Definition of “thanks” - English Dictionary

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“thanks” in English

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thanksexclamation

uk ​ /θæŋks/ us ​ /θæŋks/ informal

Grammar

Please and thank youPlease and thank you are usually associated with politeness. We use them a lot in English. …
PleaseWe use please to make a request more polite: …
Thank you and thanksWe use expressions with thank you and thanks to respond to something politely and to show we are grateful for something. Thanks is more informal than thank you. We often add other words to make the response stronger: …

Idiom(s)

thanks for nothing

thanksnoun [ plural ]

uk ​ /θæŋks/ us ​ /θæŋks/

B2 words or actions that show you are grateful or pleased about something:

They expressed their thanks to the organizers.
He wrote a letter of thanks to the hospital.
Let us give thanks to God.

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Idiom(s)

no thanks to sb
thanks to sb/sth

(Definition of “thanks” from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

“thanks” in American English

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thanksplural noun

us ​ /θæŋks/

› appreciation and pleasure because of something that has been done for you:

I want to offer a word of thanks to all those who helped.
thanks to

› Thanks to means because of:

Thanks to Sandy, I found this great apartment.

(Definition of “thanks” from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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