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Definition through

Etymology 1

From Middle English thrugh, thruch, thruh, metathetic variants of thurgh, thurh, from Old English þorh, þurh, þerh, þærh (“through, for, during, by, by means of, by use of, because of, in consequence of”), from Proto-Germanic *þurhw (“through”), from Proto-Indo-European *tr?h?k?e, suffixed zero-grade from *terh?- (“to pass through”) + *-k?e (“and”). Cognate with Scots throch (“through”), West Frisian troch (“through”), Dutch door (“through”), German durch (“through”), Gothic ????? (þairh, “through”), Latin trans (“across, over, through”), Albanian tërthor (“through, around”), Welsh tra (“through”). See also thorough.

Preposition

through

1. From one side of an opening to the other.
2. Entering, then later leaving.
3. Surrounded by (while moving).
4. By means of.
5. (Canada, US) To (or up to) and including, with all intermediate values.

Adjective

through (not comparable)

1. Passing from one side of something to the other.
2. Finished; complete.
3. Without a future; done for.
4. No longer interested; wearied or turned off by experience.
5. Proceeding from origin to destination without delay due to change of equipment.
6. (soccer) In possession of the ball beyond the last line of defence but not necessarily the goalkeeper; through on goal.

Adverb

through (not comparable)

1. From one side to the other by way of the interior.
2. From one end to the other.
3. To the end.
4. Completely.
5. Out into the open.

Noun

through (plural throughs)

1. A large slab of stone laid in a dry-stone wall from one side to the other; a perpend.

Etymology 2

From Middle English thrugh, þrou?, throgh, from Old English þr?h (“trough, conduit, pipe; box, chest; coffin, tomb”), from Proto-Germanic *þr?hs (“excavated trunk, trough”), from Proto-Indo-European *terh?u- (“to rub, turn, drill, bore”).

Noun

through (plural throughs)

1. (obsolete) A coffin, sarcophagus or tomb of stone; a large slab of stone laid on a tomb.

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