thanked; thanking; thanks
1
: to express gratitude to
—used in the phrase thank you usually without a subject to politely express gratitude
—used in such phrases as thank God, thank goodness usually without a subject to express gratitude or more often only the speaker's or writer's pleasure or satisfaction in something
thanked her for the present
Thank you for your consideration.
or sometimes to emphasize a preceding statement especially by implying that it is not subject to question
likes her job just fine, thank you
2
: to hold responsible
had only himself to thank for his loss
thanker noun
Examples of thank in a Sentence
I want to thank everyone who helped today. There's no need to thank me. Anyone would have done the same.
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Chang Che, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026 Miss Manners assures you that everything after thanking him was optional. —Judith Martin, Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2026 The sheriff's office thanked the responding agencies who took part in the search for Young. —David Chiu, PEOPLE, 24 Apr. 2026 Ed, thank you so much for coming on Galaxy Brain and breaking down the dystopian clip economy for us. —Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 24 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for thank
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Chang Che, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026 Miss Manners assures you that everything after thanking him was optional. —Judith Martin, Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2026 The sheriff's office thanked the responding agencies who took part in the search for Young. —David Chiu, PEOPLE, 24 Apr. 2026 Ed, thank you so much for coming on Galaxy Brain and breaking down the dystopian clip economy for us. —Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 24 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for thank
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thank
verb
1
: to express gratitude to
thanked her for the present
2
: to hold responsible
had only myself to thank for my loss
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