Kilo Lingo

thank

/θæŋk/

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Translation

To tell someone you are happy and grateful for what they did or gave you.

Word origin

From Old English thancian, meaning to give thanks, linked to the word for thought.

Origin
Old English
Root
thancian

Grammar

Verb typeregular (thank, thanks, thanked)

Examples

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"Thank" means to tell you I am grateful.

driver.

"Thanks" is the form used with he, she, or it.

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"Thanked" is the past form of "thank".

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This word is part of lesson 11.