Through Meaning and Definition

Word: Through

How to pronounce: θruː

Preposition

Definitions:

1. Moving in one side and out of the other side of (an opening, channel, or location)

Example sentences: "She walked through the doorway into the living room"

2. Continuing in time toward completion of (a process or period)

Example sentences: "He showed up halfway through the second act"

3. So as to inspect all or part of (a collection, inventory, or publication)

Example sentences: "I flipped though the pages"

4. By means of (a process or intermediate stage)

Example sentences: "Dioxins get into mothers' milk through contaminated food"

5. Up to and including (a particular point in an ordered sequence)

Example sentences: "They will be in town from March 24 through May 7"

Adverb

Definitions:

1. Expressing movement into one side and out of the other side of an opening, channel, or location.

Example sentences: "As soon as we opened the gate they came streaming through"

2. So as to continue in time toward the completion of a process, period, etc.

Example sentences: "She's just started a tour that will keep her busy right through to June"

3. So as to inspect all or part of a publication or document.

4. So as to be connected by telephone.

Example sentences: "He put a call through to the senator"

Adjective

Definitions:

1. (of a means of public transportation or a ticket) continuing or valid to the final destination.

Example sentences: "A through train from Boston"

2. (of a room) running the whole length of a building.

3. Having no prospect of any future relationship, dealings, or success.

Synonyms:

by

via

thru

at the expense

thanks to

due to

across

in

over

down

per

passage

midst

amid

ended

completed

done

complete

Derivations:

throughly

Keep in Mind

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Through in Other Languages...

Spanish: Mediante

German: Durch

French: Travers

Italian: Attraverso

Turkish: Arasında