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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
thanks
I.interjection
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a letter of thanks/introduction/complaint etc
▪ I finally got a letter of apology from the company.
express your thanks/gratitude/appreciation (=say thank you to someone, in a speech)
▪ On behalf of the team, I’d like to express our appreciation for all your efforts.
extend...thanks
▪ I’d like to extend my thanks to all the catering staff.
grateful thanks
▪ Our grateful thanks go to all who participated.
I’m fine (thanks/thank you)spoken (= used when telling someone that you do not want any more when they offer you something)
▪ ‘More coffee?’ ‘No, I’m fine, thanks.’
No thanks
▪ ‘Do you want any more?’ ‘No thanks.’
sincere thanks/thank you/gratitude
▪ I would like to say a sincere thank you to everyone who has helped and supported me.
vote of thanks
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a chorus of thanks/disapproval/protest etc
a word of warning/caution/advice/thanks etc
▪ And a word of advice just you be careful of that old goat, Moreton.
▪ And a word of warning - when you arrive in Hye-on-Wye beware of the second-hand bookshops.
▪ But business advisors in the city have sounded a word of caution.
▪ He would hand her a sheaf of uncounted bank notes, which she received without a word of thanks.
▪ However, a word of caution is in order.
▪ Now a word of warning about the stitch patterns in the pattern book.
▪ Take a word of advice, Mr Watt.
▪ You won't mind a word of advice?
debt of gratitude/thanks
▪ In addition to that great teacher of prayer, there were others to whom I owe a debt of gratitude.
▪ Some say it is because of Baba Firdaus and his holy life, others say because Amanullah Khan paid his debt of gratitude.
▪ The present writer owes him a particularly deep debt of gratitude.
▪ Their varied tasks in the Library have all contributed to its success and we owe them a very real debt of gratitude.
▪ We all owe him a great debt of gratitude, and we wish him well.
▪ We all owe Solly a deep debt of gratitude for his services to the cause of jazz for so many years.
many thanks
Many thanks for your letter of the other day.
▪ We received the pictures on Wednesday. Many thanks.
▪ Finally very many thanks are again due to everyone who contributed to this edition.
▪ Finally, many thanks to the parents and all the other folk who helped us by being part of the duty rota.
▪ I stood up swiftly, telling him many thanks for bothering.
▪ In anticipation, many thanks for your assistance.
▪ Letter from the Chairman Very many thanks to all of you who returned the questionnaire.
▪ Once again, many thanks for your assistance in this matter.
▪ Thanks to Sam Wright for the transcription and many thanks for reading.
▪ Very many thanks for your help.
propose a vote of thanks (to sb)
▪ Chairman Gerald Davies proposed a vote of thanks.
▪ I did listen to him proposing a vote of thanks occasionally, and I was always glad when he sat down.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ "Do you want another cup of coffee?" "Oh, thanks."
▪ Could you hold the door for me? Thanks.
II.noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
fine
▪ I can make him out just fine, thanks.
grateful
▪ To the people who had already heard of her illness and sent her cards and good wishes Molly sends her grateful thanks.
▪ The Bishop tried hard to express his grateful thanks.
▪ Our grateful thanks to Unwins and Suttons seeds for allowing us to use their original seed catalogues.
▪ I extend to them our grateful thanks.
▪ Three Cheers for all of your, and grateful thanks for your response to our call for new members during last year.
sincere
▪ To all these - whether their names are recorded or not - I offer sincere thanks.
▪ Please accept my most sincere thanks for your interest.
▪ Central Council extends its sincere thanks to them all.
▪ The Society would like to express their sincere thanks to Mr Wheeler for the gifts of these photos and information.
▪ The Society wish to extend their sincere thanks to Mr Bayes for information and photos.
special
▪ A special thanks to our prayer support group who meet regularly at John and Rosemary Turner's.
▪ Elton, 45, had special words of thanks for Liz and Larry.
▪ A special vote of thanks was given on behalf of Adult Education in Kingston.
▪ It looks really special thanks to a superb print in shades of blue, apple and black on white.
▪ And a special thanks to all the families of our staff, who know provide an awful lot of support and encouragement.
Special thanks Special thanks from Link to office services manager, for her considerable help with this Focus.
▪ A special word of thanks to Lucy Jackson, who although away had arranged for her daughter to make an enormous cake.
■ VERB
express
▪ The Bishop tried hard to express his grateful thanks.
▪ I expressed my thanks and sat down.
▪ The committee express their thanks for the work he has done in a voluntary capacity over the past months.
▪ Perhaps, he thought with sudden abandon, he should give Edith Mallory a ring this very moment and express his thanks.
▪ But Steffi fans will like to express their thanks and wish her well.
▪ Perkins says he included the song as a way of expressing thanks to McCartney.
▪ The Society would like to express their sincere thanks to Mr Wheeler for the gifts of these photos and information.
▪ As she rises from her seat to return to work, she expresses her thanks.
extend
▪ Central Council extends its sincere thanks to them all.
▪ We would also like to extend our heartfelt thanks to the medical staff at Broadgreen Hospital.
▪ Central Council welcomes the new members and extends its thanks to all those whose membership has ended.
▪ The Society wish to extend their sincere thanks to Mr Bayes for information and photos.
give
▪ However modern incinerators give off less dioxins thanks to tougher design standards.
▪ We should appreciate their help and give thanks for it but never waste our strength worrying about its fairness.
▪ The ringing stopped, and gave a silent thanks to St Bernadette of Lourdes for the miracle.
▪ We gave thanks and praise-bes throughout the day and were taught to begin and end our day in communion with the Lord.
▪ I wondered for a moment whether I was dreaming, and then silently gave thanks.
▪ People came over to praise him and were given his amused thanks.
▪ We recall giving silent thanks that no one had ten bob for the juke box.
▪ Above all we give thanks to thee for that thou art mighty.
offer
▪ To all these - whether their names are recorded or not - I offer sincere thanks.
▪ I offered my thanks to Oliver, and even suggested some debt restructuring by way of gratitude, but he just shrugged it off.
▪ Ashley offered up a fervent thanks.
▪ Instead he went to St-Denis to offer thanks, and from there to St-Germain-des-Prés.
▪ This had dropped him at a garage in Cromcruach and had then mysteriously vanished before he could offer his thanks.
▪ I offered my thanks to the interviewer for seeing me and shook his/her hand at the end. 15.
receive
▪ If any teacher has not received a card of thanks to take to her class, please let me know.
send
▪ To the people who had already heard of her illness and sent her cards and good wishes Molly sends her grateful thanks.
▪ They also send thanks to Mrs Smith and her friends who raised almost £400 at a lunch and bridge party.
▪ The Legion sends thanks for your past support and asks for helpers with this year's Poppy Appeal.
▪ She sends a message of thanks to all those who made her birthday so happy and memorable.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ He won't get any thanks from them for being so honest.
▪ He wrote me a short letter of thanks.
▪ I'd like to propose a vote of thanks to Sandra for organizing the whole evening.
▪ Please accept this bottle of champagne as our thanks for organizing the seminar.
▪ She got up and left without a word of thanks.
▪ She received a personal letter of thanks from the president.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ And Ley and EconoMax supermarkets are seeing profits rise thanks to maquila food coupons.
▪ I expressed my thanks and sat down.
▪ In it she expressed her thanks and gratitude to him for changing her whole dying experience.
▪ Nobody commented; after brief thanks and farewells, Jack departed and the two friends went indoors.
▪ Thereafter the Bambino became an object of pilgrimage and there are thanks offerings all around.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
thanks

thank \thank\ (th[a^][ng]k), n.; pl. thanks (th[a^][ng]ks). [AS. [thorn]anc, [thorn]onc, thanks, favor, thought; akin to OS. thank favor, pleasure, thanks, D. & G. dank thanks, Icel. [thorn]["o]kk, Dan. tak, Sw. tack, Goth. [thorn]agks thanks; -- originally, a thought, a thinking. See Think.] A expression of gratitude; an acknowledgment expressive of a sense of favor or kindness received; obligation, claim, or desert, or gratitude; -- now generally used in the plural. ``This ceremonial thanks.''
--Massinger.

If ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have ye? for sinners also do even the same.
--Luke vi. 33.

What great thank, then, if any man, reputed wise and constant, will neither do, nor permit others under his charge to do, that which he approves not, especially in matter of sin?
--Milton.

Thanks, thanks to thee, most worthy friend, For the lesson thou hast taught.
--Longfellow.

His thanks, Her thanks, etc., of his or her own accord; with his or her good will; voluntary. [Obs.]

Full sooth is said that love ne lordship, Will not, his thanks, have no fellowship.
--Chaucer.

In thank, with thanks or thankfulness. [Obs.]

Thank offering, an offering made as an expression of thanks.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
thanks

Old English þanc, þonc in late use "grateful thought, gratitude," plural form thanks from mid-13c., from the same root as thank (v.). Compare Old Saxon thank, Old Frisian thank, Old Norse þökk, Dutch dank, German Dank. The Old English noun originally and chiefly meant "thought, reflection, sentiment; mind, will, purpose;" also "grace, mercy, pardon; pleasure, satisfaction."\n

\nAs short for I give you thanks from 1580s; often with extensions, such as thanks a lot (1908). Spelling thanx attested by 1907.

Wiktionary
thanks

interj. Used to express appreciation or gratitude. n. 1 (context obsolete English) (plural of thank English)Category:English plurals 2 (context plurale tantum English) An expression of gratitude. 3 grateful feelings or thoughts. vb. (en-third-person singular of: thank)

WordNet
thanks
  1. n. an acknowledgment of appreciation

  2. with the help of or owing to; "thanks to hard work it was a great success"

Wikipedia
Thanks

Thanks may refer to:

Thanks (TV series)

Thanks is an American television sitcom that debuted on CBS and ran for six episodes from 8:30 to 9:00pm ET on Monday nights. The program explores the trials and tribulations of the Winthrops, a 17th-century Puritan family, in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Characters take their names from John Winthrop, the famed governor of the original Bostonian Puritan community, and John Cotton, another prominent Puritan religious leader.

Thanks (film)

Thanks is a 2011 American comedy film directed by Martin Bergman. The film premiered at the 2011 Palm Springs International Film Festival.

Usage examples of "thanks".

Luck and twice luck, Nevyn told himself, thanks be to the Lords of Wyrd!

The army straggled over a long stretch of road, and thanks to this loose formation he could see that not a single wagon followed the riders.

Her intellect seemed to have deserted her - she could neither study nor think clearly thanks to the icy cold fear that gripped her.

She forced herself to smile, to murmur thanks, to reassure him by telling him how flattered she was, but by the time he finally left the chamber, she wondered if she hated him as much as ever she'd loved him.

The tale baffled those who knew him, because thanks to his dweomer luck Maryn had never received a wound in all his long years of battle.

The silver-eyed man pushed one of the chairs away from the table, and the other eased his supportchair into the new space, murmuring thanks under his breath.

He owed him thanks, as well as money, for the stones that paved the garden paths, and he was more than a little surprised that the imagist hadn’t already collected.

She sounded stilted, even to herself, and added, “And thanks for letting me play with your equipment.

Lioe took hers with a murmur of thanks, sipped cautiously at the bitter liquid.

Giving thanks to the gods for the interruption, he went to look out the window.

Lately, thanks to the threat of rebellion, he'd been making the rides good long ones to ensure that men and mounts both would be fit to ride to war.

My humble thanks, Nesta, and my thanks to that sharp-eyed customs officer, too.

Rhodry laughed aloud and called out a last thanks as he turned his horse and galloped south, back to the main road.

When Verrarc pulled out a chair, Admi sank into it with a little nod of thanks in his direction.

The job had fallen to Dallandra, thanks mostly to their common devotion to the dwcomer, which made them clans-women of a sort.