thanks

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   with the help of or owing to

   thanks to hard work it was a great success

2. 2
   intj

   Used to express appreciation or gratitude.

   Could you give me a hand, please? — Yes, sure. — Thanks. —Have you got enough now? —Yes, thanks.

3. 3
   noun

   An expression of appreciation or gratitude.

   After all I’ve done, a simple acknowledgment is the thanks I get?

4. 4
   noun

   an acknowledgment of appreciation

5. 5
   noun

   Grateful feelings or thoughts; favour, goodwill, graciousness.

6. 6
   noun

   plural of thank

7. 7
   verb

   third-person singular simple present indicative of thank

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.