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thanks

UK/ˈθæŋks/ US/ˈθæŋks/ very common

noun

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2.

with the help of or owing to

  • “thanks to hard work it was a great success”

Origin

From Middle English thanks, thankes, from Old English þancas (“thanks”), from Proto-Germanic *þankōs, nominative plural of *þankaz (“thought, gratitude”), from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to think, feel”). More at thank.

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