through
Meanings
Plural: throughs
Adjective Satellite
- having finished or arrived at completion
- "after the treatment, the patient is through except for follow-up"
- "almost through with his studies"
- (of a route or journey etc.) continuing without requiring stops or changes
- "a through street"
- "a through bus"
- "through traffic"
Adverb
- from beginning to end
- "read this book through"
- over the whole distance
- "this bus goes through to New York"
- to completion
- "think this through very carefully!"
- in diameter
- "this cylinder measures 15 inches through"
- throughout the entire extent
- "got soaked through in the rain"
- "I'm frozen through"
- "a letter shot through with the writer's personality"
- "knew him through and through"
- "boards rotten through and through"
Prep
- From one side or end of (something) to the other.
- So as to enter (something), pass within or across, and then leave.
- From one side or end of (something) to the other.
- So as to progress within (something) or towards the end or limit of (something).
- From one side or end of (something) to the other.
- From one side of (an opening) to the other.
- From one side or end of (something) to the other.
- To or beyond the other side of (an obstacle); past.
- From one side or end of (something) to the other.
- Indicating that something has been consumed or used up.
- From one side or end of (something) to the other.
- Along the course of; used in expressions of progress towards the end of something.
- From one side or end of (something) to the other.
- Throughout the duration of.
- Via or by way of.
- By way of (a physical passage).
- Via or by way of.
- By way of (an intermediary, agent, medium, etc.).
- Throughout or across the extent of.
- Amidst or surrounded by (while moving).
- To (or up to) and including, with all intermediate values; to... inclusive; until the end of.
- By means of.
- In consequence of; as a result of.
Adj
- Passing from one side of something to the other.
- Finished; complete.
- Along the course of a task etc.; used in expressions of progress towards the end.
- Without a future; done for.
- No longer interested; wearied or turned off by experience.
- Proceeding from origin to destination without the need to change transport vehicle.
- In possession of the ball beyond the last line of defence but not necessarily the goalkeeper; through on goal.
- (usually followed by "to") Able to progress (to the next stage or a higher level) following success in an exam, sports match, etc.
Adv
- From one side of something to the other.
- By way of the interior.
- From one side of something to the other.
- By way of an opening.
- From one side of something to the other.
- So as to overcome an obstacle and pass beyond it; past.
- So as to pass a stage in a process and proceed to the next stage or level.
- From beginning to end, or from the present position to the end.
- Throughout something; all the way across or into.
- So as to connect or reach.
Noun
- A coffin, sarcophagus or tomb of stone; a large slab of stone laid on a tomb, or in a dry-stone wall from one side to the other; a perpend.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English thrugh, thruch, thruh, metathetic variants of thurgh, thurh, from Old English þurh, from Proto-Germanic *þurhw (“through”), from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂kʷe, suffixed zero-grade from *terh₂- (“to pass through”) + *-kʷe (“and”). Cognate with Scots throch (“through”), West Frisian troch (“through”), German durch (“through”), Dutch door (“through”), Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌷 (þairh, “through”), Latin trans (“across, over, through”), Albanian tërthor (“through, around”), Welsh tra (“through”). See also thorough.
Synonyms
done, through and through, through with
Scrabble Score: 14
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