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1a(1)
—used as a function word to indicate movement into at one side or point and out at another and especially the opposite side of drove a nail through the board
(2)
: by way of
left through the door
(3)
—used as a function word to indicate passage from one end or boundary to another a highway through the foresta road through the desert
(4)
: without stopping for : past
drove through a red light
b
—used as a function word to indicate passage into and out of a treatment, handling, or process the matter has already passed through her hands
2
—used as a function word to indicate means, agency, or intermediacy: such as
a
: by means of : by the agency of
b
: because of
failed through ignorance
c
: by common descent from or relationship with
related through their grandfather
3a
: over the whole surface or extent of : throughout
homes scattered through the valley
b
—used as a function word to indicate movement within a large expanse flew through the air
c
—used as a function word to indicate exposure to a specified set of conditions put him through hell
4
—used as a function word to indicate a period of time: such as
a
: during the entire period of
all through her life
b
: from the beginning to the end of
the tower stood through the earthquake
c
: to and including
Monday through Friday
5a
—used as a function word to indicate completion or exhaustion got through the bookwent through the money in a year
b
—used as a function word to indicate acceptance or approval especially by an official body got the bill through the legislature
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1
: from one end or side to the other
2a
: from beginning to end
4
: into the open : out
break through
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1a
: arrived at completion or accomplishment
is through with the job
b
: extending from one surface to another
a through mortise
3a
: initiated at and destined for points outside a local zone
through traffic
b(1)
: going from point of origin to destination without change or reshipment
a through train
(2)
: of or relating to such movement
a through ticket
