through

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[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology 1

Metathesis of Middle English thurh, thurgh, from Old English þurh, from West Germanic *thurkh, from Proto-Indo-European base *tr- ('through'). Cognate with thorough, West Frisian troch, German durch, Dutch door, Latin trans, Welsh tra ('through').

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Preposition

through

  1. From one side of an opening to the other.
    I went through the window.
  2. Entering, then later exiting.
    I drove through the town at top speed without looking left or right.
  3. Surrounded by (while moving).
    We slogged through the mud for hours before turning back and giving up.
  4. By means of.
    This team believes in winning through intimidation.
    • 2011 September 28, Tom Rostance, “Arsenal 2 - 1 Olympiakos”, BBC Sport:
      But the home side were ahead in the eighth minute through 18-year-old Oxlade-Chamberlain.
  5. (North America) To and including, with all intermediate numbers.
    From 1945 through 1991.
    The numbers 1 through 9.
[edit] Translations
from one side of an opening to the other
entering, then later exiting
surrounded by (while moving)
by means of
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[edit] Derived terms
terms derived using the preposition "through"

[edit] Adjective

through (not comparable)

  1. Passing from one side of an object to the other.
    Interstate highways form a nationwide system of through roads.
  2. Finished; complete
    They were through with laying the subroof by noon.
  3. Valueless; without a future.
    After being implicated in the scandal, he was through as an executive in financial services.
  4. No longer interested.
    She was through with him.
    • 1977, Iggy Pop, Lust For Life
      I'm worth a million in prizes
      Yeah, I'm through with sleeping on the sidewalk
      No more beating my brains
      No more beating my brains
      With the liquor and drugs
      With the liquor and drugs
  5. Proceeding from origin to destination without delay due to change of equipment.
    The through flight through Memphis was the fastest.

[edit] Adverb

through (comparative further through, superlative furthest through)

  1. From one side to the other by way of the interior.
    The arrow went straight through.
  2. From one end to the other.
    Others slept; he worked straight through.
  3. To the end.
    He said he would see it through.
  4. Completely.
    Leave the yarn in the dye overnight so the color soaks through.
  5. Out into the open.
    The American army broke through the German lines at St. Lo.
[edit] Translations
From one side to the other

[edit] References

  • Andrea Tyler and Vyvyan Evans, "Bounded landmarks", in The Semantics of English Prepositions: Spatial Scenes, Embodied Meaning and Cognition, Cambridge University Press, 2003, 0-521-81430 8

[edit] Etymology 2

From Old English þrūh

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /θrʌf/

[edit] Noun

through (plural throughs)

  1. A large slab of stone laid on a tomb.

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