through
Meaning
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- From one side of an opening to the other.
- Entering, then later leaving.
- Surrounded by (while moving).
- By means of.
- In consequence of; as a result of.
- During a period of time; throughout
- To (or up to) and including, with all intermediate values.
Synonyms
by means
𐑃𐑉𐐭
by reason of
by doing
extend across
through with
and so
by the agency of
straight through
using as an intermediary
onward to
all the way through
once-through
by the instrumentality of
by the intermediation of
gate through
throughout all
straight bore
straight in
until and including
·rocker
all the
all through
as a result of
away from
direct connection
in the course of
in the middle
right through
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/θɹuː/
Etymology
From Middle English thrugh, thruch, thruh, metathetic variants of thurgh, thurh, from Old English þurh, from Proto-Germanic *þurhw (“through”), from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂kʷe, suffixed zero-grade from *terh₂- (“to pass through”) + *-kʷe (“and”). Cognate with Scots throch (“through”), West Frisian troch (“through”), German durch (“through”), Dutch door (“through”), Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌷 (þairh, “through”), Latin trans (“across, over, through”), Albanian tërthor (“through, around”), Welsh tra (“through”). See also thorough.
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