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through

through

2.3
Having finished with something and not involved anymore
  • adjective
  • /θru/
  • Informal
translation icon : terminado
  • After completing the training, I was glad to be through with those long hours.

Examples

  • Now that the project is finished, I feel completely through with the stress it caused.

  • And then once I've been through this, that's it.

  • This man has been there for me through everything.

  • And so that took me through college and through Graduate School.

  • And I'll be here for you, walking through it with you.

  • But I want to say we've been through a lot together.

  • I mean, we've been through the School of Life links.

  • I don't want everything I've been through to be for nothing.

  • You don't know what I've been through as a gay man.

  • If you're wondering how I've made it through my life this far.

Synonyms

complete
vsthrough
863 1.0

Finished and not needing any more work

stresses completion plus being no longer involved or affected
done
vsthrough
724 1.0

Finished with a task or activity

highlights completion and also being no longer affected or involved
through with
vsthrough
  • Informal
173 3.5

Not involved with something and not responsible for it

focuses on being finished and no longer affected rather than ending responsibility
completed
vsthrough
1.0

Finished and not needing any more work

adds that one is no longer involved or affected by it

Antonyms

401 3.5

Still happening and not finished

355 3.5

Feeling a strong emotional connection to someone or something

Idioms

26 5.0

To do something without real effort or interest because it is expected

23 3.5

Completely in every part

To have a very hard and painful time in life

11 7.6

Say something that is not true in a bold, obvious way

11 3.3

In all situations, both good and bad, people stay loyal and support each other

Looking at something from a certain point of view

4 8.0

Give much more money than normal for something

Remove slow official rules to make things happen faster

2 5.7

To rise very quickly to a much higher level

All the difficult and important things people go through together

To make someone understand or accept something after many tries

1 9.1

Entering a strange, unreal world where usual rules are reversed

1 7.4

Do a difficult task because someone in charge asks you to

1 9.9

To say things without knowing the facts or that are not true

See something in a new way to understand it better

To find big holes in a law or plan and use them

To end something completely so it cannot continue

To fall suddenly to a much lower level

Very messy and untidy as if after a rough time

A very hard task that is almost impossible

A person from Sunderland who strongly shows local pride and ways

To go through stages more easily as you gain confidence

To finally understand or accept something difficult

7.2

To experience many hard tests or problems

To experience a very difficult and stressful time

Treat someone or something very harshly and damage them

To notice small important details while keeping the whole situation in mind

through the wazoo
  • Offensive
9.9

In very large amounts

To act very carefully in a difficult situation to avoid mistakes or offend people

To leave a place very quickly

Compounds

14 4.2

A complete rehearsal of a play or presentation without stopping

The act of finishing a task or keeping a promise to do what was planned

follow-through
  • Specialized
5 4.9

The forward movement after a hit or swing that finishes the action smoothly

4 4.2

An inspection where people go through a place to check for problems

2 3.5

A covered passage through the ground floor of a building

2 3.6

A step-by-step guide that shows how to do something

walk-through
  • Jargon
2 5.1

A rehearsal where actors read scripts and practice stage movements

1 4.9

A short route through a neighborhood that saves time by avoiding busy roads

1 3.9

An opening between a kitchen and dining room for passing food

pull-through
  • Specialized
1 8.4

A cloth on a cord with a weight used to clean a gun barrel

pass-through
  • Specialized
5.1

A setting that lets signals or data pass through unchanged to another device

9.0

A shipping document that covers a journey using more than one kind of transport

How Finished

completed
1.0
through
  • Informal
2.3
incomplete
117 3.4

Surface Forms

through positive

Etymology

Through comes from Old English thurh, originally meaning 'to the end' or 'all the way', so if you have gone 'through' your work you have reached the end. That's why saying you are 'through' with something means you have finished it.