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thanks

(thăngks)

pl.n.

1. Grateful feelings or thoughts; gratitude: a heart full of thanks for our escape.

2. An expression of gratitude: gave thanks to God; a note of thanks to a contributor.

interj.

Used to express thanks.

Idioms:

no thanks to

Without the benefit of help from: finally found the house, no thanks to these confusing directions.

thanks to

On account of; because of: "Thanks to a variety of domestic political changes, by the 1440s the Chinese had withdrawn from participation in the wider world" (Lincoln P. Paine).

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thanks

(θæŋks)

pl n

1. an expression of appreciation or gratitude or an acknowledgment of services or favours given

2. thanks to because of: thanks to him we lost the match.

interj

informal an exclamation expressing acknowledgment, gratitude, or appreciation

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Noun	1.	thanks - an acknowledgment of appreciation acknowledgement, acknowledgment - a statement acknowledging something or someone; "she must have seen him but she gave no sign of acknowledgment"; "the preface contained an acknowledgment of those who had helped her" appreciation - an expression of gratitude; "he expressed his appreciation in a short note" thank you - a conversational expression of gratitude curtain call, bow - an appearance by actors or performers at the end of the concert or play in order to acknowledge the applause of the audience
	2.	thanks - with the help of or owing to; "thanks to hard work it was a great success" assist, assistance, help, aid - the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose; "he gave me an assist with the housework"; "could not walk without assistance"; "rescue party went to their aid"; "offered his help in unloading"

thanks

plural noun

1. gratitude, appreciation, thanksgiving, credit, recognition, acknowledgment, gratefulness They accepted their certificates with words of thanks.

interjection

1. thank you, cheers, ta, bless you, TY (S.M.S.), THX (S.M.S.), TNZ (S.M.S.), THNQ (S.M.S.), T/Y (S.M.S.) Thanks. You've been great.

thanks to because of, through, due to, as a result of, owing to, by reason of Thanks to recent research, effective treatment is available.

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thanks

noun

1. A being grateful:

appreciation, gratefulness, gratitude, thankfulness.

2. A short prayer said at meals:

benediction, blessing, grace, thanksgiving.

Translations

شُكْر، إمتِنانشكراشُكْرا

díkypoděkováníděkuje

takja tak!mange tak!

Dank dankethx

ευχαριστώ

dankon

gracias ¡gracias!agradecimiento

kiitos

merci remerciement remerciements

hvala

köszönetköszönömhálaköszi

terimah kasih

òakkir, òökk , òakklætitakk, òakkir

grazie ringraziamenti

ありがとう

bedankt dankdank jedank u

poďakovanie

hvala

tack

teşekkürler

感谢

thanks

[ˈθæŋks]

A. NPL

1. (= gratitude) → agradecimiento msing, gratitud fsing
they deserve our thanks → merecen nuestro agradecimiento or nuestra gratitud
in his speech of thanks → en su discurso de agradecimiento
that's all the thanks I get! → ¡y así se me agradece!
she murmured her thanks → dio las gracias murmurando
to give thanks → dar las gracias (for por) thanks be to God (Rel) → alabado sea Dios

2. thanks to: thanks to you → gracias a ti ... (iro) → por culpa tuya ...
small/no thanks to you → no fue gracias a ti
I got the job thanks to him → conseguí el trabajo a or por mediación suya
thanks to the rain the game was abandoned → debido a la lluvia el partido fue anulado

B. EXCL thanks! → ¡gracias!
many thanks!; thanks very much!; thanks a lot! → ¡muchas gracias!, ¡muchísimas gracias!
you went and told her? thanks a lot! (iro) → ¡y se lo dijiste!, ¡gracias, hombre! (iro)
see also bunch

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thanks

[ˈθæŋks]

excl → merci!
thanks a lot! → merci beaucoup!
no, thanks → non merci
thanks for ... → merci pour ...
Thanks for the information → Merci pour les renseignements.
many thanks → un grand merci
Many thanks for your help → Un grand merci pour ton aide.

npl

(= gratitude) → remerciements mpl
to give sb one's thanks → remercier qn
to give thanks (to God) → rendre grâce

thanks to → grâce à
Thanks to him, everything went OK → Grâce à lui, tout s'est bien passé.
no thanks to sb/sth → pas grâce à qn/qch
it's no thanks to sb/sth → ce n'est pas grâce à qn/qch

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thanks

→ Dank m; to accept something with thanks → etw dankend or mit Dank annehmen; and that’s all the thanks I get → und das ist jetzt der Dank dafür; to give thanks to God → Gott danksagen or Dank sagen; thanks be to God (Eccl) → Dank sei Gott

thanks to → wegen (+gen); (with positive cause also) → dank (+gen); thanks to his coming early … → weil er so früh kam, …; it’s all thanks to you that we’re so late → bloß deinetwegen kommen wir so spät; it was no thanks to him that … → ich hatte/wir hatten etc es nicht ihm zu verdanken, dass …; you managed it then — yes, no thanks to you → du hast es also doch geschafft — ja, und das habe ich ganz bestimmt nicht dir zu verdanken

interj (inf) → danke (for für); many thanks → vielen or herzlichen Dank (for für); thanks a lot or a million → vielen or tausend Dank; (iro) → (na,) vielen Dank (inf); thanks for nothing! (iro) → vielen Dank auch!; will you have some more? — no thanks/yes, thanks → etwas mehr? — nein/ja, danke

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thanks

[θæŋks]

1. npl → ringraziamenti mpl, grazie m inv
thanks to → grazie a
that's all the thanks I get! → bel ringraziamento!
thanks to you ... (also) (iro) → grazie a te...
it's all thanks to (also) (iro) → è tutto merito di
it's small or no thanks to you that ... → non è certo per merito tuo se...
thanks be to God → rendiamo grazie a Dio

2. excl → grazie!
(very) many thanks → grazie mille

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thank

(θӕŋk) verb

to express appreciation or gratitude to (someone) for a favour, service, gift etc. He thanked me for the present; She thanked him for inviting her.

ˈthankful adjective

grateful; relieved and happy. He was thankful that the journey was over; a thankful sigh.

ˈthankfully adverb

ˈthankfulness noun

ˈthankless adjective

for which no-one is grateful. Collecting taxes is a thankless task.

ˈthanklessly adverb

ˈthanklessness noun

thanks noun plural

expression(s) of gratitude. I really didn't expect any thanks for helping them.

interjection

thank you. Thanks (very much) for your present; Thanks a lot!; No, thanks; Yes, thanks.

ˈthanksgiving noun

the act of giving thanks, especially to God, eg in a church service. a service of thanksgiving.

Thanksˈgiving noun

(also Thanksgiving Day) in the United States, a special day (the fourth Thursday in November) for giving thanks to God.

thanks to

because of. Thanks to the bad weather, our journey was very uncomfortable.

thank you

I thank you. Thank you (very much) for your present; No, thank you.

thanks

n., pl. gracias; agradecimiento, gratitud.

Fine, thanks → بِخَيْرٍ، شُكْراً → Děkuji, dobře → Fint, tak → Gut, danke → Καλά, ευχαριστώ → Bien, gracias → Hyvin, kiitos → Bien, merci → Hvala, dobro → Bene, grazie → ええ、おかげさまで → 잘 지내요, 고마워요 → Prima, dank u → Bare bra, takk. → Dziękuję, dobrze → Bem, obrigado → Спасибо, хорошо → Tack, bra → İyiyim, teşekkür ederim → Tôi khỏe, cảm ơn → 我很好，谢谢

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The trooper thanks his informant and rides slowly on, looking about him.

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With hearty thanks and best wishes, I remain "`Your grateful friend and humble servant, "`JAMES LAURENCE'

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Scarcely had Anne of Austria conducted the young queen to her apartments and taken from her brow the head-dress of ceremony, when she went to see her son in his cabinet, where, alone, melancholy and depressed, he was indulging, as if to exercise his will, in one of those terrible inward passions -- king's passions -- which create events when they break out, and with Louis XIV., thanks to his astonishing command over himself, became such benign tempests, that his most violent, his only passion, that which Saint Simon mentions with astonishment, was that famous fit of anger which he exhibited fifty years later, on the occasion of a little concealment of the Duc de Maine's.

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'll know what to do; so go, and take this wrapper with you; it 's done now, thanks to your nimble fingers."

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He thanks you, dear friends, for your kindly greeting, and hopes to receive you--it may be on the next of these delightfiil occasions--in a residence better suited to your claims on the rites of hospitality.

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Now sayest thou to me, smiling and full of melancholy: "Which of us oweth thanks?--

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And if I knew him, and I might, I would go down on my knees to him, and take his hand and kiss it and ask him not to draw it away, but to leave it--O to leave it for a moment--and let my thankful tears fall on it; for I have no other thanks to give him!'

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As soon as they were well away, the Fox departed without taking any notice of the Woodcutter: whereon he called to him and reproached him, saying, "You ungrateful fellow, you owe your life to me, and yet you leave me without a word of thanks." The Fox replied, "Indeed, I should have thanked you fervently if your deeds had been as good as your words, and if your hands had not been traitors to your speech."

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Collins has yet expressed her sense of your kindness in coming to us; but I am very certain you will not leave the house without receiving her thanks for it.

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"Gracious heavenly Father, I thank Thee for the White Way of Delight and the Lake of Shining Waters and Bonny and the Snow Queen.

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He was very warmly thanked both by mother and daughter; to escape a little from the latter, he went to the pianoforte, and begged Miss Fairfax, who was still sitting at it, to play something more.

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In his prayer he thanked the Lord for the first Christmas, and for all that it had meant to the world ever since.