things

noun — 2 senses

things

noun

/ˈθɪŋz/

1

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

  • Have you brought all your things with you?
  • Get your hands off my things!
1 more example
  • 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)
2

The general state of affairs in a given context, e.g. one's relationship

  • Things have been rough between lately.
  • She wants to break things off.
Synonyms
stuff
Derived terms
overthings

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