| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. Something done: act, action, deed, doing, work. See DO. 2. Something that happens: circumstance, event, happening, incident, occasion, occurrence. See HAPPEN. 3. One's portable property. Often used in plural: belonging (often used in plural), effect (used in plural), good (used in plural), lares and penates, personal effects, personal property, possession (used in plural), property. Informal : stuff. Law : chattel, movable (often used in plural). See OWNED. 4. Something significant that happens: circumstance, development, episode, event, happening, incident, news, occasion, occurrence. See HAPPEN. 5. Informal. The current custom: craze, fad, fashion, furor, mode, rage, style, trend, vogue. Idioms: the in thing, the last word, the latest thing. See STYLE, USUAL. 6. Slang. Something at which a person excels: forte, long suit, métier, specialty, strong point, strong suit. Slang : bag. See ABILITY. 7. A small specialized mechanical device: concern, contraption, contrivance, gadget, gimmick, jigger. Informal : doodad, doohickey, widget. Slang : gizmo. See MACHINE. 8. Something to be done, considered, or dealt with: affair, business, matter. See THING. 9. Something having material existence: article, item, object. See THING. 10. Things needed for a task, journey, or other purpose. Used in plural: accouterment (often used in plural), apparatus, equipment, gear, material (used in plural), materiel, outfit, paraphernalia, rig, tackle, turnout. See MEANS. 11. One that exists independently: being, entity, existence, existent, individual, object, something. See BE, THING. 12. Informal. An irrational preoccupation: fetish, fixation, mania, obsession. See CONCERN.
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