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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