thank

[ thangk ]

/ θæŋk /

verb (used with object)

to express gratitude, appreciation, or acknowledgment to: She thanked them for their hospitality.

noun

Usually thanks. a grateful feeling or acknowledgment of a benefit, favor, or the like, expressed by words or otherwise: to return a borrowed book with thanks.

interjection

thanks, (used as an informal expression of gratitude, appreciation, or acknowledgment).

Idioms for thank

have oneself to thank, to be personally to blame; have the responsibility: The citizens have only themselves to thank for corruption in government.

no thanks to, (used to express annoyance) not owing to: I caught my flight after all, no thanks to you.

thank God, (used as an interjection to express relief, thankfulness, etc.) Also thank goodness, thank heaven.

thanks to, (used to express gratitude or blame) because of; owing to: Thanks to good organization and hard work, the benefit concert was a great success. The case went poorly thanks to the lawyer's incompetence.

thank you, (used as an interjection to express gratitude, appreciation, or acknowledgment, as for a gift, favor, service, or courtesy).

Origin of thank

before 900; (noun) Middle English: favorable thought, goodwill, gratitude, (in singular and plural) expression of thanks; Old English thanc (in singular) expression of thanks, orig., thought, thoughtfulness; (v.) Middle English thanken, Old English thancian (cognate with Dutch, German danken); akin to think¹

OTHER WORDS FROM thank

thank·er, noun re·thank, verb (used with object) un·thanked, adjective un·thank·ing, adjective

Words nearby thank

thane, thaneship, thanet, thangka, thanjavur, thank, thank god, thank one's lucky stars, thank you, thank-you, thank-you-ma'am

Example sentences from the Web for thanks

Thanks to that meddling Franklin and the other editors, Jefferson thought his Declaration had been “mangled.”

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“They basically said thanks a lot and shook our hands and took off,” Stammberger said.

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And, thanks to a transparent hull, exploring the deep and spotting rare marine life is practically a cinch.

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Thanks to the Atlanta case, they can now see another in plain sight.

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Thanks to decades of social-science research, we know more about how to help struggling Americans than ever before.

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He refused to stay all night, and set off in the dark, with Allen's thanks ringing in his ears for what he had done.

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We have had hard times, and hard marching through this rough country, but thanks be to God, I have escaped with a whole skin.

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This was granted them, thanks to the perseverance and energy of our remonstrances.

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Ay, and the riding to London, and the bringing of thy father, and all—is't not worth a word of thanks?

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Our knowledge of mountains, thanks to the labours of a zealous army of workers, is now considerable.

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British Dictionary definitions for thanks (1 of 2)

thanks

/ (θæŋks) /

pl n

an expression of appreciation or gratitude or an acknowledgment of services or favours given

thanks to because of thanks to him we lost the match

interjection

informal an exclamation expressing acknowledgment, gratitude, or appreciation

British Dictionary definitions for thanks (2 of 2)

thank

/ (θæŋk) /

verb (tr)

to convey feelings of gratitude to

to hold responsible he has his creditors to thank for his bankruptcy

used in exclamations of relief thank goodness; thank God

I'll thank you to used ironically to intensify a command, request, etc I'll thank you to mind your own business

Word Origin for thank

Old English thancian; related to Old Frisian thankia, Old Norse thakka, Old Saxon, Old High German thancōn

Idioms and Phrases with thanks

thank

In addition to the idioms beginning with thank

thank God
thank one's lucky stars
thanks to

also see:

give thanks for small blessings

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thank

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interjection

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pl n

interjection

British Dictionary definitions for thanks (2 of 2)

verb (tr)

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thank

verb (used with object)

noun

interjection

Idioms for thank

Origin of thank

OTHER WORDS FROM thank

Words nearby thank

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pl n

interjection

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verb (tr)

Word Origin for thank

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