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thanks  audio  (thngks) KEY  

pl.n.
  1. Grateful feelings or thoughts; gratitude: a heart full of thanks for our escape.
  2. An expression of gratitude: gave thanks to God; a note of thanks to a contributor.
INTERJECTION:
Used to express thanks.

IDIOMS:
no thanks to
Without the benefit of help from: finally found the house, no thanks to these confusing directions.
thanks to
On account of; because of: "our national good fortune in having avoided, thanks to the religion clauses of the First Amendment, the dismal possibilities of religious censorship" (Benno C. Schmidt, Jr.).



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