- words or actions that show that you are grateful to somebody for something synonym gratitude
- thanks to somebody for something How can I ever express my thanks to you for all you've done?
- We gave thanks to God for all our blessings.
- thanks to somebody We extend our thanks to Mary, who is stepping down as chair after serving for three years.
- Sincere thanks go to Alex.
- special/heartfelt thanks
- Thanks are due to all those who worked so hard for so many months.
- Thanks to everyone who has participated.
- She murmured her thanks.
- He took the book without a word of thanks.
Extra Examples- He got a bottle of whisky in thanks for his cooperation.
- I owe you my thanks.
- I'd like to say a word of thanks to our hosts.
- Many thanks for the flowers.
- Please accept my personal thanks.
- She smiled her thanks as the car drove off.
- Special thanks to all of you who supported our fund-raising campaign.
- Thanks go to Claire Potter for making the hall available to us.
- Their generosity deserves our grateful thanks.
- You'll get little thanks from him for all your trouble.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- heartfelt
- sincere
- warm
- …
- express
- extend
- give
- …
- go to somebody
- as thanks for
- in thanks for
- thanks to
- …
- a letter of thanks
- a vote of thanks
- a word of thanks
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Word OriginOld English thancas, plural of thanc ‘(kindly) thought, gratitude’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch dank and German Dank, also to think.
Idioms
See thanks in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee thanks in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishno thanks to somebody/something
- despite somebody/something; with no help from somebody/something
- We managed to get it finished in the end—no thanks to him (= he didn't help).
thanks a lot
- used to show that you are very grateful to somebody for something they have done
- Thanks a lot for all you've done.
- (ironic) used to show that you are annoyed that somebody has done something because it causes trouble or difficulty for you
- ‘I'm afraid I've finished all the milk.’ ‘Well, thanks a lot!’
thanks to somebody/something
- (sometimes ironic) used to say that something has happened because of somebody/something
- It was all a great success—thanks to a lot of hard work.
- Thanks to the efforts of the whole team, the project was completed on time.
- Prices have edged higher this year, thanks in part to rising exports.
- (ironic) Everyone knows about it now, thanks to you!
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