thank
/θæŋk/verb
उच्चारण थैंक
धन्यवाद देना
Basic word
- 1
[T] ~ sb (for sth)
to tell somebody that you are grateful for something
धन्यवाद देना
- Thank you for your help.
- I want to thank everyone who helped me prepare.
- She thanked the driver for the safe journey.
+ 1 more example
- We thanked our teacher for her patience.
Synonyms express gratitude show appreciation acknowledge credit
¶Idioms 1
have sb to thank (for sth)
used when you are saying who is responsible for sth
(किसी चीज़ के लिए) (किसी का) एहसान या ज़िम्मेदारी होना
- Radhika has her teacher to thank for her success.
- We have the rain to thank for this mess.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
Synonyms
express gratitude show appreciation acknowledge credit
?Which word?
Keep the gratitude words: thankful, grateful, appreciative, obliged ('I am much obliged'), indebted.
कृतज्ञता के शब्द याद रखिए: thankful, grateful, appreciative, obliged ('I am much obliged'), indebted।
§Grammar and usage
Thank sb for sth or for doing sth ('Thank you for helping me', not 'thank you to help'); thanks to (because of: 'Thanks to her hard work, she passed'; can also be negative: 'Thanks to the rain, the match was cancelled').
यह बहुत पूछा जाता है: thank sb for sth या for doing sth ('Thank you for helping me', 'thank you to help' नहीं); thanks to (के कारण: 'Thanks to her hard work, she passed'; नकारात्मक भी हो सकता है: 'Thanks to the rain, the match was cancelled')।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Thank your lucky stars (be grateful for good luck), thank goodness or heavens (used to show relief), a thankless task (a job for which nobody thanks you).
Idioms: thank your lucky stars (अच्छे भाग्य के लिए आभारी होना), thank goodness या heavens (राहत दिखाने के लिए, शुक्र है), a thankless task (ऐसा काम जिसके लिए कोई धन्यवाद न दे)।