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through

UK/θɹʌf/ US/θɹuː/ very common uk us
adverb (6) adjective (2)

adverb

1.

from one end or side to the other

  • “jealousy pierced her through”
2.

from beginning to end

  • “read this book through”
3.

over the whole distance

  • “this bus goes through to New York”
4.

to completion

  • “think this through very carefully!”
5.

in diameter

  • “this cylinder measures 15 inches through”
6.

throughout the entire extent

  • “got soaked through in the rain”
  • “I”
  • “;”
  • “s personality”
  • “knew him through and through”
  • “boards rotten through and through”
Synonyms

adjective

1.

having finished or arrived at completion

  • “certain to make history before he”
  • “;”
  • “s a done deed”
  • “after the treatment, the patient is through except for follow-up”
  • “almost through with his studies”
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2.

of a route or journey etc.; continuing without requiring stops or changes

  • “a through street”
  • “a through bus”
  • “through traffic”
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Origin

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”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian döör (“through”), Saterland Frisian truch (“through”), West Frisian troch (“through”), Dutch door (“through”), German durch (“through”), Luxembourgish duerch (“through”), West Flemish deur (“through”), Yiddish דורך (durkh, “through”), Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌷 (þairh, “through”), Latin trans (“across, over, through”), Albanian tërthor (“through, around”), Welsh tra (“through”). See also thorough.

Phrases

  • all-through school
  • blow a hole through
  • blow through
  • break through
  • bring through
  • burn through
  • button through
  • camel through the eye of a needle
  • through ball
  • through bridge
  • through draft
  • through draught

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