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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.
having reached the end of; done with: to be through one's work. to and including: from 1900 through 1950. by the means or instrumentality of; by the way or agency of: It was through him they found out. by reason of or in consequence of: to run away through fear.
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.
by means of; because of. You can only achieve success through hard work. It was through him (= as a result of his help) that I got the job. The accident happened through no fault of mine.
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. Through has lots of meanings.
from one end or side of something to the other: The River Seine flows through Paris. The sun was shining through the window. She cut through the wire. Fewer examples. The soldiers marched through the town. I jog through the park every morning. Thousands of workers paraded through the streets.
