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Definition of Thanks

1. Noun. An acknowledgment of appreciation.

2. Noun. With the help of or owing to. "Thanks to hard work it was a great success"

Definition of Thanks

1. Interjection. Used to express appreciation or gratitude. ¹

2. Noun. (obsolete) (plural of thank) ¹

3. Noun. (plurale tantum) An expression of gratitude. ¹

4. Noun. Grateful feelings or thoughts. ¹

5. Verb. (third-person singular of thank) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Thanks

1. thank [v] - See also: thank

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thanks

thankers thankful thankfuller thankfullest thankfully thankfulness thankfulnesses thanking thankings thankless

thankless wretch thanklessly thanklessness thanklessnesses thankly thanks (current term) thanks a bunch thanks a lot thanks a million thanks for coming

thanks for nothing thanks for your help thanks to thanksgave thanksgive thanksgiven thanksgiver thanksgivers thanksgives thanksgiving

Literary usage of Thanks

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Twelfth Night: Or, What You Will by William Shakespeare (2001)
"And thankes : and euer oft good turnes] Knt. And thanks: and ever oft-good ... And thanks: and ever-oft good turns Pope ii. And thanks, and ever thanks ..."

2. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Commission of Horticulture (1907)
"RESOLUTION OF thanks. MR. JUDD. I have a resolution to offer: WHEREAS, The fruit-growers of California in their thirty-second Convention held at Hanford, ..."

3. Chronological History of the West Indies by Thomas Southey (1827)
"Admiral Duckworth's Letter of thanks to the Officers and Men. ... and privates of the royal marines, my warmest thanks; and I desire that the captains will ..."

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