thanks

thanks
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ heartfelt, sincere, warm
▪ grateful (esp. BrE)
▪ personal
▪

Please accept my personal thanks.

▪ special
▪

Special thanks to all of you who supported our fund-raising campaign.

▪ additional, extra
▪

Additional thanks go to Mike Thomas for helping me so much.

VERB + THANKS
▪ express, extend, give, offer
▪

We would like to express our warmest thanks for all you've done.

▪ owe (sb)
▪

I owe you my thanks.

▪ nod, smile
▪

She smiled her thanks as the car drove off.

▪ get, receive
▪

You'll get little thanks from him for all your trouble.

▪ accept
▪ deserve
▪

Their generosity deserves our grateful thanks.

THANKS + VERB
▪ go to sb
▪

Thanks go to Claire Potter for making the hall available to us.

PREPOSITION
▪ as thanks for, in thanks for
▪

He got a bottle of wine in thanks for his cooperation.

▪ thanks to
▪

He gave thanks to God for the safe return of his son.

PHRASES
▪ a letter of thanks, a vote of thanks (esp. BrE), a word of thanks
▪

The chairperson proposed a vote of thanks to the volunteers.

▪

I'd like to say a word of thanks to our hosts.

▪ many thanks
▪

Many thanks for the flowers.

▪ thanks be to God
▪

We were all pulled out alive, thanks be to God.


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