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thanks.

Used to express appreciation or gratitude.

6 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

intj/ˈθæŋks/[ˈθæŋks][ˈfæŋks]UK, nonstandard[ˈðæŋks]nonstandard

  1. Used to express appreciation or gratitude.

    Could you give me a hand, please? — Yes, sure. — Thanks. —Have you got enough now? —Yes, thanks.
    Would you like some potatoes? — Thanks. —How many?
Where this word comes from

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.

noun/ˈθæŋks/[ˈθæŋks][ˈfæŋks]UK, nonstandard[ˈðæŋks]nonstandard

  1. An expression of appreciation or gratitude.

    plural · plural-normally
    After all I’ve done, a simple acknowledgment is the thanks I get?

  2. Grateful feelings or thoughts; favour, goodwill, graciousness.

    plural · plural-normally
Where this word comes from

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.

noun/ˈθæŋks/[ˈθæŋks][ˈfæŋks]UK, nonstandard[ˈðæŋks]nonstandard

  1. plural of thank

    form-of · obsolete · plural
Where this word comes from

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.

verb/ˈθæŋks/[ˈθæŋks][ˈfæŋks]UK, nonstandard[ˈðæŋks]nonstandard

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of thank

    form-of · indicative · present · singular · third-person
Where this word comes from

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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