Thing

Some unspecified matter

Thing is a legislative or judicial assembly in Scandinavian countries, historically and in some modern contexts.

The Icelandic Althing, established around 930 CE, is often called the world's oldest parliament.

The word appears in place names like Thingvellir. (Lowercase thing is the general noun for any object or matter.)

assembly

parliament

National legislative assembly

moot · gathering · convocation · ting

Categories
Opposites
concreteness/tangibility

Thingidea

Mental formation

concept · abstraction · thought · notion · feeling

specificity

Thingparticular

Specific or fussy

proper noun · specific · individual

ontological category

Thingperson

Human individual

human · someone · human being · somebody · being

Phrases
Family

nothing, things, anything, everything, something, nothing's, everything's, something's, anything's

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G