Also spelled Thenks
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noun
intj
verb
Freq #201
Meanings
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1
intj
Used to tell someone you are grateful.
Could you give me a hand? — Sure. — Thanks.
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2
noun
Words or feelings expressing gratitude.
After all I've done, is this the thanks I get?
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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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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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