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Learners of English as a second language usually know the word through once they have reached the level A1 – Beginner. English words by learner level A1 A2 B1 B2 C1 C2

Meaning through meaning

What does through mean?

Definitions in simple English

through Preposition

— To go through is to go into one side of something and come out the other side. The thief came in through the window. She pushed the thread through the hole in the needle.

through

— adverb from beginning to end read this book through

— adjective (= done, through with) having finished or arrived at completion certain to make history before he's done it's a done deed after the treatment, the patient is through except for follow-up almost through with his studies

— adverb over the whole distance this bus goes through to New York

— adverb to completion think this through very carefully!

— adverb in diameter this cylinder measures 15 inches through

— adverb (= through and through) throughout the entire extent got soaked through in the rain I'm frozen through a letter shot through with the writer's personality knew him through and through boards rotten through and through

— adjective (of a route or journey etc.) continuing without requiring stops or changes a through street a through bus through traffic

Synonyms through synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as through?

through English » English

by

by means of

across

with

via

throughout

over

because of

finished

by way of

thru

ready

owing to

for

on account of

from

on

for sake of

completely

by means

thoroughly

since

entirely

due to

done

whence

through and through

quite

per

past

completed

because

along

absolutely

wholly

utterly

unhindered

trans

through with

straight

realize

put

penetrate

pass

no more

into

in

hole

hold

fully

Topics through topics

What do people use through to talk about?

States Time Relative time Before

During

• What words indicate that something happened during some time period?
  during in in the course of during the course of through throughout over by day by night during the middle of in the interim within

Grammar Connected with, related Coordinate relations

Distribution

• What words indicate distribution?
  throughout through from...to after each apiece

Person Sense, perceive See

Transparent

• What words describe something that can be seen through?
  transparent clear see-through glassy clear as crystal crystal clear show through unclouded crystalline sheer limpid vitreous

Social behavior Prosperity, trouble Trouble

Suffer

• What words refer to suffering?
  suffer ache for someone be afflicted with agonize endure feel horrible have a hard time be hurting be in pain feel pain feel rotten undergo go through put up with be subjected to be in the grip of be in the throes of
• What words refer to causing someone to suffer?
  distress (v) give someone a hard time hurt inflict put someone through subject to torment (v) torture (v)

States Quality Good Decay

Rust

• What words describe metal that has rusted?
  rusty corroded tarnished rusted eaten away eaten through
• What words refer to making metal rust?
  corrode eat away eat through

Grammar Very

Completely

• What words indicate that something is done to a complete degree?
  completely fully totally entirely wholly absolutely utterly positively in every way in every respect in every sense through and through whole-heartedly altogether out-and-out outright perfect perfectly roundly solid solidly thoroughly unmitigated unqualified utter

Universe, creation Sky

Sun

• What words refer to the sun shining through the clouds?
  come out break through (the clouds) go behind (a cloud)

Person Sense, perceive See

Examine

• What words refer to examining something?
  examine look at have a look at take a look at analyze study inspect go through go over look over check check over scrutinize look hard at pore peer at focus on pry

Language and thought Soul, spirit Mental state

Ignore

• What words refer to ignoring someone by rudely pretending not to see them?
  pretend not to notice pretend not to see look right through snub cut someone dead shut out

Language and thought Communication Say Speak with others

Contact

• What words refer to succeeding in contacting someone?
  get hold of get through reach

Language and thought Communication Say Ask

Answer

• What words describe an answer?
  carefully worded careful well thought through off the cuff off hand wise stupid thoughtless foolish

Language and thought Communication Reading and writing

Read

• What words refer to reading quickly?
  scan skim browse read over look through

Social behavior Prosperity, trouble Respond to trouble

Survive

• What words refer to surviving?
  survive live through last remain survivor escape squeak by make it

Work and occupation Working with buildings Parts of a building

Door

• What do people do to a door?
  open close swing close slam walk through leave by lock unlock bolt block hang install

Work and occupation Finance Financial transaction

Spend

• What words refer to spending lots of money?
  spend a lot go to great expense spare no expense shell out go through eat up

Physical actions Move Move toward something

Move past, over, through

• What words refer to moving through something?
  pass through

Physical actions Move Pursue

Escape

• What words refer to escaping from someone who is chasing you?
  get away give someone the slip throw someone off the scent slip through someone's fingers shake off make a clean getaway elude evade avoid capture dodge sidestep cover your trail/tracks

Physical actions Move something Move something in a direction

Lower something

• What words refer to letting something drop?
  drop let fall slip through your fingers slip out of your hand

Physical actions Move something Move something in a direction

Push

• What words refer to pushing yourself into a small space?
  squeeze into squeeze through squeeze in between

Physical actions Divide into pieces

Break

• What words refer to breaking through a barrier?
  break through breakout

States Quantity More

Increase

• What words refer to increasing very quickly?
  shoot up soar rocket go through the roof spiral take off jump

States Quantity More

Decrease

• What words refer to decreasing very quickly?
  drop plummet plunge nosedive slump collapse go through the floor

States Time Period of time

Day

• What words indicate that something happens during the whole day?
  all day long the whole day long the whole day through

States Time Aspectual time Once

All the time

• What words indicate that a situation exists during a time period?
  throughout all through the whole time all day all week from start to finish

States Time Speed

Quick

• What words describe an action that is done quickly?
  fast quick quickly quickness speedy speeding speedily speed hasty hastily haste rapid rapidly rapidity hurry hurried hurriedly in a hurry swift swiftly swiftness rush rush into rush through in a rush express

Examples through examples

How do I use through in a sentence?

Simple sentences

We can travel through time. And we do at the remarkable rate of one second per second.

I hope this makes it through baggage inspection.

The time has come when we can travel through space.

The smell penetrated through the whole school.

I'll put your call through in a minute.

The cat got through the hedge.

They got through the marsh.

I would swim through the ocean just to see your smile again.

Stick your finger through your throat!

Tom leafed through the magazine that was on the coffee table.

After killing Tom, Mary escaped through the window.

Many people drift through life without a purpose.

Don't ruin my fun after all the pain that I put myself through.

You must go through with your plan.

I tried to reach you on the phone, but I was unable to get through.

I'd jump through hoops for you.

With the power of imagination, we can even travel through space.

The Kamo runs through Kyoto.

A band led the parade through the city.

In a foreign country most of us go through culture shock.

We will get through the jungle somehow.

We chopped our way through the jungle.

Do you ever dream about flying through the sky?

You're wet through.

Education must not be limited to our youth, but it must be a continuing process through our entire lives.

Passing through the strong wind, the planes rock like this, but don't worry.

The sightseeing bus ran through a long tunnel.

We cleared a path through the woods.

Money circulates through the banking system.

The rain-water runs off through this pipe.

The rain soaked through my clothes.

An arrow passed through the hawk.

Mary was John's heartthrob all through high school.

Movie subtitles

I call through the radio of my car.

There is no problem penetrating through glasses.

Here are some men with guns searching through our bags.

It's the only way to get through all these troubled times.

Well, we've all been together about three months now, spreading the Word of Christ, saving the souls of the fine Ugandan people through baptism.

Well, this book tells you how to find Paradise. through Christ.

What did Jesus do when they put nails through his hands?

Or are we part of something bigger- a web of life that stretches light years through the universe?

We eat through our mouths but we breathe through our mouths and we can choke on food.

If life evolved on a very dense planet where the atmosphere is soupy or water-like, you could see creatures as big as whales or elephants actually flying, not through the air, but through this liquid-like atmosphere.

The projectile's gonna come through this hole, slam into this target, which is about two feet across - this is just ordinary sand - and we'll see if it survives.

She's been through a lot.

He noticed that the stars did not move randomly through Space, but that their movements had preferential directions.

The first series of measurements lasted one year from June 1952 through June 1953.

We now know it spreads through water. We'll find a cure.

While you were having fun in Paris, - I went through hell here!

Let us through. We're going to the government house.

Let us through!

You'll pull through.

He's been through enough change.

You don't have to walk me through it.

I want you to tell your wife what it is you're going through.

Be a shame if I went through all the effort of getting you out of prison early just to kill everyone who means something to you.

She will live through this restaurant.

I couldn't have made it through everything without her.

The screws search our lockers, they go through our backpacks.

You can get through this.

What went through your mind?

Everything that Lydia's going through always affects Stiles.

Scott has sympathy for everybody who went through his situation. All right, I got it.

We know that Lydia is a conduit for Peter's intentions, but we don't know if it's Lydia being the medium herself or if it's Peter imposing the powers through her.

I'm asking you to go see a movie with me after passing through it arm-in-arm.

I have to pass, through the red path that I've never thought of.

THANKS. I NEED YOU TO HELP ME GO THROUGH WITH THIS. WITH.

THE TRANSFER FOR MILES DID GO THROUGH. YOU'RE RIGHT.

AND - - AND TALK THROUGH YOUR FEELINGS, OKAY?

Dunno. You will become a well-digging laborer and enter Edo Castle through the western citadel at Marugoshij Castle.

So, everything that you'll need to get you through the next few hours.

News and current affairs

Most importantly, they would allow us to follow through on a global promise.

But IMF accounting inhibits the use of these funds to help stabilize an economy through counter-cyclical fiscal spending.

Some European academics tried to argue that there was no need for US-like fiscal transfers, because any desired degree of risk sharing can, in theory, be achieved through financial markets.

The problem is all the more pressing because countries can achieve gains in market share not only through higher private-sector competitiveness, but also by means of protectionist measures.

There are many who would solve the problem by routing more and more cheap credit through public channels - bailout funds, eurobonds, or the ECB - from the eurozone's healthy core to the troubled South.

This seems wrong - even immoral - if we could do more for people and the planet through adaptation.

Responding to water scarcity by re-using and treating wastewater, or through deep-well pumping and desalination, will increase fossil-fuel use.

Ironically, President Bush claims that the UN does not follow through on its word.

There are many ways that this can be done, including reducing the cost of domestic inputs and services through targeted investments in infrastructure.

One such implication is that developing countries will have to substitute real industrial policies for those that operate through the exchange rate.

It simply takes too long for changes in taxes and spending to work their way through Congress and the bureaucracy.

Only the emerging and developing economies of Asia could effectively contribute to lifting global demand through a coordinated effort aimed at boosting domestic consumption, which, in turn, would stimulate additional investment.

Recent IMF experience suggests that, through appropriate coordination, private funds could be mobilized for big private-public partnership projects linking demand expansion with infrastructure investment.

But what if common European institutions are not viewed through the prism of national institutions?

One of Obama's great achievements is that he made it into a serious topic through the brilliance and subtlety of his rhetoric.

These countries have appealed to the World Bank for financing, and the Bank made a valiant effort in 2008 to help through its new Global Food Crisis Response Program (GFCRP).

The EU must instead show leadership through its efforts to solve the world's current problems.

It would be self-defeating, or worse, to try to promote morality through brutal coercion.

The government has already forced through most of the necessary adjustment in this area.

The field is too full of mines. One of Obama's great achievements is that he made it into a serious topic through the brilliance and subtlety of his rhetoric.

Indeed, she looks more like a Korean Margaret Thatcher - a lady not for turning, in Thatcher's famous phrase, and with clearly thought-through political principles animating her actions.