Thanks
[θæŋks]
Definition
(noun.) with the help of or owing to; 'thanks to hard work it was a great success'.
(noun.) an acknowledgment of appreciation.
Typist: Susan--From WordNet
Definition
(pl. ) of Thank
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. pl. Acknowledgments (for favors), expressions of gratitude.
Checker: Maisie
Examples
- Haste--begone--stay not to render thanks! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- I've saved you some thousands of dollars, at different times, by taking care of your hands,--that's all the thanks I get. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- As I could not understand or speak a word of French, I went to see our minister, Mr. Whitelaw Reid, and got him to send a deputy to answer for me, which he did, with my grateful thanks. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Allow me to present the club key, and with many thanks for your favor, take my seat. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- A thousand thanks,' he then observed. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The vote of thanks was carried unanimously. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Thanks to you, we know when the paint was dry. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Instead of having to flatter, she would be flattered; instead of being grateful, she would receive thanks. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Accept my thanks for all your kindness--and let me go. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- We therefore decline with thanks your Highness's courteous invitation to the banquet. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- She began well, thanks to a silent reminder that came to her unexpectedly, but most opportunely. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I am most happy that you like the chain, and that it should be here in time for to-morrow; but your thanks are far beyond the occasion. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- My thanks and duty to Miss Amy and Miss Fanny. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- It will be 'declined with thanks,' and left for me at the publisher's. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Undoubtedly; and after all you have no thanks for it. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
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