thank

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To tell someone you are grateful for something they have done.

   She thanked him for the lift home.

2. 2
   verb

   To say that someone or something is responsible for a result, often a bad one.

   We can thank the bad weather for ruining our holiday.

Common collocations

• many thanks Adjective + noun
• give thanks Verb + noun
• heartfelt thanks Adjective + noun
• sincere thanks Adjective + noun
• warm thanks Adjective + noun
• express thanks Verb + noun
• offer thanks Verb + noun

From Middle English thank (“gratitude; expression of gratitude, thanks; attractiveness; commendation, praise; God’s grace; goodwill; merit, reward; mind, thought”), from Old English þanc (“gratitude; expression of gratitude, thanks; favour, grace; mind, thought; pleasure, satisfaction”), from Proto-Germanic *þankaz (“gratitude; expression of gratitude, thanks; mind, thought; remembrance”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to perceive; to think”). Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian Tonk (“thanks”), West Frisian tanke (“thanks”), Cimbrian dånke (“thanks”), Dutch dank (“thanks”),…

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