thank
Plural: thanks
Verb
- express gratitude or show appreciation to
- To express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something).
- In the future tense in the form one will thank someone to do something, chiefly expressing a command or criticism: to request that (someone) do something.
- To express appreciation or gratitude for (something).
- To respond to (someone) out of, or as if out of, appreciation or gratitude.
- Chiefly followed by for: to credit or hold (someone or something) responsible, especially for something negative; to blame.
- To express gratitude.
- -ED, -ING, -S to express gratitude to
Noun
- singular of thanks (“an expression of appreciation or gratitude; grateful feelings or thoughts; favour, goodwill, graciousness”)
Examples
- "I’ll thank you not to smoke in my house!"
- "She thanked him for the lift."
- "We can thank global warming for this freak weather."
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English thank (“gratitude; expression of gratitude, thanks; attractiveness; commendation, praise; God’s grace; goodwill; merit, reward; mind, thought”), from Old English þanc (“gratitude; expression of gratitude, thanks; favour, grace; mind, thought; pleasure, satisfaction”), from Proto-Germanic *þankaz (“gratitude; expression of gratitude, thanks; mind, thought; remembrance”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to perceive; to think”).
Cognates
* Danish tak
* Dutch dank
* German Dank
* Faroese tøkk
* Icelandic þökk
* Low German Dank
* Saterland Frisian Tonk
* Swedish tack
* West Frisian tank
Synonyms
give thanks
Scrabble Score: 12
thank: valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordthank: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
thank: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary