Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To express gratitude to; give thanks to: He thanked her for the gift.
- v. To hold responsible; credit: We can thank the parade for this traffic jam.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Grateful thought; gratitude; good will.
- n. Expression of gratitude; utterance of a sense of kindness received; acknowledgment by words or signs of a benefit or favor conferred: now used almost exclusively in the plural.
- To express gratitude to, as for a favor or benefit conferred; make acknowledgments to, as of good will or service due for kindness bestowed.
- To give thanks.
Wiktionary
- n. obsolete An expression of appreciation; a thought.
- v. To express gratitude or appreciation to someone.
- v. Credit or hold something responsible.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A expression of gratitude; an acknowledgment expressive of a sense of favor or kindness received; obligation, claim, or desert, or gratitude; -- now generally used in the plural.
- v. To express gratitude to (anyone) for a favor; to make acknowledgments to (anyone) for kindness bestowed; -- used also ironically for
blame .
WordNet 3.0
- v. express gratitude or show appreciation to
Etymologies
- From Old English þancian, from Proto-Germanic *þankōnan. Compare Dutch and German danken. (Wiktionary)
- Middle English thanken, from Old English thancian; see tong- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Oh, thank you, _thank_ you, aunty, for thinking of the hot supper.”
“You see he's to _thank God_ for detecting him -- thank God even at that frightful moment, and with that frightful death before him as a consequence.”
“Oh! thank you -- _thank you_!" she said, with trembling lip and tearful eyes as she held out her hand, "I feel _sure_ that you will find father.”
“But it cannot be, I thank you, I _thank_ you for your sympathy.”
“Oh, thank you, _thank_ you," she said gratefully; "you are”
“She is sick -- it will kill her to lose him -- You have said what I expected, and I thank you, thank you, _thank_ you!”
“Sorry to be so longe winded, i love reading all your finds and only recently could give you something i thought might interest you - write me and give me your thoughs about this might be a presentation coin - thank you — chuck sluggo4787@juno.com”
“I again thank you for starting this thread, because it brought to light a fundamental aspect of the Culture War.”
“Finally, I want to once again thank the Forum for all the helpful ideas and advice I received, especially the private responders.”
“Once again thank you again for writing to Bob with your concerns.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘thank’.
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FUN - Beatles song titles
Typical words from Beatles song titles. Can you recreate the titles?
(Grammatical words have been omitted)polythene, Sun King, rhythm and blues, taxman, tripper, monkey business, mailman, matchbox, rock and roll, ooh, blue jay, reprise and 388 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
a, abandon, ability, able, abortion, about, above, abroad, absence, absolute, absolutely, absorb and 4334 more...
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loinfruit's Words
buddy, hungry, hug, want, you, i, mommy, school, ballet, sign, sign language, language and 170 more...
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treasury
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Hickbonics
The Association of Southern Schools has decided to pursue some of the seemingly endless taxpayer dollars pipelined through Washington by designating Southern slang, or Hickbonics, as a language to...
gubmint, view, seed, jew here, bob war, ear, did, farn, rats, fat, retard, tire and 23 more...
Tweets
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oroboros THANK - (verb) - Ability to cognitively process.
Usage: "Ah thank ah'll have a bare." Apr 8, 2008