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Because of; normally used with a positive connotation, though it can be used sarcastically.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Amy was given a scholarship thanks to her excellent grades.
- Thanks to the steadfast efforts of the volunteers, the town was well prepared when the flood hit.
- Thanks to various kinds of endemic incompetence, humans show no prospect of ending all wars.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
47 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
danksy
— because of
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Arabic:
بِفَضْل
(bifaḍl)
— because of
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Arabic:
بِسَبَبِ
(bisababi)
— because of
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Arabic:
بفضل
(befaḍl)
— because of
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Bashkir:
арҡаһында
(arqahında)
— because of
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Belarusian:
дзя́куючы
(dzjákujučy)
— because of
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Catalan:
gràcies a
— because of
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Chinese Mandarin:
由於 /由于
(yóuyú)
— because of
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Czech:
díky
— because of
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Danish:
takket være
— because of
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Dutch:
dankzij
— because of
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Dutch:
met dank aan
— because of
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Esperanto:
dank' al
— because of
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Finnish:
ansiosta
— because of
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Finnish:
kiitos
— because of
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French:
grâce à
— because of
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Galician:
grazas a
— because of
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German:
dank
— because of
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Greek:
χάρη σε
(chári se)
— because of
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Hebrew:
הודות ל־
(hodot le-)
— because of
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Hungarian:
köszönhetően
— because of
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Icelandic:
þökk sé
— because of
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Indonesian:
karena
— because of
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Indonesian:
berkat
— because of
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Interlingua:
gratias a
— because of
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Italian:
grazie a
— because of
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Japanese:
おかげで
(okage de)
— because of
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Kazakh:
арқасында
(arqasynda)
— because of
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Korean:
덕택에
(deoktaege)
— because of
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Northern Kurdish:
bi saya serê
— because of
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Pannonian Rusyn:
дзекуюци
(dzekujuci)
— because of
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Phoenician:
𐤁𐤏𐤁𐤓
(bʿbr)
— because of
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Polish:
dzięki
— because of
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Portuguese:
graças a
— because of
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Romanian:
mulțumită
— because of
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Romanian:
datorită
— because of
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Russian:
благодаря́
(blagodarjá)
— because of
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Serbo-Croatian:
захваљујући
— because of
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Serbo-Croatian:
zahvaljujući
— because of
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Spanish:
gracias a
— because of
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Spanish:
merced a
— because of
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Swedish:
tack vare
— because of
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Ukrainian:
завдяки́
(zavdjaký)
— because of
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Urdu:
بَدَولَت
(badaulat)
— because of
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Vietnamese:
nhờ vào
— because of
-
Vietnamese:
nhờ
— because of
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Welsh:
diolch i
— because of
