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thank

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Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
12
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈθæŋk/
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/ˈθæŋk/ · [ˈθæŋk] · /ˈfæŋk/ · [ˈfæŋk] · /ˈθɛŋk/ · [ˈθɛŋk] · /ˈðæŋk/ · [ˈðæŋk] · /ˈθeɪ̯ŋk/ · [ˈθeɪ̯ŋk] ~ /ˈθɛ̃ŋk/ · [ˈθɛ̃ŋk] · /ˈðeɪ̯ŋk/ · [ˈðeɪ̯ŋk] ~ /ˈðɛ̃ŋk/ · [ˈðɛ̃ŋk]

Definition of thank

7 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (form-of, obsolete, singular)singular of thanks (“an expression of appreciation or gratitude; grateful feelings or thoughts; favour, goodwill, graciousness”)
    “If ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have ye? for sinners also do even the same.”
    “What great thank, then, if any man, reputed wise and constant, will neither do, nor permit others under his charge to do, that which he approves not, especially in matter of sin?”
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noun

  1. (form-of, obsolete, singular)singular of thanks (“an expression of appreciation or gratitude; grateful feelings or thoughts; favour, goodwill, graciousness”)
    “If ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have ye? for sinners also do even the same.”
    “What great thank, then, if any man, reputed wise and constant, will neither do, nor permit others under his charge to do, that which he approves not, especially in matter of sin?”

verb

  1. (transitive)To express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something).
    “She thanked him for the lift.”
    “[H]aſt thou no ſhame to deſpiſe that perſone, to whom onely and no man els, thou art bounde to thanke, euen for this veraie pointe, that thou ſetteſt ſo moche by thy peinted ſheathe?”
    “I can eate no meate, I thanke you.”
    “The naked Negro, panting at the line, / Baſks in the glare, or ſtems the tepid vvave, / And thanks his Gods for all the good they gave.”
    “[S]ae laigh I need na bovv, / For, Lord be thankit, I can plough; / And vvhen I dovvna yoke a naig, / Then, Lord be thankit, I can beg; […]”
  2. (transitive)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.
    “I’ll thank you not to smoke in my house!”
    “Our readers would not thank us for going into the badgerings which had for some time annoyed the chancellor on the subject of arrears in his court.”
  3. (rare, transitive)To express appreciation or gratitude for (something).
  4. (figuratively, transitive)To respond to (someone) out of, or as if out of, appreciation or gratitude.
    “I should summon my lord from the Queen's royal presence to do your business, should I?—I were like to be thanked with a horse-whip.”
  5. (figuratively, transitive)Chiefly followed by for: to credit or hold (someone or something) responsible, especially for something negative; to blame.
    “We can thank global warming for this freak weather.”
  6. (intransitive, obsolete)To express gratitude.

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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, þonc (“gratitude; expression of gratitude, thanks; favour,…

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From Middle English thank (“gratitude; expression of gratitude, thanks; attractiveness; commendation, praise; God’s grace; goodwill; merit, reward; mind, thought”), from Old English þanc, þonc (“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 Cognate with Saterland Frisian Tonk (“thanks”), West Frisian tanke (“thanks”), Cimbrian dånke (“thanks”), Dutch dank (“thanks”), German Dank (“thanks”), Vilamovian dank, daŋk, daonk (“thanks”), Yiddish דאַנק (dank, “thanks”), Danish tak (“thanks”), Elfdalian tokk (“thanks”), Faroese takk, tøkk (“thanks”), Icelandic takk, þökk (“thanks”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk takk (“thanks”), Swedish tack (“thanks”), Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌲𐌺𐍃 (þagks, “thanks”), Vandalic *þank- (“thanks”); also Latin tongeō (“to know”). For the think — thank relation, compare typologically Russian призна́тельный (priznátelʹnyj) (< знать (znatʹ).

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