noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a token of your gratitude/respect/appreciation etc
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Please accept this gift as a small token of our appreciation.
express your thanks/gratitude/appreciation (= say thank you to someone, in a speech )
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On behalf of the team, I’d like to express our appreciation for all your efforts.
fulsome gratitude/praise/tribute etc
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The book contains a fulsome dedication to his wife.
owe sb a debt (of gratitude)
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the debt that we owe to our teachers
sincere thanks/thank you/gratitude
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I would like to say a sincere thank you to everyone who has helped and supported me.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
deep
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The present writer owes him a particularly deep debt of gratitude .
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My only emotions afterward were overwhelming relief and deep gratitude .
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We all owe Solly a deep debt of gratitude for his services to the cause of jazz for so many years.
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I did later, and often, with deep and loving gratitude .
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She had affection for David, and a deep gratitude towards him.
■ VERB
earn
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Dame Sybil earned her everlasting gratitude by suggesting that it was time she retire.
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He was willing to go to confirm in an emergency at very short notice and this earned him some long-lasting gratitude .
express
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Almost all of them express gratitude that somebody gives a shit.
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He decided to simply smile, express his gratitude , and get to work with new energy.
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The divers would like to express their gratitude .
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To them, 1 would like to take this opportunity to express my gratitude .
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I can not express my gratitude .
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Aelred suggested that the Commission write to the Rev. MacLean expressing their gratitude for all the help he has given.
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Perhaps I commented on this once too often; perhaps I expressed my gratitude too sincerely.
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Meanwhile, Mr Candlish expresses his gratitude for assistance received during his period of office as president.
feel
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Ramsey felt no sense of gratitude to anyone who moved him out of Durham.
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The degree to which Stephen appeared to feel gratitude for the ordinary fun we had that day seemed overwhelming.
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It is afraid of intimacy, afraid of happiness, afraid of having to feel gratitude .
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It was from Gay, and she felt a rush of gratitude .
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It was rare for him to feel gratitude to any person, but the nearest was his feeling for the Colonel.
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I feel great gratitude now to all those teachers who were so patient with the immaturity of youth.
owe
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In addition to that great teacher of prayer, there were others to whom I owe a debt of gratitude .
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And there were other occasions for which I owe them gratitude .
show
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Helen had given her so much and she had no problem in showing her gratitude .
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Airline companies have not been known to show much gratitude when suddenly becoming the benefactor of a research proposal.
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And this is how he's showing gratitude .
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To show their gratitude his parents founded a fellowship in his name.
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The man showed his gratitude by recommending him to the Bishop for ordination.
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From that day the plague began to abate, and to show its gratitude the city decided to build a new church.
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Wilson had nursed her and taken care of her and Phoebe was only too willing to show her gratitude .
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I can't understand why Tod doesn't show more gratitude for the improvement.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
debt of gratitude/thanks
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In addition to that great teacher of prayer, there were others to whom I owe a debt of gratitude.
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Some say it is because of Baba Firdaus and his holy life, others say because Amanullah Khan paid his debt of gratitude.
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The present writer owes him a particularly deep debt of gratitude.
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Their varied tasks in the Library have all contributed to its success and we owe them a very real debt of gratitude.
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We all owe him a great debt of gratitude, and we wish him well.
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We all owe Solly a deep debt of gratitude for his services to the cause of jazz for so many years.
rush of anger/excitement/gratitude etc
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It was a habit she disliked it made her feel fat-but she remembered a quick rush of gratitude.
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It was from Gay, and she felt a rush of gratitude.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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"I'll take the van back, shall I?" he asked, and Elise nodded in gratitude .
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He wrote again, expressing gratitude for the help he had received.
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I would like to express my gratitude to everyone that helped us.
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She felt a deep sense of gratitude to the teacher who had encouraged her to go on to university.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A few clapped, but I think it was in gratitude for their drinks.
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Aelred suggested that the Commission write to the Rev. MacLean expressing their gratitude for all the help he has given.
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Bruised shadows of fatigue showed beneath her eyes - eyes in which Trent read gratitude and the beginnings of dependency.
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I wept in gratitude at seeing her genuinely happy smile and the tender ministrations of the two women near her.
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I would have gone down on my knees and wept with gratitude if Phagu had not been watching.
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Once Castro came to power, he presented Greene with a painting in gratitude .
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She accepted his expressions of sympathy and gratitude for seeing him, with sweet womanly grace.
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The fact that gratitude is the motive of praise could not be more clearly expressed.