through
Pronunciation Preposition
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Pronunciation Preposition
- From one side of an opening to the other.
- I went through the window.
- Entering, then later leaving.
- I drove through the town at top speed without looking left or right.
- 1892, Walter Besant, “Prologue: Who is Edmund Gray?”, in The Ivory Gate: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], OCLC 16832619 ↗, page 16 ↗:
- Athelstan Arundel walked home all the way, foaming and raging. […] He walked the whole way, walking through crowds, and under the noses of dray-horses, carriage-horses, and cart-horses, without taking the least notice of them.
- 1914, Louis Joseph Vance, chapter III, in Nobody, New York, N.Y.: George H[enry] Doran Company, published 1915, OCLC 40817384 ↗:
- Turning back, then, toward the basement staircase, she began to grope her way through blinding darkness, but had taken only a few uncertain steps when, of a sudden, she stopped short and for a little stood like a stricken thing, quite motionless save that she quaked to her very marrow in the grasp of a great and enervating fear.
- Surrounded by (while moving).
- We slogged through the mud for hours before turning back and giving up.
- By means of.
- This team believes in winning through intimidation.
- In consequence of; as a result of.
- 2012, Dimitri Yanuli, You Might Be Right, but You Ain't Right with the Word of God
- Our minds and hearts are corrupted with the Adamic virus at birth, and through a lifetime of sin and tragedy, our hearts and thoughts get more evil and more corrupted as we experience life's tragedies.
- 2012, Dimitri Yanuli, You Might Be Right, but You Ain't Right with the Word of God
- (North America) To (or up to) and including, with all intermediate values.
- from 1945 through 1991; the numbers 1 through 9; your membership is active through March 15, 2013
- from 1945 through 1991; the numbers 1 through 9; your membership is active through March 15, 2013
- French: par, à travers
- German: durch
- Italian: attraverso
- Portuguese: pelo, pela, por, através
- Russian: че́рез
- Spanish: a través de
- French: à travers
- German: durch
- Portuguese: através de, pelo, pela
- Russian: че́рез
- Spanish: a través de
- French: dans
- German: durch
- Portuguese: através de, por entre
- Russian: че́рез
through (not comparable)
- Passing from one side of something to the other.
- Interstate highways form a nationwide system of through roads.
- 1994, Don A. Halperin, G. Thomas Bible, Principles of Timber Design for Architects and Builders (page 137)
- It is possible to use a through bolt so that the bolt will be loaded axially, but usually axial loads are only components of the total load on the bolt.
- Finished; complete.
- They were through with laying the subroof by noon.
- Without a future; done for.
- After being implicated in the scandal, he was through as an executive in financial services.
- No longer interested; wearied or turned off by experience.
- She was through with him.
- 1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter I, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 731476803 ↗:
- “I'm through with all pawn-games,” I laughed. “Come, let us have a game of lansquenet. Either I will take a farewell fall out of you or you will have your sevenfold revenge”.
- Proceeding from origin to destination without delay due to change of equipment.
- The through flight through Memphis was the fastest.
- (association football) In possession of the ball beyond the last line of defence but not necessarily the goalkeeper; through on goal.
- 2015, Steve Grossi, [https://web.archive.org/web/20161209023730/http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/scottish_fa_news.cfm?page=1986 SWFL1: Missed Chances See Swifts Relinquish Top Spot]
- With the Swifts calling for offside the striker was through and only a great save from McIlravey prevented the opener.
- 2015, Steve Grossi, [https://web.archive.org/web/20161209023730/http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/scottish_fa_news.cfm?page=1986 SWFL1: Missed Chances See Swifts Relinquish Top Spot]
through (not comparable)
- From one side to the other by way of the interior.
- The arrow went straight through.
- From one end to the other.
- Others slept; he worked straight through.
- She read the letter through.
- To the end.
- He said he would see it through.
- Completely.
- Leave the yarn in the dye overnight so the color soaks through.
- Out into the open.
- The American army broke through at St. Lo.
through (plural throughs)
Translations- Italian: attraverso
- Portuguese: através
- IPA: /θɹʌf/, /θɹuː/
through (plural throughs)
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