exclamation, noun
exclamation-see also THANKS
1 ~ (for sth / for doing sth) used to show that you are grateful to sb for sth they have done:
Thank you for your letter. * Thank you very much for sending the photos.
2 a polite way of accepting sth that sb has offered you:
'Would you like some help with that?' 'Oh, thank you.'
3 (no thank you) a polite way of refusing sth that sb has offered you:
'Would you like some more cake?' 'No thank you.'
4 used at the end of a sentence to tell sb firmly that you do not need their help or advice:
'Shall I do that?' 'I can do it myself, thank you.'
noun [usuallysing.] ~ (to sb) (for sth) an act, a gift, a comment, etc. intended to thank sb for sth they have done:
The actor sent a big thank you to all his fans for their letters of support. * She took the money without so much as a thank you. * a thank-you letter
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
Where does this definition of thank you come from?
This entry for thank you is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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