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# thanks

«thanks» in Mova's school dictionary: **a short, friendly way of saying «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

noun (thanks — plural only); interjection (Thanks!); verb form (thanks, from thank)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Thanks is a short, friendly way of saying «thank you». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thanks/#m1)

2) Thanks are words or acts that show you are grateful. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thanks/#m2)

3) Thanks to someone or something means because of them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thanks/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday manners you say «Thanks!» or «Thanks a lot» when someone helps you or gives you something; «No, thanks» politely refuses. «Thanks to» explains a cause: «Thanks to the rain, the garden is green» (good or bad). In writing, a thank-you note or card says thanks for a present. In stories, characters give thanks at a feast; Thanksgiving is a holiday in the USA and Canada.

### examples

- Thanks for helping me with my homework. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thanks/#x1)
- «Would you like more?» «No, thanks.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thanks/#x2)
- Many thanks for the lovely present. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thanks/#x3)
- Thanks to her quick thinking, nobody was hurt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thanks/#x4)
- He left without a word of thanks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thanks/#x5)
- Thanks a lot, that's really kind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thanks/#x6)
- She thanks the bus driver every morning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thanks/#x7)
- "Thanks, Petrusha, for your good word!" [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thanks/#x8)

### note

«Thanks» is plural with no singular: say «many thanks», not «a thank». «Thank you» is a bit more polite than «Thanks». «Thanks to» can be used for bad things too (Thanks to the traffic, we were late). «Thanks» as a verb form: she thanks him. Spell «thank you» as two words.

### In the corpora

- [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/)
- [People in the Netherlands grew about 20 centimetres taller on average over about 150 years, mostly thanks to better food and health.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/361-growing-up-growth-spurts-height-voices-and-getting-stronger/10/)
- [«A hundred thanks...](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/95-justso-cat-3-the-cat-walks-by-himself/4/)
- [The third word: «A hundred thanks.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/95-justso-cat-3-the-cat-walks-by-himself/17/)
- [When someone thanks you, the polite reply is you are welcome.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/51-manners-and-kindness/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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