throughpreposition, adverb
uk/θruː/us/θruː/through preposition, adverb (PLACE)
A2 also US not standard thru from one end or side of something to the other:
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- The teacher drew a diagram showing how the blood flows through the heart.
- She walked through the city centre with its drab, grey buildings and felt depressed.
- She heard the eerie noise of the wind howling through the trees.
- Our new sofa doesn't fit through the door.
- Some poisonous gases can enter the body by absorption through the skin.
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Through, across, opposite and against
- across
- across country idiom
- against
- agin
- along
- catty-corner
- country
- cross-country
- front
- give
- kitty-corner
- on
- opposite
- other
- overland
- thru
- to
- trans
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through preposition, adverb (TIME)
B1 from the beginning to the end of a period of time:
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- If I can just get through the training period, it won't be so bad after that.
- We've gone through a few financially insecure years.
- Unfortunately, I lost interest half way through the film.
- Electricians worked through the night to localize the faulty switches.
- The bells ring at regular intervals through the day.
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Simultaneous and consecutive
- accompany
- all the while idiom
- along
- along the way idiom
- alternate
- even
- go
- in rotation idiom
- in tandem idiom
- in the process idiom
- live
- no sooner ... than idiom
- once
- over
- sync
- synchronous
- the minute (that) idiom
- throughout
- together
- under
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Idiom(s)
throughpreposition
uk/θruː/us/θruː/through preposition (RESULT)
B1 as a result of:
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- Several political prisoners have been released through the intercession of Amnesty International.
- If he fails it won't be through lack of effort.
- The soil has been so heavily leached through intensive farming that it is no longer fertile.
- A lot of water is wasted through leakage.
- Four million hours were lost last year through stress-related illnesses.
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Linguistics: connecting words which introduce a cause or reason
- at
- because
- because of
- behalf
- cos
- courtesy
- fear
- for
- from
- herein
- necessarily
- on sb's account idiom
- order
- owing to
- right
- sake 1
- thanks
- what with idiom
- with
- with a view to doing sth idiom
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through preposition (USING)
B1 by; using:
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- The performers tell the story through song and dance.
- She met her husband through a dating agency.
- The police entered the building through the side door.
- She still controls the company indirectly through her son, who is the managing director.
- Speaking through an interpreter, the president said the terms of the ceasefire were completely unacceptable.
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Using and misusing
- adopt
- adoption
- advantage
- avail
- avail yourself of sth
- be/go heavy on sth idiom
- exercise
- go into sth
- go through sth
- gobble sth up
- make capital out of sth idiom
- max
- mine
- unused
- upcycle
- upcycling
- usable
- usage
- use
- wear
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throughadjective
uk/θruː/us/θruː/through adjective (FINISHED)
having finished using or doing something:
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Finished & over
- bar
- be (all) over bar the shouting idiom
- be done and dusted idiom
- can 1
- closed
- done
- down
- finished
- finito
- in the can idiom
- lapsed
- last
- mission
- one, two, etc. down, one, two etc. to go. idiom
- over
- see
- to the last idiom
- up
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through adjective (SUCCESSFUL)
to achieve success in an exam, competition, etc. and progress to the next stage or a higher level:
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Successful (things or people)
- a heavy hitter idiom
- achiever
- alive
- alpha male
- ascendant
- bang
- chart
- fly
- have sth in your pocket idiom
- have the world at your feet idiom
- healthy
- high-flyer
- high-flying
- lion
- ride
- thrive
- to have arrived idiom
- top-rated
- tried
- triumphant
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through adjective (DIRECT)
C1 [ only before noun ] A through train or bus goes all the way from one place to another place without the passenger having to change trains or buses.
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Railways: trains & parts of trains
- air brake
- baggage car
- bogie
- boiler
- bullet train
- caboose
- carriage
- choo-choo
- coach
- couchette
- diesel
- emergency cord
- freight car
- intercity
- luggage van
- maglev train
- rolling stock
- shunt
- sleeping car
- wagon-lit
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