Meaning

6 senses
  1. (transitive)To express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something).

    She thanked him for the lift.

    danken, sich bedanken

    благодари́тьblagodarítʹ, поблагодари́тьpoblagodarítʹ

    дя́куватиdjákuvaty, подя́куватиpodjákuvaty

    express gratitude or show appreciation to

  2. (transitive)In the future tense in the form one will thank someone to do something, chiefly expressing a command or criticism: to request that (someone) do something.

    I’ll thank you not to smoke in my house!

  3. (rare, transitive)To express appreciation or gratitude for (something).

  4. (figuratively, transitive)To respond to (someone) out of, or as if out of, appreciation or gratitude.

  5. (figuratively, transitive)Chiefly followed by for: to credit or hold (someone or something) responsible, especially for something negative; to blame.

    We can thank global warming for this freak weather.

  6. (intransitive, obsolete)To express gratitude.

Examples

2387 sentences
  1. You don't have to thank me.

    Тобі не потрібно мені дякувати.

    ruНе стоит благодарности.

    deDu brauchst mir nicht zu danken.

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  2. I just want to thank you.

    Я просто хочу тобі подякувати.

    ruЯ просто хочу тебя поблагодарить.

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  3. I want to say thank you.

    Я хочу подякувати.

    ruЯ хочу сказать спасибо.

    deIch möchte mich bedanken.

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  4. I just wanted to thank you.

    Я просто хотів тобі подякувати.

    ruЯ просто хотел вас поблагодарить.

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  5. Did you remember to thank Tom?

    Ти не забув подякувати Тому?

    ruТы не забыл поблагодарить Тома?

    deHast du daran gedacht, Tom zu danken?

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something):
Русский
By meaning 1
to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something):
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something):

Origin

From Middle English thanken (“to express gratitude, give thanks; to congratulate, rejoice

From Middle English thanken (“to express gratitude, give thanks; to congratulate, rejoice with, or wish joy to; to extol, praise; to hold responsible for”), from Old English þancian, þoncian (“to thank”), from Proto-West Germanic *þankōn, from Proto-Germanic *þankōną (“to thank”), from *þankaz (see etymology 1) + *-ōną (suffix forming infinitives of verbs from nouns).

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Forms

thanks, thanking, thanked, thanked
Base formthank · to thank
3rd person singularthanks
Present participlethanking
Past simplethanked
Past participlethanked

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theythank
he, she, itthanks

Past simpleLesson

all personsthanked

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave thanked
he, she, ithas thanked

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill thank

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

24 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • want to thank
  • like to thank
  • to say thank
  • thank god
  • say thank
  • to thank everyone
  • forget to thank
  • thank everyone for
  • thank everyone
  • least say thank
  • thank everyone who
  • said said thank

See also

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