
b. : something (as an activity) that makes a strong appeal to the individual : forte , specialty
letting students do their own thing — Newsweek
I think travelling is very much a novelist's thing — Philip Larkin