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thank
[thangk]
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).
thank
/ θæŋ /
verb
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
used ironically to intensify a command, request, etc
I'll thank you to mind your own business
Other Word Forms
- thanker noun
- rethank verb (used with object)
- unthanked adjective
- unthanking adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of thank1
Idioms and Phrases
no thanks to, (used to express annoyance) not owing to.
I caught my flight after all, no thanks to you.
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 God, (used as an interjection to express relief, thankfulness, etc.) Also thank goodness, thank heaven
have oneself to thank, to be personally to blame; have the responsibility.
The citizens have only themselves to thank for corruption in government.
thank you, (used as an interjection to express gratitude, appreciation, or acknowledgment, as for a gift, favor, service, or courtesy).
Example Sentences
But she said Labour and the Conservatives had "equally failed" to confront the issue of grooming gangs, so "won't get a single bit of thanks" from her.
He spoke briefly to thank those present for their service.
Mr Duquemin said he had received many messages thanking him for organising the protest.
Bill Plaschke, thank you for your very informative column about Parkinson’s disease and your boxing exercise program.
“Once again, we thank Kim for her service. Her decision to put the museum first is to be applauded and appreciated,” Bunch wrote in his email to staff.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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