thank

[ thangk ]

/ θæŋk /

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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).

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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

First recorded before 900; Middle English (noun) “favorable thought, goodwill, gratitude,” (in singular and plural) expression of thanks; Old English thanc (in singular) expression of thanks, originally, “thought, thoughtfulness”; akin to think¹

OTHER WORDS FROM thank

thanker, nounre·thank, verb (used with object)un·thanked, adjectiveun·thank·ing, adjective

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Example sentences from the Web for thank

This episode from EmTech was produced by Jennifer Strong and Emma Cillekens, with special thanks to Brian Bryson and Benji Rosen.
EmTech Stage: Facebook’s CTO on misinformation|Tate Ryan-Mosley|November 18, 2020|MIT Technology Review
That’s thanks in part to the record number of non-incumbent Republican women — 15 — who’ve won House contests.
Republicans’ 2020 Gains In The House Set Them Up Well For 2022|Geoffrey Skelley (geoffrey.skelley@abc.com)|November 12, 2020|FiveThirtyEight
That’s largely thanks to the success of deep learning over the last decade.
Podcast: Can you teach a machine common sense?|Anthony Green|November 11, 2020|MIT Technology Review
Just one of their wins has come against a defense in the upper half of the NFL, per Football Outsiders defensive rankings, which are adjusted for opponent, and the other time they faced one they lost thanks to the Arizona Cardinals in overtime.
Best bets for Week 10 include betting against the Seahawks defense|Neil Greenberg|November 11, 2020|Washington Post

As K-pop has become more and more mainstream thanks to bands like BTS and Blackpink, more people have come into contact with its terminology and been confused about what it means.
Election week memes turned the 2020 presidential race into K-pop-style fandom|Aja Romano|November 9, 2020|Vox
I thanked him, sat down on the sofa, and sipped it through the straw.
I Was Gang Raped at a UVA Frat 30 Years Ago, and No One Did Anything|Liz Seccuro|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
We thanked them on stage for saving our asses and supporting indie music.
How Much Money Does a Band Really Make on Tour?|Jack Conte|December 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I thanked him and told him not to worry about himself, or us, and that I loved him.
The Queer Genius of Film Director Derek Jarman|Tim Teeman|November 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She thanked everyone for the outpouring of love and concern that had been shown toward her and Cooper.
I Was There: Inside Joan Rivers’ Funeral|Tim Teeman|September 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I thanked them for their loyalty and all the innovation and expertise they brought to the Expedition through the years.
From Havana to Hero: Diana Nyad’s 35-Year Quest|Diana Nyad|September 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Yet she looked toward Appenzelder, who had thanked her for her appearance as if she had done him a great favour.
Barbara Blomberg, Complete|Georg Ebers
Hermione said few words to me, but a glance now and then thanked me for being with them.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XXVI., December, 1880.|Various
I thanked him for his information and advise and gave him a knife with which he appeared to be much gratifyed.
The Journals of Lewis and Clark|Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
Blondine thanked Bonne-Biche tenderly for all these details.
Old French Fairy Tales|Comtesse de Sgur
Lydia, relieved of a disagreeable suspicion that her usually faultless footman must be drunk, thanked him and went up-stairs.
Cashel Byron's Profession|George Bernard Shaw

British Dictionary definitions for thank

thank

/ (θæŋk) /

verb (tr)

to convey feelings of gratitude to

to hold responsiblehe has his creditors to thank for his bankruptcy

used in exclamations of reliefthank goodness; thank God

I'll thank you to used ironically to intensify a command, request, etcI'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

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Idioms and Phrases with thank

thank

In addition to the idioms beginning with thank

thank God
thank one's lucky stars
thanks to

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give thanks for small blessings

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