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throughthrough1 /θru/ ●●● S1 W1 preposition 1
into one side or end of something such as an entrance, passage, or hole, and out of the other side or end: Two men walked through the door. The dog got out through a hole in the fence. The oil comes through this pipe.2from one side of an area or group to the other: We drove through France to Spain. I pushed my way through the crowd.3if you see or hear someone or something through something such as a window or wall, you are on one side of the window or wall and the other person or thing is on the other side: I saw her through an upstairs window. The walls are so thin you can hear everything through them.4passing a place where you are supposed to stop: The driver went through a red light.5cutting, breaking, or making a hole from one side of something to the other: Workers had to cut a hole through the ceiling to install the heating system. The bullet passed through his right arm.6during and to the end of a period of time: We’ve got enough food to last us through the winter.7half-way through something (also a quarter/third etc. of the way through something) at a particular point during a period or during an event: We’re already half-way through the semester.8used to say that someone or something has experienced or dealt with something difficult or unpleasant: I don’t want to live through another experience like that.9until and including a particular day, month, or year: The exhibit will be here through April.(from) Wednesday through Friday/May through October etc. The store is open Monday through Saturday.10from the beginning to the end of a process, step, or event: The book guides you through the procedure of buying a house.11used to say that someone reads or examines all parts of something carefully: Let’s go through these documents again.12because of something: Many accidents are caused through carelessness.► see thesaurus at because13by using a particular method, service, person, etc. to do something: She got the job through a friend. They learn math through simple games.14be/get through doing something informal to finish doing something: Tell me when you’re through talking about work.15used to say that something exists in, affects, or starts to affect all of a thing, area, or group SYN throughout: The problem extends through the entire system.16used to say that someone uses a supply of something: Our family goes through a lot of food in a week.17if a law passes through Congress or another group that makes laws, it is accepted as a law: the bill’s passage through Congress → see also thru preposition | adverb | adjective
throughthrough2 ●●● S1 W1 adverb 1from one side or end of a passage, area, group, surface, etc. to the other: Excuse me, could you let me through? I spilled water on the tablecloth, but it didn’t soak through.through to Gas isn’t flowing through to the engine.2completely, in all parts: Make sure the food is heated through.3read/think/talk etc. something through to read, think, etc. about something very carefully from beginning to end: Take some time to read the contract through.4through and through if someone is a particular type of person through and through, he or she is completely that type of person: She’s a politician through and through.5through to something all the time until the end of a period of time or an event: A good breakfast will last you through to lunchtime. preposition | adverb | adjective
throughthrough3 adjective 1be through informal a)to have finished doing something, using something, etc.: I need to use the computer when you’re through.through with I’m through with politics. b)to not be having a romantic relationship with someone anymore: She told me we’re through.2a through train/road/street etc. a train or road by which you can reach a place, without having to use other trains or roads