thanks

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Used to express appreciation or gratitude.

interjection

1
Used to express appreciation or gratitude.
Could you give me a hand, please? — Yes, sure. — Thanks. —Have you got enough now? —Yes, thanks.
Would you like some potatoes? — Thanks. —How many?
Thanks, courteous wall: Jove shield thee well for this!

Etymology

From Middle English thanks, thankes, from Old English þancas (“thanks”), from Proto-Germanic *þankōs, nominative plural of *þankaz (“thought, gratitude”), from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to think, feel”). More at thank.

noun

1
An expression of appreciation or gratitude.
After all I’ve done, a simple acknowledgment is the thanks I get?
2
Grateful feelings or thoughts; favour, goodwill, graciousness.

noun

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Also a form of thankobsoleteplural of thank

verb

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Also a form of thankthird-person singular simple present indicative of thank

Forms

singular: thank

Thankful · A female given name.thankfully · In a thankful manner; giving thanks.thanking · The act by which thanks are given; thanks.

thanks · Used to express appreciation or gratitude.

thanksgiving · The expression of gratitude.Thanksgiving · Thanksgiving Day, celebrated on the second Monday of October…that · Introducing a clause that is the object of a verb, especially…

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