thank

tr.v., thanked, thank·ing, thanks.

1. To express gratitude to; give thanks to: He thanked her for the gift.
2. To hold responsible; credit: We can thank the parade for this traffic jam.

[Middle English thanken, from Old English thancian.]

Idioms beginning with thank:
thank God
thank one's lucky stars
thanks to

See also give thanks for small blessings.

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IN BRIEF: What you do when you get a present.

Thank you for all the love you gave me. There could be no one stronger. Thank you for the many beautiful songs. They will live long and longer. — Hank Williams, country singer.

Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: express gratitude or show appreciation to
  Synonym: give thanks

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - tak

idioms:

• no thanks to    ikke takket være
• thank you    tak

Nederlands (Dutch)
(be)danken

Français (French)
v. tr. - remercier

idioms:

• no thanks to    pas grâce à
• thank you    merci

Deutsch (German)
v. - danken, sich bedanken bei

idioms:

• no thanks to    ... haben wir es nicht zu verdanken , jmds. Verdienst war es nicht
• thank you    danke, vielen Dank

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - εκφράζω ευχαριστία, ευχαριστώ, αποδίδω την ευθύνη

idioms:

• no thanks to    σε πείσμα του, παρά
• thank you    σ' ευχαριστώ

Italiano (Italian)
grazie, ringraziare

idioms:

• no thanks to    non certo grazie a
• thank you    grazie

Português (Portuguese)
v. - agradecer

idioms:

• no thanks to    não obrigado
• thank you    obrigado

Русский (Russian)
благодарность, благодарить

idioms:

• no thanks to    несмотря на
• thank you    спасибо, благодарю вас

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - agradecer, dar las gracias

idioms:

• no thanks to    no gracias a, a pesar de
• thank you    gracias

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - tacka

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
谢谢, 感谢

idioms:

• no thanks to    并非由于
• thank you    谢谢你

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 謝謝, 感謝

idioms:

• no thanks to    並非由於
• thank you    謝謝你

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 감사하다, 부탁하다, ~ 에게 사의를 표하다

idioms:

• no thanks to    ~ 의 덕택은 아니지만

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 感謝する
n. - 感謝

idioms:

• no thanks to    …のおかげではなくて
• Thank goodness!    ありがたい
• thank one's lucky stars    幸運だと思う
• thank you    ありがとう

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يعتبره مسؤولا عن, يشكر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הודה, הביע תודה‬

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thank	thank you in french
Thank You Card	thank you note