Dictionary
through
Pronunciation: (thrOO), [key]—
prep.
1. in at one end, side, or surface and out at the other:
to pass through a tunnel; We drove through Denver without stopping. Sun came through the window.
2. past; beyond:
to go through a stop sign without stopping.
3. from one to the other of; between or among the individual members or parts of:
to swing through the trees; This book has passed through many hands.
4. over the surface of, by way of, or within the limits or medium of:
to travel through a country; to fly through the air.
5. during the whole period of; throughout:
They worked through the night.
6. having reached the end of; done with:
to be through one's work.
7. to and including:
from 1900 through 1950.
8. by the means or instrumentality of; by the way or agency of:
It was through him they found out.
9. by reason of or in consequence of:
to run away through fear.
10. in at the first step of a process, treatment, or method of handling, passing through subsequent steps or stages in order, and finished, accepted, or out of the last step or stage:
The body of a car passes through 147 stages on the production line. The new tax bill finally got through Congress.
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adv.
1. in at one end, side, or surface and out at the other:
to push a needle through; just passing through.
2. all the way; along the whole distance:
This train goes through to Boston.
3. throughout:
soaking wet through.
4. from the beginning to the end:
to read a letter through.
5. to the end:
to carry a matter through.
6. to a favorable or successful conclusion:
He barely managed to pull through.
7. through and through,
a. through the whole extent of; thoroughly:
cold through and through.
b. from beginning to end; in all respects:
an aristocrat through and through.
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adj.
1. having completed an action, process, etc.; finished:
Please be still until I'm through. When will you be through with school?
2. at the end of all relations or dealings:
My sister insists she's through with selfish friends.
3. passing or extending from one end, side, or surface to the other.
4. traveling or moving to a destination without changing of trains, planes, etc.:
a through flight.
5. (of a road, route, way, course, etc., or of a ticket, routing order, etc.) admitting continuous or direct passage; having no interruption, obstruction, or hindrance:
a through highway; through ticket.
6. (of a bridge truss) having a deck or decks within the depth of the structure. Cf.
deck (def. 21).
7. of no further use or value; washed-up:
Critics say he's through as a writer. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
