THROUGH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does through mean? 

• THROUGH (adjective)
  The adjective THROUGH has 2 senses:

1. having finished or arrived at completion

2. (of a route or journey etc.) continuing without requiring stops or changes

  Familiarity information: THROUGH used as an adjective is rare.

• THROUGH (adverb)
  The adverb THROUGH has 5 senses:

1. from beginning to end

2. over the whole distance

3. to completion

4. in diameter

5. throughout the entire extent

  Familiarity information: THROUGH used as an adverb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• THROUGH (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having finished or arrived at completion

Synonyms:

done; through; through with

Context example:

almost through with his studies

Similar:

finished (ended or brought to an end)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(of a route or journey etc.) continuing without requiring stops or changes

Context example:

through traffic

Similar:

direct (direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short)

• THROUGH (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

From beginning to end

Context example:

read this book through

Sense 2

Meaning:

Over the whole distance

Context example:

this bus goes through to New York

Sense 3

Meaning:

To completion

Context example:

think this through very carefully!

Sense 4

Meaning:

In diameter

Context example:

this cylinder measures 15 inches through

Sense 5

Meaning:

Throughout the entire extent

Synonyms:

through; through and through

Context example:

boards rotten through and through

 Context examples 

I would do my best to put it through and get you some good copy.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He came in here, said the waiter, looking at the light through the tumbler, ordered a glass of this ale—WOULD order it—I told him not—drank it, and fell dead.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

‘Good-evening,’ said he, looking through the window. ‘I wanted to have a word with you.’

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

All that I learned was through the columns of a newspaper.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Pray, Mr. Knightley,” said Emma, who had been smiling to herself through a great part of this speech, “how do you know that Mr. Martin did not speak yesterday?”

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

I have just been looking through all the recent papers in order to master the particulars.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"What a dreadful noise! it went quite through me!" exclaimed Abbot.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

“And now,” continued the butler, addressing the knife-boy, “reach me a candle, and we’ll get this through hands at once.”

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

He was moving away himself, when his eyes lit upon a strange sight, and one which sent a tingling through his skin.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He thinks Mrs Clay afraid of him, aware that he sees through her, and not daring to proceed as she might do in his absence.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)