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- [thangk]
- /θæŋk/
- /θæŋk/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [thangk]
- /θæŋk/
Definitions of thank word
- verb with object thank to express gratitude, appreciation, or acknowledgment to: She thanked them for their hospitality. 1
- noun thank Usually, thanks. a grateful feeling or acknowledgment of a benefit, favor, or the like, expressed by words or otherwise: to return a borrowed book with thanks. 1
- idioms thank have oneself to thank, to be personally to blame; have the responsibility: The citizens have only themselves to thank for corruption in government. 1
- idioms thank no thanks to, (used to express annoyance) not owing to: I caught my flight after all, no thanks to you. 1
- idioms thank thank God, (used as an interjection to express relief, thankfulness, etc.) Also, thank goodness, thank heaven. 1
- idioms thank thanks to, (used to express gratitude or blame) because of; owing to: Thanks to good organization and hard work, the benefit concert was a great success. The case went poorly thanks to the lawyer's incompetence. 1
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Origin of thank
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
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, thoughtfulness; (v.) Middle English thanken, Old English thancian (cognate with Dutch, German danken); akin to think1
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Parts of speech for Thank
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
thank popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
thank usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for thank
verb thank
- acknowledge — If you acknowledge a fact or a situation, you accept or admit that it is true or that it exists.
- bless — When someone such as a priest blesses people or things, he asks for God's favour and protection for them.
Antonyms for thank
verb thank
- blame — If you blame a person or thing for something bad, you believe or say that they are responsible for it or that they caused it.
- blow the whistle on — to make a clear musical sound, a series of such sounds, or a high-pitched, warbling sound by the forcible expulsion of the breath through a small opening formed by contracting the lips, or through the teeth, with the aid of the tongue.
- denunciate — to condemn; denounce
- denunciated — Simple past tense and past participle of denunciate.
- denunciating — present participle of denunciate.
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