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The definition of thorough is something being done completely, missing no details.

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An example of thorough is the inspection that your mechanic does on your car.

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See thorough in Webster's New World College Dictionary

, adverb

Obsolete through

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

adjective

passing through: now chiefly in combination, as in thoroughfare
done or proceeding through to the end; omitting nothing; complete: a thorough checkup
that is completely (the thing specified); out-and-out; absolute: a thorough rascal
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

Related Forms:

thoroughly adverb
thoroughness noun

See thorough in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Exhaustively complete: a thorough search.
Painstakingly accurate or careful: thorough research.
Absolute; utter: a thorough pleasure.

preposition & adv.
Archaic

Variant of through.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English thorow, through, thorough

Origin: , from Old English thuruh, from end to end, through; see terə-² in Indo-European roots

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Related Forms:

thorˈough·ly adverb

thorˈough·ness noun

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