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View synonyms for thank-you

thank-you

[ thangk-yoo ]

adjective

  1. expressing one's gratitude or thanks:

    a thank-you note.



noun

  1. an expression of thanks, as by saying “thank you”:

    I never got so much as a thank-you for helping him.

thank you

interjection

  1. a conventional expression of gratitude
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of thank-you1

1785–95 thank-you fordef 2; noun and adj. use of verb phrase thank you
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Example Sentences

They gave flowers, candles, food, and thank-you notes to first responders.

Jurado waved at a mound of mementos around her dining room table gifted by volunteers and voters — scrapbooks, posters, artwork, photo collages — mixed in among thank-you cards that need to be mailed out.

Snell pulled a coat from her father’s closet that Rona wears back home and the designer borrowed from Orkney residents: “Rona’s wellies were given to us by one of the women on the farm, and I bought her a new pair as a thank-you.”

He unveiled the monument, prominently placed in front of Sekondi's Effia-Nkwanta Regional Hospital, on Wednesday during his visit that has been dubbed a "thank-you tour".

From BBC

There are not many better feelings in the world than sending the relative of a dead person that picture and getting a thank-you in return.

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