through

View more Literature & Language videos

There are two important uses which are still regarded as Americanisms but are beginning to make an impression on British English:

1. As a preposition meaning 'up to and including', as in Monday through Friday. British speakers are aware of this use but still regard it as non-British, useful though it is:

An eight-week summer program for disadvantaged children ages three through five—Dædalus, 1993.

2. As an adverb meaning 'finished', as in Are you through yet?. American English might well say Are you through with the phone?, where British English would prefer Have you finished with the phone? (Note that in British English, in the context of telephones, Are you through yet? would normally be taken to mean 'have you got a connection yet?'.) In American English this use of through is often followed by a verbal noun: '

I'm through eating, said my father, pushing his plate away—L. S. Schwartz, 1989.

Previous:	throes, thrive, thrice
Next:	thru, thus, thusly, tiara'd

adverb

1. From one end to the other: around, over, round, throughout. See part/whole.
2. To an end or conclusion: over. See start/end.

adjective

1. Proceeding or lying in an uninterrupted line or course: direct, straight, straightforward. See straight/bent.
2. Having reached completion: complete, done. See part/whole.
3. Having no further relationship: done, finished. See start/end.
4. No longer effective, capable, or valuable: done, done for, finished, washed-up. Informal kaput. Idioms: at the end of thelineroad, over the hill, past one's prime. See ability/inability, start/end.

Idioms beginning with through:
through one's mind
through one's head
through the motions
through rose-colored glasses
through one's hat
through and through
through the mill
through thick and thin

In addition to the idioms beginning with through, see break through; carry through; come through; come up (through); cross (pass through) one's mind; fall between (through) the cracks; fall through; follow through; get through; get through one's head; go through; go through channels; go through the motions; go through the roof; jump through hoops; leaf through; let daylight through; let slip (through the fingers); lie through one's teeth; live through; muddle through; pay through the nose; pull through; put through; put someone through his or her paces; rise through the ranks; run through; sail through; see through; see through rose-colored glasses; sink through the floor; sit out (through); sleep through; squeak by (through); squeeze through; talk through one's hat; think through; win through; work one's way into (through).

adj

Definition: direct
Antonyms: indirect, stopping

adj

Definition: done
Antonyms: incomplete, unfinished

prep

Definition: between, during
Antonyms: around

sign description: One flat hand goes through the open fingers of the opposite hand.

---

For a list of words related to through, see:

• Relative Positions - through: (prep) in one side and out the other; from one edge to another

---

See words rhyming with "through."

  See crossword solutions for the clue Through.

Common misspelling(s) of through

• throught

Dansk (Danish)
prep. - igennem, i løbet af, på grund af
adv. - igennem, færdig, til ende
adj. - gennemgående

idioms:

• all through    hele tiden
• be through    være færdig
• go through    gennemgå
• go through with    gennemføre
• through and through    flere gange
• through road    gennemfartsvej

Nederlands (Dutch)
door(heen), door middel van, door .. heen, over, klaar, tot en met, via, doorgaand, door en door, van het begin tot het eind, doordat

Français (French)
prep. - à travers, dans, avec, par, en passant par, au milieu de, par l'intermédiaire de, à, pour cause de, tout/toute, jusqu'à, pendant tout
adv. - par, à travers, au moyen de, complètement, jusqu'au bout
adj. - fini, direct (un train, un billet), (Sport) sélectionné, vainqueur, troué (un pantalon)

idioms:

• all through    tout/toute (la journée), pendant tout
• go through    passer par, passer à travers, passer (la douane), supporter
• go through with    aller jusqu'au bout de, réaliser, exécuter
• through and through    à fond, (connaître qch) comme sa poche, jusqu'au bout des ongles, jusqu'à l'os
• through road    route, chemin

Deutsch (German)
prep. - durch, durch .. hindurch, hindurch, während, bis einschließlich, fertig
adv. - durch
adj. - durchgehend

idioms:

• all through    ganz hindurch
• go through    durchmachen, hindurchgehen, durchnehmen, durchgehen, nachprüfen, erledigen
• go through with    ausführen
• through and through    durch und durch
• through road    Durchgangsstraße

Ελληνική (Greek)
prep. - δια μέσου, από άκρη σε άκρη, από την αρχή μέχρι το τέλος
adv. - από άκρη σε άκρη, από την αρχή μέχρι το τέλος, σ' όλη τη διάρκεια, κατ' ευθείαν
adj. - τελειωμένος, (στο τηλέφωνο) συνδεδεμένος, ολοκλήρου διαδρομής

idioms:

• all through    καθ' όλη τη διάρκεια, όλο τον καιρό
• be through    τελειώνω, διακόπτω σχέσεις
• come through    διέρχομαι, γλιτώνω, ξεπερνώ τις δυσκολίες, στέκομαι σε κάποιον
• go through    διεξέρχομαι, καταξοδεύω, διατρέχω, εξετάζω, περνώ, τραβώ, υπομένω, διαπερνώ
• go through with    περνώ, τραβώ, υπομένω, τελειώνω, ξεμπερδεύω
• through and through    πέρα για πέρα
• through road    δίοδος

Italiano (Italian)
attraverso, per, mediante, siccome, compreso, pronto, finito

idioms:

• all through    da cima a fondo
• be through    aver finito
• go through    esaminare, subire, perquisire
• go through with    andare fino in fondo con
• through and through    a fondo
• through road    autostrada

Português (Portuguese)
prep. - através de
adv. - a termo, a cabo, completamente
adj. - no fim dos recursos de um

idioms:

• all through    durante
• be through    terminar
• go through    através
• go through with    fazer, ir para a frente com
• through and through    completamente, vez após vez
• through road    atalho

Русский (Russian)
насквозь, через, путем

idioms:

• all through    с начала до конца
• be through    покончить с чем-л., порвать отношения с кем-л., окончить что-л.
• go through    подвергать детальному рассмотрению, обшаривать, быть завершеным или принятым (о проекте, предложении и т.п.), выйти в свет (о книге и пр.), продырявливать, проноситься (об одежде), просмотреть что-л. проверить что-л.
• go through with    доводить что-л. до конца
• through and through    совершенно, до конца, вполне
• through road    сквозная улица

Español (Spanish)
prep. - a través de, por, por medio de, mediante, pasando por, porque, debido a
adv. - a través de, de un lado a otro, enteramente, de parte a parte, de cabo a cabo, hasta el fin, completamente
adj. - directo, con preferencia de paso, continuo, expedito, que atraviesa

idioms:

• all through    durante todo
• go through    sufrir, conllevar, pasar por, vivir, ver, tratar de, repasar, recorrer, comprobar, averiguar, verificar, batir, registrar, pasar por
• go through with    llevar a cabo algo, llevar a su término
• through and through    hasta la médula
• through road    calle, vía pública

Svenska (Swedish)
prep. - genom, till följd av, på grund av, till och med (am.)
adv. - igenom, alltigenom, direkt, vara klar
adj. - genomgående, direkt

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
穿过, 以, 凭借, 用, 通过, 由于, 因为, 从头到尾, 直达地, 自始至终, 直达的, 直通的, 完成的, 结束的, 贯穿的, 过境的, 完结的, 戒绝的, 断交的

idioms:

• all through    一直, 始终
• be through    结束, 友谊破裂
• go through    经历, 讨论, 被通过, 举行
• go through with    完成, 把...进行到底
• through and through    货真价实, 反复, 彻头彻尾
• through road    直通街道, 干道

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
prep. - 穿過, 以, 憑藉, 用, 通過, 由於, 因為
adv. - 從頭到尾, 直達地, 自始至終
adj. - 直達的, 直通的, 完成的, 結束的, 貫穿的, 過境的, 完結的, 戒絕的, 斷交的

idioms:

• all through    一直, 始終
• be through    結束, 友誼破裂
• go through    經歷, 討論, 被通過, 舉行
• go through with    完成, 把...進行到底
• through and through    貨真價實, 反復, 徹頭徹尾
• through road    直通街道, 幹道

한국어 (Korean)
prep. - ~을 통하여, ~을 지나서, 동안 내내
adv. - 통과하여, 처음부터 끝까지, 직행으로
adj. - 직행의 , 직통의

idioms:

• be through    ~이 끝나, 용무가 끝나, 그만 두고
• go through    해내다, 완수하다
• go through with    ~을 해내다, 완수하다

日本語 (Japanese)
prep. - 通って, 貫いて, 通して, …中くまなく, …によって, 通じて, …中ずっと, 終わって, …のために
adv. - ずっと, すっかり, 済んで, つながって
adj. - 通しの, 通り抜けられる, 貫通する, 貫通した

idioms:

• all through    ずっと
• be through    首尾よく終える, 関係が切れる
• through and through    全く, 徹頭徹尾

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(حرف جر) خلال (ظرف) بواسطه (صفه) من جانب الى آخر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
prep. - ‮בתוך, ב-, בין, באמצעות, ע"י, מצד לצד, מקצה לקצה, מא' עד ת', עד לסיום, מההתחלה לסוף, עד ועד בכלל, במשך, בגלל‬
adv. - ‮דרך, בעד, מבעד, מצד לצד, מא' עד ת', עד ועד בכלל, כליל, לחלוטין, מקצה לקצה, ללא תחנות ביניים, לאחר שביצע, מחובר באמצעות טלפון‬
adj. - ‮ישיר, ללא תחנות ביניים, (נסיעה) בכרטיס אחד,‬

If you are unable to view some languages clearly, click here.