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THROUGH definition: 1. from one end or side of something to the other: 2. from the beginning to the end of a period of…. Learn more.
1. a (1) used as a function word to indicate movement into at one side or point and out at another and especially the opposite side of. drove a nail through the board. (2) : by way of. left through the door. (3) used as a function word to indicate passage from one end or boundary to another.
in at the first step of a process, treatment, or method of handling, passing through subsequent steps or stages in order, and finished, accepted, or out of the last step or stage: The body of a car passes through 147 stages on the production line. The new tax bill finally got through Congress.
As an adjective, through means finished or done. As an adverb it can mean backward and forward, completely, up to and including, or all the way to the end. The preposition through means in and out of.
You use through in expressions such as half-way through and all the way through to indicate to what extent an action or task is completed. A competitor collapsed half-way through the marathon. Through is also an adverb.
through adverb (FROM ONE SIDE TO ANOTHER) B1. from one end or side to another: He opened the door and walked through. More examples. read/think/talk, etc sth through. to read / think / talk to someone, etc very carefully about something from the start to the end: I've thought it through and decided not to take the job.
Definition of through preposition in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
