thanks to

preposition

Because of; normally used with a positive connotation, though it can be used sarcastically.

“Amy was given a scholarship thanks to her excellent grades.”

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Meanings

preposition
  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.

    4 more examples

    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.

    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. It irritated him shrewdly to know that these moments of respite from carking care would not be shared with his poor wife, with careworn, troubled Ellen.

    1913, Mrs. [Marie] Belloc Lowndes, chapter I, in The Lodger, London: Methuen, →OCLC; republished in Novels of Mystery: The Lodger; The Story of Ivy; What Really Happened, New York, N.Y.: Longmans, Green and Co., […], [1933], →OCLC, page 0056

    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 banned”, in Chris Evans, editor, The Daily Telegraph, London: Telegraph Media Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 May 2019

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
due toowing to

Translations

Afrikaans danksy
  • danksybecause of
Arabic بِفَضْل, بِسَبَبِ
  • بِفَضْل (bifaḍl)because of
  • بِسَبَبِ (bisababi)because of
Catalan gràcies a
  • gràcies abecause of
Chinese Mandarin 由於 /由于
  • 由於 /由于 (yóuyú)because of
Czech díky
  • díkybecause of
Danish takket være
  • takket værebecause of
Dutch dankzij, met dank aan
  • dankzijbecause of
  • met dank aanbecause of
Esperanto dank' al
  • dank' albecause of
Finnish ansiosta, kiitos
  • ansiostabecause of
  • kiitosbecause of
French grâce à
  • grâce àbecause of
German dank
  • dankbecause of
Greek χάρη σε
  • χάρη σε (chári se)because of
Hebrew הודות ל־
  • הודות ל־ (hodot le-)because of
Hungarian köszönhetően
  • köszönhetőenbecause of
Icelandic þökk sé
  • þökk sébecause of
Indonesian karena, berkat
  • karenabecause of
  • berkatbecause of
Italian grazie a
  • grazie abecause of
Japanese おかげで
  • おかげで (okage de)because of
Korean 덕택에
  • 덕택에 (deoktaege)because of
Polish dzięki
  • dziękibecause of
Portuguese graças a
  • graças abecause of
Romanian mulțumită, datorită
  • mulțumităbecause of
  • datorităbecause of
Russian благодаря́
  • благодаря́ (blagodarjá)because of
Spanish gracias a, merced a
  • gracias abecause of
  • merced abecause of
Swedish tack vare
  • tack varebecause of
Ukrainian завдяки́
  • завдяки́ (zavdjaký)because of
Urdu بَدَولَت
  • بَدَولَت (badaulat)because of
Vietnamese nhờ vào, nhờ
  • nhờ vàobecause of
  • nhờbecause of
Welsh diolch i
  • diolch ibecause of
Cite this entry
APA

thanks to. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thanks%20to

MLA

“thanks to.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thanks%20to. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “thanks to,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thanks%20to.

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