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THANK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does thank mean?
• THANK (verb)
The verb THANK has 1 sense:
1. express gratitude or show appreciation to
Familiarity information: THANK used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Conjugation: |
Past simple: thanked
Past participle: thanked
-ing form: thanking
Sense 1
Meaning:
Express gratitude or show appreciation to
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
give thanks; thank
Hypernyms (to "thank" is one way to...):
convey ((of information) make known; pass on)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "thank"):
acknowledge; recognise; recognize (express obligation, thanks, or gratitude for)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Context examples
Before they parted, she had to thank him for another pleasure, and one of no trivial kind.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
I thanked her, without making any demonstration of joy, lest it should induce her to withdraw her assent.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Thank you, Mr. Sandeford; here is your money, and I wish you a very good evening.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I wanted to secure a friend, and not to make an enemy, so I thanked him, gave the address at Dr. Seward's and came away.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
"You cured me completely, Mr. Eden, and I don't know how to thank you."
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Thank God! we have got a better.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
“I dare you to thank me!” cried the squire.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
I thank God that he is dead!
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Thank you, but I would rather you did not mention the subject to her; till the time draws nearer, I do not wish to be giving any body trouble.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
I thank you for the proposal, Mr. Rivers, and I accept it with all my heart.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
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