thankverb [ T ]
uk/θæŋk/us/θæŋk/A2 to express to someone that you are pleased about or are grateful for something that they have done:
He thanked me for taking him home.
More examples
- On behalf of the entire company, I would like to thank you for all your work.
- In accepting this award, I would like to thank the producer, the director, the scriptwriter and, lastly, the film crew.
- Finally, I'd like to thank everyone for coming this evening.
- To my shame, I never wrote and thanked Mary for her present.
- We thanked our hosts for the lovely evening.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Relieved and thankful
- a load/weight off your mind idiom
- appreciative
- beholden
- bless
- cheers!
- count
- I owe you (one) idiom
- indebted
- million
- mind
- obliged
- release
- relief
- relieved
- ta
- thank you
- thanks
- thanks a million idiom
- vote of thanks
- you shouldn't have idiom
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Idiom(s)
have sb to thank (for sth)
I'll thank you to do sth
thank sb for sth
thank your lucky stars
thank God, goodness, heaven(s), etc.
won't thank you for doing sth