through
∞
1.0
- adposition
- /θru/
:
a través de
- The cat ran through the open door and into the garden.
- go through
- pass through
- through the lens
But I'll just lead you through it right now.
- But I'll just lead you through it right now.
- And that's why I like looking through those laws of health.
- But it's like hand sawing through a log, right?
- Yeah, but how do they get air through the water?
- It's not just going through the windshield of a car.
- It just looked like it went right like through his soul, man.
- Yes, that's my he's going through Jojo's trash.
- We place one end through both points of our harness.
- Turns out that if you pump blood smoothly through the body, it works.
Examples
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Yeah, but how do they get air through the water?
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Evidence shows that when sound hygiene practices are maintained through behavioral modifications, health is improved.
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But no matter what happens, we will help you through it.
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I see you finally got through the enemy lines.
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But the truth is that most folks are walking through this for the first time.
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Each link is fed through four other links.
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Many of our student members have secured future employment through their participation in the program.
Academic text (2011) -
The curriculum for the credit recovery program was developed through collaboration among the content teachers.
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Students can be exposed to the process of water purification through classroom and laboratory experiments.
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All pathways typically result in carbon being cycled through the decomposition process at some point.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
648
1.0
By using a particular route, place, or method
72
2.9
To reach a place or result through something else
Moving from one side of a place to the other
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
26
5.0
To do something without real effort or interest because it is expected
- Informal
11
3.3
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
1
5.5
To make someone understand or accept something after many tries
- Literature
1
9.1
Entering a strange, unreal world where usual rules are reversed
- Informal
1
9.9
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
5
4.9
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 Far
Surface Forms
Etymology
Through comes from the Old English thurh, which meant 'from one side to the other', like German durch, so think of a train going 'through' a tunnel. This shows why we use 'through' to mean passing inside or across something.