Through

  • 21through — /θru / (say throoh) preposition 1. in at one end, side, or surface, and out at the other, of: to pass through a tunnel. 2. past: the car went through the traffic lights without stopping. 3. between or among the individual members or parts of: to… …

  • 22through*/*/*/ — [θruː] grammar word summary: Through can be: ■ a preposition: They were riding through a forest. ■ an adverb: There s a hole in the roof where the rain comes through. ■ an adjective: I m through with this job. 1) from one end or side to the other …

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  • 23through — prep., adv., & adj. (also thro , US thru) prep. 1 a from end to end or from side to side of. b going in one side or end and out the other of. 2 between or among (swam through the waves). 3 from beginning to end (read through the letter; went… …

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  • 24through — 1. preposition 1) we drove through the tunnel Syn: into and out of, to the other side of, to the far side of, from one side to the other of 2) he got the job through an advertisement Syn: by means of, by way of, by dint of, via, using, thanks …

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  • 25through — 1. preposition /θɹuː,θɹu/ a) From one side of an opening to the other. I went through the window. b) Entering, then later exiting. I drove through the town at top speed without looking left or right …

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  • 26through — Synonyms and related words: SOL, all bets off, all off, all over, all through, all up, around, at about, at an end, because of, breadthwise, broad side foremost, broadside, broadways, broadwise, by, by dint of, by means of, by use of, by virtue… …

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  • 27through — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) prep. & adv. among, via, by way of; during, throughout; by, with. See direction, means. adj. finished, completed. See end. II (Roget s IV) modif. & prep. 1. [Finished] Syn. completed, over, ended; see… …

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  • 28through — preposition & adverb 1》 moving in one side and out of the other side of (an opening or location).     ↘so as to make a hole or passage in.     ↘[preposition] expressing the position or location of something beyond (an opening or an obstacle).… …

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  • 29through — prep. 1. into and out of, inside, under, out of; past, by, beyond, to the other or far side of, outside of; between, among, amongst, mongst, Both Archaic. betwixt, twixt; admidst, amid, midst, mid; within, in, inside, along, beside, across, over …

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  • 30through — [OE] Through comes from a prehistoric West Germanic *thurkh, which also produced German durch and Dutch door. Its ultimate source was the Indo European base *tr , which also produced Latin trans ‘across’. Thorough is historically the same word as …

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