things

The word “things” means one's belongings, such as clothes, luggage, or personal items. In plain terms, a person's belongings, or a loose way of talking about how a situation is going overall.

“Things” is pronounced THIHNGZ (/ˈθɪŋz/ in IPA).

Here is “things” used in a sentence: “Grab your things — the taxi's here.”

Words with a similar meaning to “things” include stuff.

“Things” is a noun.

“Things” is a very common word in modern English.

“Things” has 2 distinct senses listed in this dictionary. The most common is: one's belongings, such as clothes, luggage, or personal items.

Both informally mean belongings, but 'things' can be counted and refers to separate objects — 'pack your things.' 'Stuff' is uncountable and treats belongings as a single mass — 'move your stuff.' They overlap in casual speech, though 'things' feels a little more definite and 'stuff' more vague.

'Gather your things, we're leaving' means collect your personal items — bag, coat, phone and so on. 'She packed her things and moved out' refers to her clothes and possessions. In this sense, 'things' stands in for whatever objects belong to a particular person.

The singular is 'thing,' but in the sense of belongings the word is almost always plural. You say 'pack your things,' not 'pack your thing.' A single 'thing' usually means one unnamed object or matter, while the plural 'things' commonly carries the meaning of possessions.