Library / English Dictionary

THANKS

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

With the help of or owing to

Example:

thanks to hard work it was a great success

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("thanks" is a kind of...):

aid; assist; assistance; help (the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An acknowledgment of appreciation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("thanks" is a kind of...):

acknowledgement; acknowledgment (a statement acknowledging something or someone)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "thanks"):

appreciation (an expression of gratitude)

thank you (a conversational expression of gratitude)

bow; curtain call (an appearance by actors or performers at the end of the concert or play in order to acknowledge the applause of the audience)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Present simple (third person singular) of the verb thank

Credits

 Context examples: 

But thanks to my check-book and the good Altamont all will be well to-night.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

My last tears, and my last thanks, for uncle!””

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

You could enjoy exciting travel for part of the month too, thanks to a friendly new moon that already appeared late last month on November 26.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

He received it with abundance of thanks, more than such a trifle could deserve.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

Accept my thanks for the compliment you are paying me.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

Kindly extend our pleasure and our thanks to Mr. Brissenden.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

My thanks are due in three quarters.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Undoubtedly; and after all you have no thanks for it.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

Many thanks to you for what you have told me.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I well see, said the king, that I owe my thanks to you; can I do anything to please you?

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)