through

Do you want to know how to pronounce through? You can find detailed information about the correct spelling, meaning and etymological origin of the word through on this page. You can also see some proverbs and idioms where the word through used.

This word consists of 7 letters and is spelled as "T-H-R-O-U-G-H". It has 2 vowels and 5 consonants.

How do you spell through

Typo fix for "through"

through

preposition

How to pronunciation through: ˈthrü

Common misspellings: throught

What does Through Mean?

What does through meaning in English

1. Frome one end or side to the other. You’d be so lean, that blasts of January Would blow you through and through. Shakespeare. Inquire how metal may be tinged through and through, and with what, and into what colours? Bacon. Pointed satire runs him through and through. Oldham. To understand the mind of him that writ, is to read the whole letter through, from one end to the other. Locke.
   
2. To the end of any thing. Every man brings such a degree of this light into the world with him, that though it cannot bring him to heaven, yet it will carry him so far, that if he follows it faithfully he shall meet with another light, which shall carry him quite through. South’s Sermons.

Other definitions for through

The definition of 'through' is: —used as a function word to indicate movement into at one side or point and out at another and especially the opposite side of

How to spell through

Want to know how to spell through, you will find a comprehensive answer on this topic. The word "through consists of 1 syllables and is spelled "ˈthrü".

Synonyms for through:

There are synonyms for through'. Depending on the situation and context, the following words are also often used instead of through:

amid, among, mid, midst

Some words similar to "through"

• coughs
• bathroom
• throughlighted
• unthought
• philanthropy
• through
• thronged
• enarthrosis
• hooping-cough
• chincough

Idioms with the word through

• Through thick and thin
• through thick and thin
• hear it through the grapevine

The word "through" in works of art

You're traveling through another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination. That's the signpost up ahead - your next stop, the Twilight Zone!

The Twilight Zone / Rod Serling

The line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes, nor between political parties either -- but right through every human heart -- and through all human hearts.

The Gulag Archipelago / Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Through dangers untold and hardships unnumbered, I have fought my way here to the castle beyond the Goblin City to take back the child that you have stolen. For my will is as strong as yours, and my kingdom as great. You have no power over me!

Labyrinth / Jim Henson

And the great owners, who must lose their land in an upheaval, the great owners with access to history, with eyes to read history and to know the great fact: when property accumulates in too few hands it is taken away. And that companion fact: when a majority of the people are hungry and cold they will take by force what they need. And the little screaming fact that sounds through all history: repression works only to strengthen and knit the repressed.

The Grapes of Wrath / John Steinbeck

What is through in other languages

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How many points in scrabble for through

How many points is the word "through" in Scrabble? Is "through" a Scrabble word? Here is the letter-by-letter scoring of the Scrabble game, which is played all over the world in different languages and with different words.

The total scrabble score for the word through is 14

Where do the origins of disease names come from?

Throughout history, disease names have often been influenced by the individual who first described or identified the illness. For instance, Parkinson's disease, a neurological disorder characterized by tremors and movement difficulties, is named after James Parkinson, an English physician who first described its symptoms in 1817. Similarly, other diseases like Alzheimer's disease, named after Alois Alzheimer, the German psychiatrist who identified its pathological features, and Hodgkin's lymphoma, named after Thomas Hodgkin, an English physician who described the condition, bear the names of their pioneering observers.