Prononciations (2)
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/ˈθɪŋz/
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θɪŋz
Nom
One's clothes, furniture, luggage, or possessions collectively; stuff
Usage- plural
- uniquement au pluriel
- Exemples
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Have you brought all your things with you?
Get your hands off my things!
Plus d’exemples (1)
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)
The general state of affairs in a given context, e.g. one's relationship
Usage- plural
- uniquement au pluriel
- Exemples
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Things have been rough between lately.
She wants to break things off.
Nom
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
- Termes génériques
- Exemples
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she packed her things and left