thoroughadjective
uk/ˈθʌr.ə/us/ˈθɝː.ə//ˈθɝː.oʊ/thorough adjective (CAREFUL)
B2 detailed and careful:
a thorough revision of the manuscript
They did a thorough search of the area but found nothing.
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- The arrival of the new baby caused a thorough shake-up of their family life.
- They received a thorough briefing before they left the country.
- Give the table a thorough wipe.
- School gave me a thorough grounding in French.
- We did a thorough spring clean of the house.
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Detailed and careful
- blow-by-blow
- detail
- detailed
- diligent
- elaborate
- encyclopedic
- granular
- in-depth
- intimate 1
- intricate
- long-form
- meticulous
- minutely
- painstaking
- painstakingly
- precise
- precisely
- scrupulous
- sedulous
- thoroughly
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thorough adjective (COMPLETE)
complete, very great, or very much:
It was a thorough waste of time.
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Linguistics: very & extreme
- awful
- beyond
- classic
- classical
- deadly
- devastating
- drop dead! idiom
- eminently
- esp
- especially
- heartily
- impossibly
- perfect
- sheer
- specially
- supremely
- thoroughly
- thumping
- whole
- wide
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Complete and whole
thoroughness
noun [ U ] uk/ˈθʌr.ə.nəs/us/ˈθɝː.ə.nəs//ˈθɝː.oʊ.nəs/
You can rely on the thoroughness of his research.