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# thank

«thank» in Mova's school dictionary: **grateful for something they did or gave: "Thank you!"** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (thank, thanks, thanked, thanking); noun (thanks — plural only)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To tell someone you are grateful for something they did or gave: "Thank you!" [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thank/#m1)

2) "Thanks" is a short, friendly way to say thank you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thank/#m2)

3) "Thanks to" means because of: "Thanks to the rain, the garden is green." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thank/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In manners lessons: say "thank you" for gifts, help and kindness; write thank-you notes; thank the bus driver. In stories, thanking shows politeness. Phrases: thank you, thanks a lot, thanks to, thank goodness, no thanks, thank-you note.

### examples

- Thank you for the present. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thank/#x1)
- Thanks for helping me. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thank/#x2)
- I thanked the bus driver. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thank/#x3)
- "More cake?" "No, thank you." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thank/#x4)
- Thanks to her, we won the game. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thank/#x5)
- Thank goodness you're safe! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thank/#x6)
- Write a thank-you note to Grandma. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thank/#x7)
- Thanks a lot! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thank/#x8)
- "Thank you, Mr. Wolf," said she. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thank/#x9)

### note

"Thank you" (two words), but "a thank-you note" with a hyphen. "Thanks" is always plural. "Thanks to" can be about bad things too: "Thanks to the storm, we missed the bus."

### In the corpora

- ["Thank you, that's so kind" is a way to be honest and kind at the same time.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/37-sorry-white-lies-and-because-i-said-so/10/)
- [Good-news gossip that thanks someone or shares their own news is the best kind.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation/11/)
- [Some gossip can turn into something kind: a card, a collection, a thank you.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation/26/)
- [They may tell you about a time it happened to them, and they thank you for telling.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/59-the-parents-walk-in-how-good-parents-react/4/)
- [Thanking a child for telling makes it easier for them to tell again.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/59-the-parents-walk-in-how-good-parents-react/24/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «thank» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thank/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.