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through
I. preposition Etymology: Middle English thurh, thruh, through, from Old English thurh; akin to Old High German durh through, Latin trans across, beyond, Sanskrit tarati he crosses over Date: before 12th century 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 <
a highway through the forest
>
<
a road through the desert
>
(4) without stopping for ; past <
drove through a red light
>
b. — used as a function word to indicate passage into and out of a treatment, handling, or process <
the matter has already passed through her hands
>
2. — used as a function word to indicate means, agency, or intermediacy: as a. by means of ; by the agency of b. because of <
failed through ignorance
>
c. by common descent from or relationship with <
related through their grandfather
>
3. a. over the whole surface or extent of ; throughout <
homes scattered through the valley
>
b. — used as a function word to indicate movement within a large expanse <
flew through the air
>
c. — used as a function word to indicate exposure to a specified set of conditions <
put him through hell
>
4. — used as a function word to indicate a period of time: as a. during the entire period of <
all through her life
>
b. from the beginning to the end of <
the tower stood through the earthquake
>
c. to and including <
Monday through Friday
>
5. a. — used as a function word to indicate completion or exhaustion <
got through the book
>
<
went through the money in a year
>
b. — used as a function word to indicate acceptance or approval especially by an official body <
got the bill through the legislature
>
II. adverb Date: before 12th century 1. from one end or side to the other 2. a. from beginning to end b. to completion, conclusion, or accomplishment <
see it through
>
3. to the core ; completely <
soaked through
>
4. into the open ; out <
break through
>
III. adjective Date: 15th century 1. a. extending from one surface to another <
a through mortise
>
b. admitting free or continuous passage ; direct <
a through road
>
2. a. (1) going from point of origin to destination without change or reshipment <
a through train
>
(2) of or relating to such movement <
a through ticket
>
b. initiated at and destined for points outside a local zone <
through traffic
>
3. a. arrived at completion or accomplishment <
is through with the job
>
b. washed-up, finished

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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  • Through — Through, prep. [OE. thurgh, [thorn]urh, [thorn]uruh, [thorn]oruh, AS. [thorn]urh; akin to OS. thurh, thuru, OFries. thruch, D. door, OHG. durh, duruh, G. durch, Goth. [thorn]a[ i]rh; cf. Ir. tri, tre, W. trwy. [root]53. Cf. {Nostril}, {Thorough} …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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