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# thing

«thing» in Mova's school dictionary: **any object you can name** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (thing, things)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A thing is any object you can name. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thing/#m1)

2) A thing can be an idea, an event or something that happens: «A strange thing happened». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thing/#m2)

3) Things can mean your belongings: «Pack your things». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thing/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

the objects that are counted, shared or grouped; in science «living things» and «non-living things»; phrases: «the same thing», «first thing», «a thing or two», «things to do»

### examples

- When we share a number of things equally into groups, we divide. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thing/#x1)
- Ben puts 12 things into 3 bags. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thing/#x2)
- How many things are on the table? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thing/#x3)
- Plants and animals are living things. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thing/#x4)
- Pack your things for the trip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thing/#x5)
- The best thing about summer is the beach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thing/#x6)
- A funny thing happened at school today. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thing/#x7)
- Hot things can burn you, so do not touch the stove. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thing/#x8)
- And then a strange thing happened. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thing/#x9)

### note

Countable: a thing, things. Carries no operation clue. Trap: when counting «things», count all kinds together; when counting one kind, leave the others out.

### In the corpora

- [These things are worrying, but they are almost never anyone's fault at home, and most families get through them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/4-when-work-goes-wrong/3/)
- [Child benefit is a small regular payment from the government to families with children, to help with things like shoes and food.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/5-where-money-comes-from/12/)
- [A sale lowers prices; a bargain is only a bargain if you would have bought the thing anyway.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/9-when-money-is-tight/13/)
- [Buying, selling or renting a home has many steps, and things can take months or fall through.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home/1/)
- [Moving is one of the most stressful things grown-ups do, so they can be tired and snappy.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «thing» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thing/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.