Thanks
//θæŋks// intj, noun, verb
intj, noun, verb ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An expression of appreciation or gratitude. plural, plural-normally
"After all I’ve done, a simple acknowledgment is the thanks I get?"
- 2 plural of thank form-of, obsolete, plural
- 3 with the help of or owing to wordnet
- 4 Grateful feelings or thoughts; favour, goodwill, graciousness. plural, plural-normally
- 5 an acknowledgment of appreciation wordnet
Verb
- 1 third-person singular simple present indicative of thank form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Intj
- 1 Used to express appreciation or gratitude.
"Could you give me a hand, please? — Yes, sure. — Thanks. —Have you got enough now? —Yes, thanks."
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"Thanks for having explained to me at last why people take me for an idiot."
Etymology
From Middle English thanks, thankes, from Old English þancas (“thanks”), from Proto-Germanic *þankōs, nominative plural of *þankaz (“thought, gratitude”), from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to think, feel”). More at thank.
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