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thanks to

thanks to preposition: because of; normally used with a positive connotation, though it can be used sarcastically.

Preposition

thanks to

  1. Because of; normally used with a positive connotation, though it can be used sarcastically.
    • 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 meaning in Urdu, Arabic, Indonesian and Vietnamese

thanks to in Urdu

because of
بَدَولَت badaulat

thanks to in Arabic

because of
بِفَضْل bifaḍl, بِسَبَبِ bisababi

thanks to in Indonesian

because of
karena, berkat

thanks to in Vietnamese

because of
nhờ vào, nhờ

Examples of thanks to in a sentence

  • Thanks to various kinds of endemic incompetence, humans show no prospect of ending all wars.
  • Thanks to that penny he had just spent so recklessly [on a newspaper] he would pass a happy hour, taken, for once, out of his anxious, despondent, miserable self.1913, Mrs. [Marie] Belloc Lowndes, chapter I, in The Lodger, London: Methuen, →OCLC; republished in Novels of Mystery: The Lodger; The...
  • Dmitry Khlebnikov, a passenger seated in the 10th row, later told journalists at Sheremetyevo airport that he was only alive thanks to the crew.2019 May 6, Alec Luhn, “Moscow plane crash: hero steward died helping passengers escape as calls mount for Sukhoi Superjet 100 to be...

Questions about thanks to

What does thanks to mean?
Thanks to means because of; normally used with a positive connotation, though it can be used sarcastically.
What is thanks to in Urdu?
Thanks to in Urdu is بَدَولَت (badaulat). See Thanks to meaning in Urdu.
How do you use thanks to in a sentence?
Thanks to various kinds of endemic incompetence, humans show no prospect of ending all wars.
What part of speech is thanks to?
Thanks to is a preposition.

Words near thanks to in the dictionary

  1. thanks for nothing
  2. thanks for your help
  3. thanks God
  4. thanks one's lucky stars
  5. thanks one's stars
  6. thanks to
  7. thanks, but no thanks
  8. thanksgave
  9. thanksgive
  10. thanksgiven
  11. thanksgiver

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