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things
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???z/
Noun
things
- plural of thing
Noun
things pl (plural only)
- One's clothes, furniture, luggage, or possessions collectively; stuff
- Have you brought all your things with you?
- Get your hands off my things!
- Ole Golly just had indoor things and outdoor things.... She just had yards and yards of tweed which enveloped her like a lot of discarded blankets, which ballooned out when she walked, and which she referred to as her Things. —Louise Fitzhugh, Harriet the Spy (1964)
Synonyms
- stuff
Verb
things
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of thing
Anagrams
- nights
things From the web:
- what things are blue
- what things are purple
- what things can be recycled
- what things weakened the soviet union
- what things are red
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- what things are green
- what things are orange
happening
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?hæp?n??/, /?hæpn??/, [hæpn?n]
Etymology 1
From Middle English *happenynge, *happnynge, equivalent to happen +? -ing.
Verb
happening
- present participle of happen
Adjective
happening (comparative more happening, superlative most happening)
- (slang, of a place) Busy, lively; vibrant, dynamic; fashionable.
- This is a happening place tonight!
- 2005, Wendy Lawton, Less is More, page 13,
- “ […] San Francisco is not exactly the most happening place, you know.”
- 2006, Eliot Greenspan, Neil E. Schlecht, Frommer's Cuba, page 165,
- When the show ends, the circular, sunken floor is one of the more happening dance clubs in town.
- 2011, Bob Sehlinger, Menasha Ridge, Len Testa, The Unofficial Guide Walt Disney World 2012, page 157,
- They're a little noisy if you open your balcony door but otherwise offer a glimpse of one of Disney World's more happening places.
- (slang, of a person or product) Trendy, up-to-the-minute.
- He is a real happening guy.
- 1987 November 16, Steve Gibson, Desktop Publishing, 386-Based Machines, ‘Happening’ Trends at Comdex, InfoWorld, page 42,
- Every show has its hottest, most happening trends. If I were to isolate just one for hardware and one for software, this year's hot hardware would be the 386 machines, and the happening software would be desktop publishing.
- 2009, Nicola Williams, Oliver Berry, Steve Fallon, France, Lonely Planet, page 883,
- Going strong since 2006, this ephemeral nightclub (it's open only for 50 nights each year, in July and August) has become the hottest ticket in DJ land, a combination of the most happening names in music and its spectacular setting at the heart of the Palais des Festivals.
- 2011, Nicholas Gill, Christie Pashby, Kristina Schreck, Frommer's Chile & Easter Island, unnumbered page,
- San Antonio is the newest, tiniest, and most “happening” wine appellation in Chile, with just four boutique wineries that focus on quality, not quantity, producing fine pinot noir, sauvignon blanc, and syrah.
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English happenyng, equivalent to happen +? -ing.
Noun
happening (plural happenings)
- Something that happens.
- A spontaneous or improvised event, especially one that involves audience participation.
Translations
See also
- happening on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Finnish
Noun
happening
- happening (event)
Declension
Related terms
- häppeninki
French
Noun
happening m (plural happenings)
- happening
Spanish
Noun
happening m (plural happenings)
- happening
happening From the web:
- what happening in texas
- what happening in texas right now
- what happening on december 21
- what happening today
- what happening in myanmar
- what happening with the election
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