Definitions for thank

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Spelling: [thangk]

IPA: /θæŋk/

Thank is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 48 anagrams from letters in thank (ahknt).

Definitions for thank

noun

1. Usually, thanks. a grateful feeling or acknowledgment of a benefit, favor, or the like, expressed by words or otherwise:

Idioms

1. have oneself to thank, to be personally to blame; have the responsibility:
2. no thanks to, (used to express annoyance) not owing to:
3. thank God, (used as an interjection to express relief, thankfulness, etc.) Also, thank goodness, thank heaven.
4. thanks to, (used to express gratitude or blame) because of; owing to:
5. thank you, (used as an interjection to express gratitude, appreciation, or acknowledgment, as for a gift, favor, service, or courtesy).

interjection

1. thanks, (used as an informal expression of gratitude, appreciation, or acknowledgment).

verb (used with object)

1. to express gratitude, appreciation, or acknowledgment to:

Origin of thank

before 900; (noun) Middle English: favorable thought, goodwill, gratitude, (in singular and plural) expression of thanks; Old English thanc (in singular) expression of thanks, orig., thought,

Examples for thank

But if I were to be contumacious, I might thank myself for all that would follow.

“I want to thank support from the Vatican, especially Pope Francis,” he said in a televised statement.

Heinold's First and Last Chance, Oakland (Jack London, Taft) You can thank Johnny Heinold for your favorite Jack London book.

However you decide to vote in the end, I thank those who continue to give us leverage to improve the bill.

thank you for the compliment, but I don't expect to stick to it all my life.

I am bound for my quarters, I came but to thank you for your goodness to me, and to bid you farewell.

Nevertheless, I have many things to thank him for, and therefore he deserves praise.

Then the sun went down and the anger came back as a “thank You NYPD” rally traded insults with counter-protestors.

Enforcement of U.S Code, Title VII, Chapter 25A “Export Standards for Grapes and Plums” remains fully funded, thank goodness.

thank you, Robert; I will accept your gift with thanks on one condition.