Usually means: Express gratitude or appreciation verbally.
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We found 32 dictionaries that define the word thank:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. thank: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. thank: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. thank: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. thank: Collins English Dictionary
  5. thank: Vocabulary.com
  6. THank, Thank, thank: Wordnik
  7. thank: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. thank: Wiktionary
  9. thank: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. thank: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. thank: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. thank: Dictionary.com
  13. thank (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. thank: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. THANK, Thank: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Thank: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. thank: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. thank: Rhymezone
  19. thank: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. thank: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. thank: Free Dictionary
  22. thank: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. thank: Dictionary/thesaurus
  24. thank: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  25. Thank: Wordnik

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. thank: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. thank: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. thank: Idioms

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. THANK: Cytokines & Cells Online Pathfinder Encyclopaedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Thank: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (transitive)
verb:  To express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something).
verb:  In the future tense in the form one will thank someone to do something, chiefly expressing a command or criticism: to request that (someone) do something.
verb:  (rare) To express appreciation or gratitude for (something).
verb:  (figurative)
verb:  To respond to (someone) out of, or as if out of, appreciation or gratitude.
verb:  Chiefly followed by for: to credit or hold (someone or something) responsible, especially for something negative; to blame.
verb:  (intransitive, obsolete) To express gratitude.

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