thanks

thanks¹ W2S1 [θæŋks] interjection informal

1.) used to tell someone that you are grateful for something they have given you or done for you

= ↑thank you

▪ 'Pass the salt, please ... thanks.'

thanks for

▪ Thanks a lot for the drink.

▪ Thanks very much for your help.

▪ Many thanks for the lovely flowers.

thanks for doing sth

▪ I'd love to go to the party. Thanks for asking me.

2.) used as a polite way of accepting something that someone has offered you

▪ 'Do you want another cup of coffee?' 'Oh, thanks.'

3.) spoken used when politely answering someone's question

▪ 'Hi, Bill, how are you?' ' Fine, thanks .'

4.) no thanks

used to say politely that you do not want something

▪ 'How about some cake?' 'Oh, no thanks, I'm on a diet.'

5.) thanks a lot also thanks a bunch AmE spoken

used when really you are annoyed about something and you do not mean 'thank you' at all

thanks ²

thanks² n [plural]

[Date: 1300-1400; Origin: Plural of thank 'gratefulness' (11-17 centuries), from Old English thanc 'thought, gratefulness']

1.) the things you say or do to show that you are grateful to someone

▪ Joe got up and left without a word of thanks .

thanks to

▪ My thanks to all of you for your help.

2.) thanks to sb/sth informal

because of someone or something

▪ We've reached our goal of $50,000, thanks to the generosity of the public.

▪ Some ski resorts opened early, thanks to a late-October snowstorm.

see usage note ↑owing to

3.) no thanks to sb/sth

spoken an expression meaning 'in spite of ', used when someone should have helped you but did not

▪ It was no thanks to you that we managed to win the game.

→↑vote of thanks

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HINT sense 2

Do not say 'thank to someone/something'.

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