Also spelled Thenks

US /θæŋks/ UK /ˈθæŋks/
noun intj verb Freq #201

Meanings

  1. 1
    intj

    Used to tell someone you are grateful.

    Could you give me a hand? — Sure. — Thanks.

  2. 2
    noun

    Words or feelings expressing gratitude.

    After all I've done, is this the thanks I get?

  3. 3
    noun

    Because of; as a result of (in the phrase 'thanks to').

    Thanks to hard work, the project was a great success.

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Synonyms
1 intj · used to tell someone you... cheersmany thanksmerci

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.

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