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thank

–verb (used with object)

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

2.	thank God, (used interjectionally to express relief, thankfulness, etc.) Also, thank goodness, thank heaven.

–noun

3.	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

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

—Idioms

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

6.	thanks to, because of; owing to: Thanks to good organization and hard work, the benefit concert was a great success.

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

[Origin: bef. 900; (n.) ME: favorable thought, goodwill, gratitude, (in sing. and pl.) expression of thanks; OE thanc (in sing.) expression of thanks, orig., thought, thoughtfulness; (v.) ME thanken, OE thancian (c. D, G danken); akin to think¹

]

—Related forms

thanker, noun

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tr.v. thanked, thank·ing, thanks

To express gratitude to; give thanks to: He thanked her for the gift.
To hold responsible; credit: We can thank the parade for this traffic jam.

[Middle English thanken, from Old English thancian; see tong- in Indo-European roots.]

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pl.n.

Grateful feelings or thoughts; gratitude: a heart full of thanks for our escape.
An expression of gratitude: gave thanks to God; a note of thanks to a contributor.

interj. Used to express thanks.

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thanks
noun
1.	an acknowledgment of appreciation
2.	with the help of or owing to; "thanks to hard work it was a great success"

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thanks noun plural

expression(s) of gratitude
Example: I really didn't expect any thanks for helping them.

Arabic:	شُكْر، إمتِنان
Chinese (Simplified):	感谢
Chinese (Traditional):	感謝
Czech:	poděkování
Danish:	tak
Dutch:	dank
Estonian:	tänu
Finnish:	kiitos
French:	remerciements
German:	der Dank
Greek:	ευχαριστίες (πληθ.)
Hungarian:	köszönet
Icelandic:	þakkir, þökk (fyrir), þakklæti
Indonesian:	terima kasih
Italian:	ringraziamenti*

Japanese:	感謝
Latvian:	pateicība
Lithuanian:	padėka
Norwegian:	takk
Polish:	podziękowania
Portuguese (Brazil):	agradecimentos
Portuguese (Portugal):	agradecimentos
Romanian:	mulţumiri
Russian:	благодарность
Slovak:	poďakovanie
Slovenian:	zahvala
Spanish:	agradecimiento
Swedish:	tack
Turkish:	teşekkürler

thanks interjection

thank you
Example: Thanks (very much) for your present; Thanks a lot!; No, thanks; Yes, thanks.

Arabic:	شُكْرا
Chinese (Simplified):	感谢
Chinese (Traditional):	感謝
Czech:	díky
Danish:	tak!; mange tak!; nej tak!; ja tak!
Dutch:	dank
Estonian:	aitäh, tänan
Finnish:	kiitos
French:	merci
German:	danke
Greek:	ευχαριστώ
Hungarian:	köszönöm!
Icelandic:	takk, þakkir
Indonesian:	terima kasih
Italian:	grazie

Japanese:	ありがとう
Korean:	고맙소
Latvian:	paldies
Lithuanian:	ačiū
Norwegian:	takk!
Polish:	dzięki
Portuguese (Brazil):	obrigado
Portuguese (Portugal):	obrigado
Romanian:	mulţumesc
Russian:	спасибо
Slovak:	ďakujem
Slovenian:	hvala
Spanish:	gracias
Swedish:	tack!
Turkish:	teşekkürler