through

1 of 3

preposition

ˈthrü

a(1)

—used as a function word to indicate movement into at one side or point and out at another and especially the opposite side of

drove a nail through the board

(2)

: by way of

left through the door

(3)

—used as a function word to indicate passage from one end or boundary to another

a highway through the foresta road through the desert

(4)

: without stopping for : past

drove through a red light

—used as a function word to indicate passage into and out of a treatment, handling, or process

the matter has already passed through her hands

—used as a function word to indicate means, agency, or intermediacy: such as

: by means of : by the agency of

: because of

failed through ignorance

: by common descent from or relationship with

related through their grandfather

: over the whole surface or extent of : throughout

homes scattered through the valley

—used as a function word to indicate movement within a large expanse

flew through the air

—used as a function word to indicate exposure to a specified set of conditions

put him through hell

—used as a function word to indicate a period of time: such as

: during the entire period of

all through her life

: from the beginning to the end of

the tower stood through the earthquake

: to and including

Monday through Friday

—used as a function word to indicate completion or exhaustion

got through the bookwent through the money in a year

—used as a function word to indicate acceptance or approval especially by an official body

got the bill through the legislature

through

2 of 3

adverb

ˈthrü

: from one end or side to the other

: from beginning to end

: to completion, conclusion, or accomplishment

see it through

: to the core : completely

soaked through

: into the open : out

break through

through

3 of 3

adjective

ˈthrü

: arrived at completion or accomplishment

is through with the job

: washed-up, finished

: admitting free or continuous passage : direct

a through road

: extending from one surface to another

a through mortise

: initiated at and destined for points outside a local zone

through traffic

b(1)

: going from point of origin to destination without change or reshipment

a through train

(2)

: of or relating to such movement

a through ticket

Example Sentences

Preposition He hit the nail through the wood. She looked through the binoculars. The bullet had gone through his hand. He just walked through the door. The security guards pushed their way through the crowd. She could see a figure through the fog. I looked through the window. Adverb Let these people go through, please. The nail went completely through. It snowed heavily, but we made it through. We'll never get through—the mud is too deep. The package was shipped through to New Orleans. Read the essay through and tell me what you think. Adjective When the police were through with him, a taxi took him, his suitcase, the homburg funeral hat, in the other direction …

Annie Proulx, Atlantic, November 1997 I tell him I like fanzines. This one's mad, he says, really mad. I can borrow it when he's through.

Lynne Tillman, Motion Sickness, 1991 Today though, once experience shows on a woman's face, she's through.

Patricia Volk, New Woman, November 1990 I'm not through yet. I have one more topic to discuss. If you're through using the phone, I'd like to use it next. Is this a through road? The left lane is for through traffic only. See More

Recent Examples on the Web

Preposition

High school can be tough enough on your own, so imagine going through adolescence while constantly being compared to your twin sister.

Ew Staff, EW.com, 9 Sep. 2022 Looks like it’s @JGermanRJ going through our trash for his 4th story on me.

Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2022 One study found, for example, that spouses who undergo no treatment still lose about half as much weight as a partner going through treatment.

Josh Zumbrun, WSJ, 9 Sep. 2022 The redshirt freshman leads the country in passing yards (646) and passing touchdowns (nine) through two games, establishing himself as a worthy heir to former Tar Heels star Sam Howell.

Baltimore Sun, 9 Sep. 2022 Anya did not immediately respond to requests for an interview made by phone and through Twitter.

Mike Memoli, NBC News, 9 Sep. 2022 Akron is trying to rebuild its culture the old-fashioned way — through the transfer portal.

Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, 9 Sep. 2022 Special masters are most frequently named to sort through documents involved in a court proceeding and examine them for certain types of privileges.

Perry Stein, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2022 For example, during a 30-minute Fundations lesson in a kindergarten class at Baker, the students were going through a lesson with a story about Fred the Frog.

Lelah Byron And Aimee Galaszewski, Journal Sentinel, 8 Sep. 2022

Adverb

But even then, a sensuous, feminine side had started to push through.

Briana Miller | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 9 Sep. 2022 Add black beans and red pepper flakes and cook until warmed through, another 3 minutes.

Shreyas Laddha, Hartford Courant, 9 Sep. 2022 Alabama finally broke through in 1986, winning 28-10 in Birmingham in a game famous for Cornelius Bennett’s bone-crushing sack of Steve Beuerlein.

Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 9 Sep. 2022 Genuinely sorry to see so many great people go, but, at the end of the day, only two are going through.

Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2022 The overriding goal of the review isn’t yet outlined, and regulatory processes can take a long time to work through.

Telis Demos, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2022 With an offense that at first looked overmatched before eventually breaking through and a defense that suffocated McDonogh after its first score, Concordia Prep completed the upset.

Taylor Lyons, Baltimore Sun, 8 Sep. 2022 There are many interlocking choices to work through.

Ingfei Chen, The New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2022 Milwaukee broke through against Colorado starter Ryan Feltner the next inning on consecutive two-out hits by Andrew McCutchen and Jace Peterson.

Todd Rosiak, Journal Sentinel, 5 Sep. 2022

Adjective

Campaigning door-to-door with his pal this summer, Bissell is reminded of the through story in Amato’s trajectory.

Peter Marks, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2022 What’s the through line? Let’s first stipulate that tragedy, people oft forget, is not so much about flaws or sadness but about the human experience of chaos.

Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2022 Balancing freedom to live without restrictions with the freedom from being needlessly exposed to disease should be the through line of our national narrative, policies and practices.

Steven Phillips, Scientific American, 3 Aug. 2022 The hearings to date have featured a wide range of witnesses, but the through line of nearly all the testimony has been former President Trump and his relentless efforts to overturn his loss in the 2020 election.

CBS News, 24 July 2022 That was the through line throughout the entire filming process.

Dana Rose Falcone, PEOPLE.com, 23 July 2022 Dead ducks are the through line of an Eleven Madison Park episode of 7 Days Out, a show chronicling the week leading up to a major event.

Alicia Kennedy, Bon Appétit, 1 July 2022 Arriving at Union depot we were compelled to wait an hour for the through train to Cape May.

Mary Ann Ashcraft, Baltimore Sun, 23 July 2022 But the committee will attempt to place the story of the violence at the Capitol in the context of a broader, multi-tentacled plot to overturn the results of Joe Biden’s electoral victory, with Trump’s involvement serving as the through line.

Jacqueline Alemany, Josh Dawsey And Amy Gardner, Anchorage Daily News, 6 June 2022 See More

Phrases Containing through

Kids Definition

through 1 of 3

preposition

ˈthrü

: into at one side and out at the other side of

He drove a nail through the wood.

: from one side or end to another of

We rode through town.

: by way of

I got in through the window.

: among sense 1

There's a path through the trees.

: by means of

She succeeded through hard work.

: over the whole of

The rumor swept through school.

: during the whole of

The baby slept through the night.

: to and including

We're open Monday through Friday.

: into and out of

I'm through the worst of it.

through

2 of 3

adverb

: from one end or side to the other

The nail went through.

: from beginning to end

He read the book through in one evening.

: to completion

I plan to see the job through.

: in or to every part

Heat the sauce through.

through

3 of 3

adjective

: having reached an end

We're through with the job.

: allowing free or continuous passage : direct

a through road

: going from point of origin to destination without changes or transfers

through trains

: coming from and going to points outside a local zone

through traffic

through 1 of 3

preposition

as in amongst

in or into the middle of lost control of the car and drove through the crowd

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

amongst
amidst
among
midst
amid
mid
between
betwixt
in the thick of

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

from
out of

as in around

in random positions within the boundaries of the numerous small towns scattered through these hills

Synonyms & Similar Words

around
throughout
across
over
on
about
round

as in during

in the course of thoughtless people talking through the whole movie

Synonyms & Similar Words

during
throughout
amid
by
over
amidst
pending

as in across

to the opposite side of walked through the room

Synonyms & Similar Words

across
over
around
athwart
past
round
beyond

as in via

along the way of the quickest way out of the building is through that hall there

Synonyms & Similar Words

via
by
across
along
near
under
alongside
beneath
over
beyond
underneath
outside
nearby
by way of
past
throughout
below

as in with

as the result of won the tournament through practice and hard work

Synonyms & Similar Words

with
due to
owing to
because of
on account of

as in by

using the means or agency of apparently got his money through theft and deception

Synonyms & Similar Words

via
with
by
in
per
by dint of
by means of
in virtue of
by virtue of

through

2 of 3

adverb

as in over

from beginning to end read the letter through twice never once missed class the whole year through

Synonyms & Similar Words

over
around
throughout
round

as in athwart

from one side to the other of an intervening space the bullet struck the door and went right through

Synonyms & Similar Words

across
over
athwart
clear

through

3 of 3

adjective

as in up

brought or having come to an end a standing ovation for the cast when the play was through

Synonyms & Similar Words

up
over
done
down
finished
completed
ended
complete
over with
concluded
terminated
out of hand
accomplished
out of the way
defunct
achieved
realized
attained
compassed
obsolete
extinct
expired
dead
kaputt
kaput

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

ongoing
incomplete
continuing
unfinished
undone
uncompleted

单词	through
释义	through 1 of 3 preposition ˈthrü 1 a(1) —used as a function word to indicate movement into at one side or point and out at another and especially the opposite side of drove a nail through the board (2) : by way of left through the door (3) —used as a function word to indicate passage from one end or boundary to another a highway through the foresta road through the desert (4) : without stopping for : past drove through a red light b —used as a function word to indicate passage into and out of a treatment, handling, or process the matter has already passed through her hands 2 —used as a function word to indicate means, agency, or intermediacy: such as a : by means of : by the agency of b : because of failed through ignorance c : by common descent from or relationship with related through their grandfather 3 a : over the whole surface or extent of : throughout homes scattered through the valley b —used as a function word to indicate movement within a large expanse flew through the air c —used as a function word to indicate exposure to a specified set of conditions put him through hell 4 —used as a function word to indicate a period of time: such as a : during the entire period of all through her life b : from the beginning to the end of the tower stood through the earthquake c : to and including Monday through Friday 5 a —used as a function word to indicate completion or exhaustion got through the bookwent through the money in a year b —used as a function word to indicate acceptance or approval especially by an official body got the bill through the legislature through 2 of 3 adverb ˈthrü 1 : from one end or side to the other 2 a : from beginning to end b : to completion, conclusion, or accomplishment see it through 3 : to the core : completely soaked through 4 : into the open : out break through through 3 of 3 adjective ˈthrü 1 a : arrived at completion or accomplishment is through with the job b : washed-up, finished 2 a : admitting free or continuous passage : direct a through road b : extending from one surface to another a through mortise 3 a : initiated at and destined for points outside a local zone through traffic b(1) : going from point of origin to destination without change or reshipment a through train (2) : of or relating to such movement a through ticket Synonyms Preposition amid amidst among amongst mid midst Adverb around over round throughout Adjective complete completed concluded done down ended finished over over with terminated up See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Preposition He hit the nail through the wood. She looked through the binoculars. The bullet had gone through his hand. He just walked through the door. The security guards pushed their way through the crowd. She could see a figure through the fog. I looked through the window. Adverb Let these people go through, please. The nail went completely through. It snowed heavily, but we made it through. We'll never get through—the mud is too deep. The package was shipped through to New Orleans. Read the essay through and tell me what you think. Adjective When the police were through with him, a taxi took him, his suitcase, the homburg funeral hat, in the other direction … Annie Proulx, Atlantic, November 1997 I tell him I like fanzines. This one's mad, he says, really mad. I can borrow it when he's through. Lynne Tillman, Motion Sickness, 1991 Today though, once experience shows on a woman's face, she's through. Patricia Volk, New Woman, November 1990 I'm not through yet. I have one more topic to discuss. If you're through using the phone, I'd like to use it next. Is this a through road? The left lane is for through traffic only. See More Recent Examples on the Web Preposition High school can be tough enough on your own, so imagine going through adolescence while constantly being compared to your twin sister. Ew Staff, EW.com, 9 Sep. 2022 Looks like it’s @JGermanRJ going through our trash for his 4th story on me. Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2022 One study found, for example, that spouses who undergo no treatment still lose about half as much weight as a partner going through treatment. Josh Zumbrun, WSJ, 9 Sep. 2022 The redshirt freshman leads the country in passing yards (646) and passing touchdowns (nine) through two games, establishing himself as a worthy heir to former Tar Heels star Sam Howell. Baltimore Sun, 9 Sep. 2022 Anya did not immediately respond to requests for an interview made by phone and through Twitter. Mike Memoli, NBC News, 9 Sep. 2022 Akron is trying to rebuild its culture the old-fashioned way — through the transfer portal. Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, 9 Sep. 2022 Special masters are most frequently named to sort through documents involved in a court proceeding and examine them for certain types of privileges. Perry Stein, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2022 For example, during a 30-minute Fundations lesson in a kindergarten class at Baker, the students were going through a lesson with a story about Fred the Frog. Lelah Byron And Aimee Galaszewski, Journal Sentinel, 8 Sep. 2022 Adverb But even then, a sensuous, feminine side had started to push through. Briana Miller \| For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 9 Sep. 2022 Add black beans and red pepper flakes and cook until warmed through, another 3 minutes. Shreyas Laddha, Hartford Courant, 9 Sep. 2022 Alabama finally broke through in 1986, winning 28-10 in Birmingham in a game famous for Cornelius Bennett’s bone-crushing sack of Steve Beuerlein. Creg Stephenson \| Cstephenson@al.com, al, 9 Sep. 2022 Genuinely sorry to see so many great people go, but, at the end of the day, only two are going through. Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2022 The overriding goal of the review isn’t yet outlined, and regulatory processes can take a long time to work through. Telis Demos, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2022 With an offense that at first looked overmatched before eventually breaking through and a defense that suffocated McDonogh after its first score, Concordia Prep completed the upset. Taylor Lyons, Baltimore Sun, 8 Sep. 2022 There are many interlocking choices to work through. Ingfei Chen, The New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2022 Milwaukee broke through against Colorado starter Ryan Feltner the next inning on consecutive two-out hits by Andrew McCutchen and Jace Peterson. Todd Rosiak, Journal Sentinel, 5 Sep. 2022 Adjective Campaigning door-to-door with his pal this summer, Bissell is reminded of the through story in Amato’s trajectory. Peter Marks, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2022 What’s the through line? Let’s first stipulate that tragedy, people oft forget, is not so much about flaws or sadness but about the human experience of chaos. Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2022 Balancing freedom to live without restrictions with the freedom from being needlessly exposed to disease should be the through line of our national narrative, policies and practices. Steven Phillips, Scientific American, 3 Aug. 2022 The hearings to date have featured a wide range of witnesses, but the through line of nearly all the testimony has been former President Trump and his relentless efforts to overturn his loss in the 2020 election. CBS News, 24 July 2022 That was the through line throughout the entire filming process. Dana Rose Falcone, PEOPLE.com, 23 July 2022 Dead ducks are the through line of an Eleven Madison Park episode of 7 Days Out, a show chronicling the week leading up to a major event. Alicia Kennedy, Bon Appétit, 1 July 2022 Arriving at Union depot we were compelled to wait an hour for the through train to Cape May. Mary Ann Ashcraft, Baltimore Sun, 23 July 2022 But the committee will attempt to place the story of the violence at the Capitol in the context of a broader, multi-tentacled plot to overturn the results of Joe Biden’s electoral victory, with Trump’s involvement serving as the through line. Jacqueline Alemany, Josh Dawsey And Amy Gardner, Anchorage Daily News, 6 June 2022 See More Word History Etymology Preposition, Adverb, and Adjective Middle English thurh, thruh, through, from Old English thurh; akin to Old High German durh through, Latin trans across, beyond, Sanskrit tarati he crosses over First Known Use Preposition before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1) Adverb before the 13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Adjective 15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a Phrases Containing through break through burn through carry through check through churn through click through come through come up from/through the ranks cooked through cut through cut through red tape drag someone's name through the mud drag through the mire/mud drive-through fall through/between the cracks fall through floor-through flow-through entity follow through on/with get it into/through one's thick skull get it through one's thick head get it through someone's head get through get (something) through to (someone) get through to (someone) go through go over/through (something) with a fine-tooth comb go through one's paces go through the ceiling go through the motions halfway through leaf through jump through hoops lie through one's teeth like a (hot) knife through butter live through pass-through entity pass-through pay through the nose put (someone or something) through his/her/its paces put through the wringer rattle through put through read through riffle through rifle through rise through the ranks run through see through shine through sit through slip/fall through the net soaked through think through talk through one's hat take (someone) through sort through talk through through line through-composed through an interpreter through and through through the floor through the back door through thick and thin thumb through through the mill wave (someone or something) through wet through wear through whip through work through go through a rough time muddle through go/run through someone's mind follow through scrape through slip through one's fingers go through with through the agency of sail through look through page through go through the roof through street walk through slip through/between the cracks through the wringer sleep through win through gone/been through the wringer pull through over/through the ether through the roof voted through See More break through burn through carry through check through churn through click through come through come up from/through the ranks cooked through cut through cut through red tape drag someone's name through the mud drag through the mire/mud drive-through fall through/between the cracks fall through floor-through flow-through entity follow through on/with get it into/through one's thick skull get it through one's thick head get it through someone's head get through get (something) through to (someone) get through to (someone) go through go over/through (something) with a fine-tooth comb go through one's paces go through the ceiling go through the motions halfway through leaf through jump through hoops lie through one's teeth like a (hot) knife through butter live through pass-through entity pass-through pay through the nose put (someone or something) through his/her/its paces put through the wringer rattle through put through read through riffle through rifle through rise through the ranks run through see through shine through sit through slip/fall through the net soaked through think through talk through one's hat take (someone) through sort through talk through through line through-composed through an interpreter through and through through the floor through the back door through thick and thin thumb through through the mill wave (someone or something) through wet through wear through whip through work through go through a rough time muddle through go/run through someone's mind follow through scrape through slip through one's fingers go through with through the agency of sail through look through page through go through the roof through street walk through slip through/between the cracks through the wringer sleep through win through gone/been through the wringer pull through over/through the ether through the roof voted through See More Kids Definition through 1 of 3 preposition ˈthrü 1 : into at one side and out at the other side of He drove a nail through the wood. 2 : from one side or end to another of We rode through town. 3 : by way of I got in through the window. 4 : among sense 1 There's a path through the trees. 5 : by means of She succeeded through hard work. 6 : over the whole of The rumor swept through school. 7 : during the whole of The baby slept through the night. 8 : to and including We're open Monday through Friday. 9 : into and out of I'm through the worst of it. through 2 of 3 adverb 1 : from one end or side to the other The nail went through. 2 : from beginning to end He read the book through in one evening. 3 : to completion I plan to see the job through. 4 : in or to every part Heat the sauce through. through 3 of 3 adjective 1 : having reached an end We're through with the job. 2 : allowing free or continuous passage : direct a through road 3 : going from point of origin to destination without changes or transfers through trains 4 : coming from and going to points outside a local zone through traffic through 1 of 3 preposition 1 as in amongst in or into the middle of lost control of the car and drove through the crowd Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance amongst amidst among midst amid mid between betwixt in the thick of Antonyms & Near Antonyms from out of 2 as in around in random positions within the boundaries of the numerous small towns scattered through these hills Synonyms & Similar Words around throughout across over on about round 3 as in during in the course of thoughtless people talking through the whole movie Synonyms & Similar Words during throughout amid by over amidst pending 4 as in across to the opposite side of walked through the room Synonyms & Similar Words across over around athwart past round beyond 5 as in via along the way of the quickest way out of the building is through that hall there Synonyms & Similar Words via by across along near under alongside beneath over beyond underneath outside nearby by way of past throughout below 6 as in with as the result of won the tournament through practice and hard work Synonyms & Similar Words with due to owing to because of on account of 7 as in by using the means or agency of apparently got his money through theft and deception Synonyms & Similar Words via with by in per by dint of by means of in virtue of by virtue of through 2 of 3 adverb 1 as in over from beginning to end read the letter through twice never once missed class the whole year through Synonyms & Similar Words over around throughout round 2 as in athwart from one side to the other of an intervening space the bullet struck the door and went right through Synonyms & Similar Words across over athwart clear through 3 of 3 adjective as in up brought or having come to an end a standing ovation for the cast when the play was through Synonyms & Similar Words up over done down finished completed ended complete over with concluded terminated out of hand accomplished out of the way defunct achieved realized attained compassed obsolete extinct expired dead kaputt kaput Antonyms & Near Antonyms ongoing incomplete continuing unfinished undone uncompleted Phrases Containing through follow through (with) get through go through through and through put through walk through run through follow through (with) get through go through through and through put through walk through run through See More
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