an expression of appreciation or gratitude or an acknowledgment of services or favours given
2. thanks to
exclamation
3. informal
an exclamation expressing acknowledgment, gratitude, or appreciation
thanks in American English
(θæŋks)
plural noun
1.
an expression of gratitude; grateful acknowledgment of something received by or done for one
interjection
2.
thank you
Idioms:
thanks to
Word origin
pl. of ME thank < OE thanc, thanks: see thank
Examples of 'thanks' in a sentence
thanks
Despite the noise, they hadn't got in, and Sam offered up silent thanks to the miller who had built so well.
Garth Nix LIRAEL: DAUGHTER OF THE CLAYR (2001)
She could maybe even alter her hairstyle, thanks to the sweat of panic.
Val McDermid THE LAST TEMPTATION (2001)
It was the kind of district I'd become familiar with recently, thanks to the Smart brothers.
Val McDermid DEAD BEAT (2001)
Special thanks to Robin Schatz of the Mayor's Office in Philadelphia.
Lisa Scottoline LEGAL TENDER (2001)
Synonyms of 'thanks'
gratitude, appreciation, thanksgiving, credit
thank you, cheers, ta, bless you
More Synonyms of thanks
In other languages
thanks
British English: thanks! /ˈθæŋks/ INTERJECTION
You can say `thanks!' to show that you are grateful to someone for something they have done.
American English: thanks!
Arabic: شُكْراً
Brazilian Portuguese: obrigado!
Chinese: 谢谢！
Croatian: hvala!
Czech: díky!
Danish: tak
Dutch: bedankt!
European Spanish: ¡gracias!
Finnish: kiitos!
French: merci !
German: danke!
Greek: ευχαριστώ!
Italian: grazie!
Japanese: ありがとう！
Korean: 감사!
Norwegian: takk!
Polish: dzięki!
European Portuguese: obrigado!
Romanian: mersi!
Russian: спасибо!
Latin American Spanish: ¡gracias!
Swedish: tack!
Thai: ขอบคุณ
Turkish: teşekkürler!
Ukrainian: дякую!
Vietnamese: cảm ơn!
All related terms of 'thanks'
bethank
to thank
thank
You use thank you or, in more informal English , thanks to express your gratitude when someone does something for you or gives you what you want .
thankit
to convey feelings of gratitude to
thanks to
If you say that something happens thanks to a particular person or thing, you mean that they are responsible for it happening or caused it to happen.
give thanks
When people give thanks , they thank God for something good that has happened .
return thanks
(of Christians) to say grace before a meal
no thanks to
If you say that something happens no thanks to a particular person or thing, you mean that they did not help it to happen, or that it happened in spite of them.
thanks offering
an offering made as an expression of thanks to God
vote of thanks
A vote of thanks is an official speech in which the speaker formally thanks a person for doing something.
Chinese translation of 'thanks'
thanks
(θæŋks)
n pl
感谢(謝) (gǎnxiè)
int
(inf) 谢(謝)谢(謝) (xièxie)
to give sb one's thanks (frm) 向某人表示感谢(謝) (xiàng mǒurén biǎoshì gǎnxiè)
many thanks, thanks a lot多谢(謝) (duōxiè)
no, thanks不了，谢(謝)谢(謝) (bù le, xièxie)
thanks to sb/sth多亏(虧)某人/某事 (duōkuī mǒurén/mǒushì)
thx
abbr
(= thanks) 谢(謝)谢(謝) (xièxie)
thank
(θæŋk)
vt
[person]感谢(謝) (gǎnxiè)
thank you (very much)(非常)感谢(謝)你 ((fēicháng) gǎnxiè nǐ)