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quirk, fixation, preoccupation, obsession; fetish or fetich,
id‚e fixe, affection, liking, partiality, predilection, fancy,
love, passion, mania; phobia, fear, terror, aversion, loathing,
horror, detestation, dislike, Colloq hang-up: A chocoholic has
a thing about chocolate. Pet snakes are not Patricia's thing.
Roger has a thing about going out in public. 5 device, item,
gadget, object, entity, mechanism, contrivance, apparatus,
instrument, utensil, Colloq dingus, doodad, whatchamacallit,
thingumajig, whosis, whatsis, thingummy, thingumabob, Chiefly US
and Canadian gismo or gizmo: Where's the thing that is supposed
to hold the flywheel in place? 6 chore, task, responsibility,
matter; act, action, deed, activity, proceeding: The first
thing I must do is to phone home. 7 opportunity, chance,
possibility: See me first thing tomorrow. 8 things. a
affairs, matters, business, concerns: I have to take care of
some things at the office today. b circumstances, events,
happenings: Things are rarely what they seem. c belongings,
luggage, baggage, impedimenta, possessions, paraphernalia,
effects, clothes, clothing, goods; equipment, tools, utensils,
implements, apparatus, Colloq gear, stuff, Slang Brit clobber,
US crap, junk, Taboo slang US shit: Take your things and leave
at once! The plumber left his things at the shop.
think v. 1 believe, imagine, expect, dream, fantasize, suppose: When
do you think that you will retire? 2 judge, reckon, consider,
deem, regard (as), characterize (as), believe, assume, mark:
They thought him a fool for making such a fuss. 3 contemplate,
cogitate (on or over or about), ruminate (over or about),
reflect (on), meditate (on or over or about), muse (on or over
or about), deliberate (on or over or about), think about or of
or over: He likes to sit in the bath and think. I need time to
think over your proposal. 4 Often, think of. recall, remember,
recollect, call to mind: I simply cannot think of the name of
that film we saw last week. 5 think of or about. a consider,
ponder, weigh, contemplate, muse over, have in mind, mull over,
entertain the idea or notion of, intend, have in mind, propose:
Do you ever think of retiring? b assess, evaluate, value,
judge: What do you think about their latest suggestion? 6
think up or of. devise, concoct, contrive, come up with, invent,
conceive (of), dream up, create, make up, improvise: Who thinks
up the plots for these dreadful TV series?
thinkable adj. conceivable, possible, imaginable, feasible, reasonable,