thing
noun (SITUATION) /θɪŋ/Definition
things B1 [plural] › used to refer to the general situation: Things have been going very well recently.Situations and circumstances it's a good thing B2 If it's a good thing that something happened, it is lucky that it happened: It's a good thing (that) we booked our tickets early.Good luck and bad luck the way things are (also as things stand) › in the present situation: The way things are, I'll never have this ready by June.Situations and circumstances
(Definition of thing noun (SITUATION) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a blessing in disguise idiom
- bad/hard/tough luck! idiom
- be a good job/thing idiom
- be bad luck on sb idiom
- be down on your luck idiom
- fortunate adjective
- fortunately adverb
- fortune cookie noun
- fortune smiles on sb idiom
- godsend noun
- luckily adverb
- luckless adjective
- lucky adjective
- may the best man/person win! idiom
- merciful adjective (EVENT/SITUATION)
- strike it lucky idiom
- the best of British (luck) idiom
- there but for the grace of God (go I) idiom
- touch wood idiom
- tough adjective (UNLUCKY)
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