Collocations for "thank"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "thank" in context.
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thank
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- thank you (very much)
- thank you in advance
- thank you for your [time, participation, understanding]
- would like to thank you for everything
- I cannot thank you enough
- thanked the [workers, employees, fans, crowd] for
- thanked her [in person, over the phone]
- thank the [board, committee]
- thank my [wife, colleagues, family, parents, supporters]
- thank those [present, involved, attending]
- thanked personally by the [president, owner]
- thank God [she, it, for]
- thank [God, goodness, heavens]
- thank God (for that)!
- we have [the Greeks, Charles Darwin] to thank for
- only have themselves to thank (for)
- your [body, health, feet] will thank you for it
- thank and [congratulate, praise, acknowledge]
- my most sincere thanks (for)
- let us give thanks for this [meal, bread, wine]
- offer our thanks [to, for]
- thanks (must) go to
- thanks be to God
- [did, made] it, no thanks to you!
'thank' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Arabic
- Friday
- God
- Greek
- Italian
- Russian
- also
- appreciation
- arabic
- author
- caller
- clarification
- cooperation
- courageous
- dear
- encouragement
- enthusiastic
- feedback
- fine
- firstly
- goodness
- heaven
- help
- hindsight
- hospitality
- input
- insight
- insightful
- invaluable
- kindness
- lastly
- letter
- mean
- member
- mister
- much
- my
- no
- note
- our
- patience
- patronage
- plenty
- present
- really
- rose
- so
- sponsor
- supporter
- teach