thing
part of speech
noun (thing, things)
meaning for a pupil
1) A thing is any object you can name. tree →
2) A thing can be an idea, an event or something that happens: «A strange thing happened». tree →
3) Things can mean your belongings: «Pack your things». tree →
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
- And he told Laban all these things. (Torah GEN.29.13, JPS 1917) tree →
- Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing. (Torah DEU.14.3, JPS 1917) tree →
- Is any thing too hard for the LORD. (Torah GEN.18.14, JPS 1917) tree →
- Who hath heard such a thing? (Prophets ISA.66.8, JPS 1917) tree →
- These things did the three mighty men. (Prophets 2SA.23.17, JPS 1917) tree →
- Should I pacify Myself for these things? (Prophets ISA.57.6, JPS 1917) tree →
- When we share a number of things equally into groups, we divide. tree →
- Ben puts 12 things into 3 bags. tree →
- How many things are on the table? tree →
- Plants and animals are living things. tree →
- Pack your things for the trip. tree →
- The best thing about summer is the beach. tree →
- A funny thing happened at school today. tree →
- Hot things can burn you, so do not touch the stove. tree →
- And then a strange thing happened. tree →
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
- And God saw every thing that He had made, and, behold, it was very good.
- Every moving thing that liveth shall be for food for you; as the green herb have I given you all.
- Is any thing too hard for the LORD.
- And Abimelech said unto Abraham: 'What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?'
- And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight on account of his son.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «thing» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.