Are you trying to hyphenate thing? Unfortunately it cannot be hyphenated because it only contains one syllable.
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A special situation This thing has got to end It is a remarkable thing |
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An action How could you do such a thing? |
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A special abstraction A thing of the spirit Things of the heart |
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An artifact How does this thing work? |
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An event A funny thing happened on the way to the... |
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A vaguely specified concern Several matters to attend to It is none of your affair Things are going well |
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A statement regarded as an object To say the same thing in other terms How can you say such a thing? |
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An entity that is not named specifically I couldn't tell what the thing was |
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Any attribute or quality considered as having its own existence The thing I like about her is ... |
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A special objective The thing is to stay in bounds |
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A persistent illogical feeling of desire or aversion He has a thing about seafood She has a thing about him |
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A separate and self-contained entity |