{
    "term": "thank",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "thank",
            "heSheIt": "thanks"
        },
        "pastSimple": "thanked",
        "pastParticiple": "thanked",
        "ingForm": "thanking"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to tell somebody that you are grateful for something",
            "sensetop": "thank somebody for somethingthank somebody for doing somethingthank somebody",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I must write and thank Mary for the present.",
                    "contextForm": "thank somebody for something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "In his speech, he thanked everyone for all their hard work."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She said goodbye and thanked us for coming.",
                    "contextForm": "thank somebody for doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There's no need to thank me—I enjoyed doing it.",
                    "contextForm": "thank somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**I'd like to take this opportunity to thank** everyone I've worked with over the years."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The organizing committee **wish to thank** their sponsors and all who helped."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I **would like to thank** you all most sincerely."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I wanted to thank him personally."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I have to thank you all so much."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["gratefully", "heartily", "profusely"],
                "verb + thank": ["must", "want to", "would like to"],
                "preposition": ["for"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used when you are saying who or what is responsible for something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I have my parents to thank for my success."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Largely we have science to thank for our longer, healthier lives."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to tell somebody that you are annoyed and do not want them to do something",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I'll thank you to mind your own business."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to say that you are pleased about something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Thank God you're safe!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘Thank goodness for that!’ she said with a sigh of relief."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Thank heavens I've found my keys."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to feel very grateful and lucky about something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Just thank your lucky stars you weren’t in the house at the time."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to say that somebody will not be pleased or will be annoyed about something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "John won't thank you for interfering."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/θæŋk/",
                "audio": "th/thank/thank__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/θæŋks/",
                "audio": "th/thank/thanks__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/θæŋkt/",
                "audio": "th/thank/thanked__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈθæŋkɪŋ/",
                "audio": "th/thank/thanking__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/θæŋk/",
                "audio": "th/thank/thank__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/θæŋks/",
                "audio": "th/thank/thanks__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/θæŋkt/",
                "audio": "th/thank/thanked__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈθæŋkɪŋ/",
                "audio": "th/thank/thanking__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English thancian, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German danken; compare with thanks."
}