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through

through

276 2.3
Having finished with something and not involved anymore
  • adjective
  • /θru/
  • Informal
: 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

done
vsthrough
∞ 1.0

Finished with a task or activity

highlights completion and also being no longer affected or involved
complete
vsthrough
335 1.0

Finished and not needing any more work

stresses completion plus being no longer involved or affected
completed
vsthrough
109 1.0

Finished and not needing any more work

adds that one is no longer involved or affected by it
through with
vsthrough
  • Informal
95 3.5

Not involved with something and not responsible for it

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

Antonyms

440 3.5

Still happening and not finished

211 3.5

Feeling a strong emotional connection to someone or something

Idioms

34 3.5

Completely in every part

28 5.0

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

To have a very hard and painful time in life

All the difficult and important things people go through together

14 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

To make someone understand or accept something after many tries

6 9.1

Entering a strange, unreal world where usual rules are reversed

5 8.0

Give much more money than normal for something

3 7.4

Do a difficult task because someone in charge asks you to

2 5.7

To rise very quickly to a much higher level

Remove slow official rules to make things happen faster

See something in a new way to understand it better

A very hard task that is almost impossible

1 7.6

To experience a very difficult and stressful time

To fall suddenly to a much lower level

To end something completely so it cannot continue

1 7.2

To experience many hard tests or problems

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

To go through stages more easily as you gain confidence

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

through the wazoo
  • Offensive
1 9.9

In very large amounts

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

Very messy and untidy as if after a rough time

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

A person from Sunderland who strongly shows local pride and ways

To finally understand or accept something difficult

Treat someone or something very harshly and damage them

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

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

7 4.2

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

walk-through
  • Jargon
3 5.1

A rehearsal where actors read scripts and practice stage movements

follow-through
  • Specialized
2 4.9

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

1 3.6

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

1 3.5

A covered passage through the ground floor of a building

1 4.9

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

pass-through
  • Specialized
1 5.1

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

1 3.9

An opening between a kitchen and dining room for passing food

pull-through
  • Specialized
8.4

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

9.0

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

How Finished

completed
109 1.0
through
  • Informal
276 2.3
incomplete
108 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.