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Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
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Noun
S:
(n)
thing
(a special situation)
"this thing has got to end"; "it is a remarkable thing"
S:
(n)
thing
(an action)
"how could you do such a thing?"
S:
(n)
thing
(a special abstraction)
"a thing of the spirit"; "things of the heart"
S:
(n)
thing
(an artifact)
"how does this thing work?"
S:
(n)
thing
(an event)
"a funny thing happened on the way to the..."
S:
(n)
matter
,
affair
,
thing
(a vaguely specified concern)
"several matters to attend to"; "it is none of your affair"; "things are going well"
S:
(n)
thing
(a statement regarded as an object)
"to say the same thing in other terms"; "how can you say such a thing?"
S:
(n)
thing
(an entity that is not named specifically)
"I couldn't tell what the thing was"
S:
(n)
thing
(any attribute or quality considered as having its own existence)
"the thing I like about her is ..."
S:
(n)
thing
(a special objective)
"the thing is to stay in bounds"
S:
(n)
thing
(a persistent illogical feeling of desire or aversion)
"he has a thing about seafood"; "she has a thing about him"
S:
(n)
thing
(a separate and self-contained entity)