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thorough Definition

thor·ough (t̸hʉr′ō; Brit t̸hu′rə)

, adverb

Obsolete through

Etymology: ME thoruh, thuruh, an emphatic var. of through, through

adjective

  1. passing through: now chiefly in combination, as in thoroughfare
  2. done or proceeding through to the end; omitting nothing; complete a thorough checkup
  3. that is completely (the thing specified); out-and-out; absolute a thorough rascal
  4. very exact, accurate, or painstaking, esp. with regard to details a thorough researcher

noun

Eng. History the ruthlessly thoroughgoing administrative policies carried out by William Laud and the Earl of Strafford during the reign of Charles I

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thorough Synonyms

thorough

modif.

  1. Painstaking

    exact, meticulous, precise; see accurate 2, careful.

  2. Complete

    thoroughgoing, out-and-out, total; see absolute 1.

Thorough Usage Examples

Preposition: in

  • order: But as said above, inquiries cannot be allowed to be any less thorough in order to keep within estimated budgets.

Modifies a noun

  • grounding: The idea is to give you a thorough grounding in English literature from the medieval period to the present day.
  • understanding: Graduates have a thorough understanding of current practice in a range of heritage contexts.
  • investigation: What is lacking is a thorough investigation of the subject.
  • examination: A thorough examination of French politics at the turn of the century.
  • overhaul: The Group Internet web site, established a year ago, is undergoing a thorough overhaul.
  • cleaning: Is simply unused to getting such a thorough cleaning.

Modifying Another Word

  • extremely: The Help System SPSS has an extremely thorough Help system accessible from the Help menu.
  • remarkably: He amassed a remarkably thorough and varied collection of explorers ' accounts, geographic works, and maps for his personal library.
  • sufficiently: For a program which performs a ' mission critical ' task for the organization using it the rationale must be sufficiently thorough.
  • very: The document includes a very thorough description of all command line options.
  • fairly: I've done a fairly thorough amount of altering to get the cart to server our purposes.
  • reasonably: And, as ever, History will do a reasonably thorough job of erasing the no-talent fools from popular consciousness.

Used with adjective complement

  • pass: Follow the road for approximately 4 miles passing thorough Whitecroft village and into Parkend village.
  • go: This site outlines the how research projects involving animals at the NIMR take place going thorough each stage of the process.
  • seem: There's rather a lot of it and it seems thorough.
  • appear: But at least the entries appear thorough since the author cites these different sources even when they appear conflicting and contradictory.
  • come: They don't come much more thorough than this!
  • get: Even if they do get thorough, their claim may falter due to a shortage of components.