thanks

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.

Common collocations

• render thanks Verb + noun

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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