thorough
thorough
Definition
thor·ough (t̸hʉr′ō; Brit t̸hu′rə)
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
thorough
Synonyms
thorough
modif.
Painstaking
exact, meticulous, precise; see accurate 2, careful.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.
Browse dictionary entries near thorough
- thoron
- thoro
- thorny
- Thornton
- thorniness
- thorniest
- thornier
- Thorndike
- thornback
- thorn in one's side (or flesh)
