through
preposition
[ θruː ]
• moving in one side and out of the other side of (an opening, channel, or location).
• "she walked through the doorway into the living room"
Similar:
into and out of,
to the other/far side of,
from end to end of,
between,
past,
by,
down,
along,
across,
by way of,
via,
throughout,
around in,
all over,
from one side to the other,
from one end to another,
from end to end,
from side to side,
from top to bottom,
in and out the other end/side,
• continuing in time towards completion of (a process or period).
• "the goal came midway through the second half"
Similar:
the whole time,
all the time,
from start to finish,
without a break,
without an interruption,
uninterrupted,
non-stop,
continuously,
constantly,
throughout,
• so as to inspect all or part of (a collection, inventory, or publication).
• "I flipped though the pages"
• by means of (a process or intermediate stage).
• "dioxins get into mothers' milk through contaminated food"
Similar:
by means of,
by way of,
by dint of,
through the agency of,
via,
using,
with the help of,
with the aid of,
with the assistance of,
thanks to,
under the aegis of,
by virtue of,
as a result of,
as a consequence of,
on account of,
owing to,
because of,
• up to and including (a particular point in an ordered sequence).
• "they will be in London from March 24 through May 7"
Similar:
up to and including,
(from …) to … inclusive,
through
adverb
• expressing movement into one side and out of the other side of an opening, channel, or location.
• "as soon as we opened the gate they came streaming through"
• so as to continue in time towards the completion of a process, period, etc.
• "she's just started a tour that will keep her busy right through to June"
• so as to inspect all or part of a publication or document.
• "she read the letter through carefully"
• so as to be connected by telephone.
• "she put the call through to a nurse"
through
adjective
• (with reference to public transport) continuing or valid to the final destination.
• "a through train from London"
• (of a room) running the whole length of a building.
• (of a team or competitor) having successfully passed to the next stage of a competition.
• "Swindon Town are through to the third round"
• having no prospect of any future relationship, dealings, or success.
• "she told him she was through with him"
Similar:
finished,
done,
reached the end,
completed,
terminated,
no longer involved with,
tired of,
Origin:
Old English thurh (preposition and adverb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch door and German durch . The spelling change to thr- appears c. 1300, becoming standard from Caxton onwards.
