Library / English Dictionary

THANK YOU

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A conversational expression of gratitude

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("thank you" is a kind of...):

thanks (an acknowledgment of appreciation)

Credits

 Context examples: 

Now I pray you to show me a touch of your art. I thank you, Tita!

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Thank you, Watson, you must help me on with my coat.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Thank you, thank you, a thousand times!

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Yes,—thank you for the word,—all my brutishness, but he can scarcely read or write.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

There is nothing to forgive, Theresa. I really should thank you.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

Thank you, you have gone rather too far to stop.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Sir, I cannot find words to thank you, but you shall not find me ungrateful for what you have done.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Thank you, thank you—but on no account.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

Thank you; I am quite warm, very warm.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

None at all, ma'am, I thank you.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)