Definitions
How to pronounce through:
Through - as an adverb
From beginning to end
Example: "Read this book through"
Over the whole distance
Example: "This bus goes through to new york"
To completion
Example: "Think this through very carefully!"
In diameter
Example: "This cylinder measures 15 inches through"
Throughout the entire extent
Example: "Got soaked through in the rain"
Through - as an adjective satellite
Having finished or arrived at completion
Example: "Certain to make history before he's done"
(of a route or journey etc.) continuing without requiring stops or changes
Example: "A through street"
Through - as a noun
A large slab of stone laid in a dry-stone wall from one side to the other; a perpend.
A coffin, sarcophagus or tomb of stone; a large slab of stone laid on a tomb.
Through - as an adjective
Passing from one side of something to the other.
Example: "Interstate highways form a nationwide system of through roads."
Finished; complete.
Example: "They were through with laying the subroof by noon."
Without a future; done for.
Example: "After being implicated in the scandal, he was through as an executive in financial services."
No longer interested; wearied or turned off by experience.
Example: "She was through with him."
Proceeding from origin to destination without delay due to change of equipment.
Example: "The through flight through memphis was the fastest."
In possession of the ball beyond the last line of defence but not necessarily the goalkeeper; through on goal.
Through - as a preposition
From one side of an opening to the other.
Example: "I went through the window."
Entering, then later leaving.
Example: "I drove through the town at top speed without looking left or right."
Surrounded by (while moving).
Example: "We slogged through the mud for hours before turning back and giving up."
By means of.
Example: "This team believes in winning through intimidation."
In consequence of; as a result of.
To (or up to) and including, with all intermediate values.
Example: "From 1945 through 1991; the numbers 1 through 9; your membership is active through march 15, 2013"
Example Sentences
Word Game Points
THROUGH has a SCRABBLE points total of 14.
THROUGH has a WORDS WITH FRIENDS points total of 14.
THROUGH has a WORDFEUD points total of 16.
