through
- adverb
- /θruː/
- The seminar will guide you through the entire process step-by-step.
- go through
- get through
- follow through
Examples
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So let me take you through an example here.
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These things you only find out through practical testing.
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And it's through hard work, through reading, through experience.
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But you can also do that through gifts, through aid.
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But the world will have to learn through adversity.
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Some men are prospectors through and through, and Jackfish was one of them.
Fiction book (1990) -
We're almost through.
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She completed the project through every detail.
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He read the entire book through in one sitting, captivated by the story.
Synonyms
Completely until the end
Completely in every part
Idioms
- Informal
To do something without real effort or interest because it is expected
- Informal
In all situations, both good and bad, people stay loyal and support each other
All the difficult and important things people go through together
- Informal
To make someone understand or accept something after many tries
- Literature
Entering a strange, unreal world where usual rules are reversed
- Informal
To say things without knowing the facts or that are not true
- Informal
To notice small important details while keeping the whole situation in mind
- Informal
To act very carefully in a difficult situation to avoid mistakes or offend people
Compounds
- Specialized
The forward movement after a hit or swing that finishes the action smoothly
- Specialized
A setting that lets signals or data pass through unchanged to another device
- Specialized
A shipping document that covers a journey using more than one kind of transport
How Thorough
Surface Forms
Etymology
Through comes from the Old English word thurh, which meant 'from one side to the other' and is like the German durch; imagine rain going right 'through' your coat. So when we say something is soaked 'through', we mean it is wet all the way or 'completely' through to the end.