thorough

  • 21thorough — adjective 1) a thorough investigation Syn: rigorous, in depth, exhaustive, thoroughgoing, minute, detailed, close, meticulous, methodical, careful, complete, comprehensive, full, extensive, widespread, sweeping, all embracin …

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  • 22thorough — adjective 1) a thorough investigation Syn: rigorous, in depth, exhaustive, minute, detailed, close, meticulous, methodical, careful, complete, comprehensive 2) he is slow but thorough Syn …

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  • 23thorough — thor•ough [[t]ˈθɜr oʊ, ˈθʌr oʊ[/t]] adj. 1) executed without negligence or omissions: a thorough search[/ex] 2) complete; perfect; utter: thorough enjoyment[/ex] 3) extremely attentive to accuracy and detail; painstaking: a thorough worker[/ex]… …

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  • 24thorough — adjective /ˈθʌ.ɹə,ˈθʌɹəʊ,ˈθʌ.ɹoʊ/ a) painstaking and careful not to miss or omit any detail The Prime Minister announced a thorough investigation into the death of a father of two in police custody. b) utter; complete …

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  • 25thorough — adj. thorough in * * * [ θʌrə] thorough in …

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  • 26thorough — [OE] Thorough is ultimately the same word as through. Both go back to Old English thurh ‘through’. In its single syllable form it has stuck to its original role as a preposition and adverb, but in the case of thorough this has now virtually died… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 27thorough — /ˈθʌrə / (say thuruh) adjective 1. carried out through the whole of something; fully executed; complete or perfect: a thorough search. 2. being fully or completely (such): a thorough fool. 3. thoroughgoing in action or procedure; leaving nothing… …

  • 28thorough — [OE] Thorough is ultimately the same word as through. Both go back to Old English thurh ‘through’. In its single syllable form it has stuck to its original role as a preposition and adverb, but in the case of thorough this has now virtually died… …

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  • 29thorough — adj. Thorough is used with these nouns: ↑analysis, ↑assessment, ↑brief, ↑briefing, ↑check, ↑check up, ↑critique, ↑discussion, ↑enquiry, ↑evaluation, ↑exam, ↑ …

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  • 30thorough —   Pau pono, piha pono.   Also: le a, maiau.     A thorough talk, ho onoho papa i ka ōlelo …

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