through
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: thro͞o
ipa: /θɹuː/
ipa: /θɹu/
rhymes: -uː
homophone: threw
homophone: thru
Forms: form: thoo
form: thorough
form: thorow
form: thorugh
form: thro'
form: throughe
form: thru
form: thrue
Etymology: From Middle English thrugh, thruch, thruh, metathetic variants of thurgh, thurh, from Old English þurh, from Proto-Germanic *þurhw (“through”), from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂kʷe, suffixed zero-grade from *terh₂- (“to pass through”) + *-kʷe (“and”).
Cognates
Cognate with North Frisian döör (“through”), Saterland Frisian truch (“through”), West Frisian troch (“through”), Dutch door (“through”), German durch (“through”), Luxembourgish duerch (“through”), West Flemish deur (“through”), Yiddish דורך (durkh, “through”), Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌷 (þairh, “through”), Latin trans (“across, over, through”), Albanian tërthor (“through, around”), Welsh tra (“through”). See also thorough.
Senses: examples: text: Interstate highways form a nationwide system of through roads.
text: It is possible to use a through bolt so that the bolt will be loaded axially, but usually axial loads are only components of the total load on the bolt.
ref: 1994, Don A. Halperin, G. Thomas Bible, Principles of Timber Design for Architects and Builders, page 137:
glosses: Passing from one side of something to the other.
examples: text: They were through with laying the subroof by noon.
glosses: Finished; complete.
examples: text: It's a big job but we're halfway through.
glosses: Along the course of a task etc.; used in expressions of progress towards the end.
examples: text: After being implicated in the scandal, he was through as an executive in financial services.
text: You chumps are tougher than you look. But I'm not through yet! Everyone! GET 'EM!!!
ref: 2004, Intelligent Systems, translated by Nintendo of America, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nintendo, GameCube, level/area: Shhwonk Fortress:
glosses: Without a future; done for.
examples: text: She was through with him.
text: “I'm through with all pawn-games,” I laughed. “Come, let us have a game of lansquenet. Either I will take a farewell fall out of you or you will have your sevenfold revenge”.
ref: 1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter I, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
text: We’re through being cool.
We’re through being cool.
Eliminate the ninnies and the twits.
ref: 1981 September 16, Devo, “Through Being Cool”, in New Traditionalists:
text: I'm worth a million in prizes / Yeah, I'm through with sleeping on the sidewalk / No more beating my brains / No more beating my brains / With the liquor and drugs / With the liquor and drugs
ref: 1977, Iggy Pop, Lust For Life:
glosses: No longer interested; wearied or turned off by experience.
examples: text: The through flight through Memphis was the fastest.
text: When is the next through train to London?
text: Also the 10.45 a.m. from Paddington by the same route is called "Through Train via Severn Tunnel," but in later years, when made up of corridor stock, it is called "Through Corridor Express via Severn Tunnel." The frequent use of "through" on the South Wales section of G.W.R. began when the Severn Tunnel route was used for through trains between Paddington and South Wales in the summer of 1887 in order to draw continual attention to the improved facilities.
ref: 1940 November, “Notes and News: The First Corridor Train”, in Railway Magazine, page 618:
glosses: Proceeding from origin to destination without the need to change transport vehicle.
examples: text: With the Swifts calling for offside the striker was through and only a great save from McIlravey prevented the opener.
ref: 2015, Steve Grossi, SWFL1: Missed Chances See Swifts Relinquish Top Spot:
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: In possession of the ball beyond the last line of defence but not necessarily the goalkeeper; through on goal.
examples: text: Manchester United are through to the FA Cup Final for the thirteenth time.
glosses: (usually followed by "to") Able to progress (to the next stage or a higher level) following success in an exam, sports match, etc.
raw_tags: in Canada
Derived terms: floor-through
through ball
through bridge
through-draft
through draft
through-draught
through draught
through-gut
throughline
through line
through station
through stone
through-ticket
through traffic
through train
through valley
through variable
throughway