Thorough
['θʌrə] or ['θɜro]
Definition
(adj.) painstakingly careful and accurate; 'our accountant is thorough'; 'thorough research' .
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Definition
(prep.) Through.
(a.) Passing through; as, thorough lights in a house.
(a.) Passing through or to the end; hence, complete; perfect; as, a thorough reformation; thorough work; a thorough translator; a thorough poet.
(adv.) Thoroughly.
(adv.) Through.
(n.) A furrow between two ridges, to drain off the surface water.
Checker: Lorenzo
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Complete, entire, total, perfect, full.
Checker: Raffles
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Entire, complete, thoroughgoing, powerful, drastic, perfect,[SeeCONSIDER_and_REFLECT]
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Definition
adj. passing through or to the end: complete: entire.—prep. (obs.) through.—n. that which goes through a passage: the blind and obstinately tyrannical policy of Strafford and Laud in administering civil and ecclesiastical affairs without regard to opposite convictions.—n. Thor′ough-bass (mus.) a bass part all through a piece with figures placed over the notes to indicate the harmony to be played to each.—adj. Thor′oughbred thoroughly or completely bred: bred from a dam and sire of the best blood as a horse and having the qualities supposed to depend thereon.—n. an animal esp. a horse of pure blood—of race-horses one all of whose ancestors for seven generations (five in America) are recorded in the stud-book.—n. Thor′oughfare a fare or passage for going through: a public way or street: right of passing through.—adj. Thor′oughgō′ing going through or to the end: going all lengths: complete.—adv. Thor′oughly.—n. Thor′oughness.—adj. Thor′ough-paced thoroughly or perfectly paced or trained: complete.
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Examples
- George remained four years at a French university, and, applying himself with an unintermitted zeal, obtained a very thorough education. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- A thorough, determined dislike of me--a dislike which I cannot but attribute in some measure to jealousy. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Then she is no rule for Mrs. Churchill, who is as thorough a fine lady as any body ever beheld. Jane Austen. Emma.
- He gave his throat a thorough rake round, as if it were the duty of every person not to be mistaken through thickness of voice. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- After the parts are put together a thorough forging follows, either by use of hammer or press, the latter being now used in preference. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- You remember that we are going to dine at papa's, said Rosamond, wishing that he should turn and make a more thorough concession to her. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- But Nicholas was neither an habitual drunkard nor a thorough infidel. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- They had been far more thorough and more resourceful than those Europeans who had for some time experimented with aviation. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Though it's astonishing how much those thorough-bred creatures can do and suffer. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- The resemblance of their appearance deceives the mind, as is usual, and makes us imagine a thorough resemblance and conformity. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Mr. Reid also notes as a very thorough test of the perfect practicability of the system, that it handled the President's message, December 3, 1876, of 12,600 words with complete success. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- A much more thorough and satisfactory result in the production of a pure malleable iron is thus obtained than is possible by hand puddling. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- This latter deserves special mention, not only because of its arrangement for thorough lubrication, but also on account of the resultant economy affecting the cost of manufacture. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- But socialism has never gone on to a thorough examination of that proviso for efficient administration. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Red acid stains are destroyed by ammonia, followed by thorough washing with water. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Frazer still await a thorough critical examination, and to his works the reader must go for the indefatigable expansion of this idea. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- On an adjacent island lived a kind of semi-pirate called Alcibiades, who was, and is, a thorough blackguard. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- It is not many drawings, but the character of one which makes a thorough draughtsman. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Nothing but a thorough change of sentiment could account for it. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Why don't he, in such a case, sell his horses, let his house, turn off his servants, and make a thorough reform at once? Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- I believe him to be a thorough rascal. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Trained men, some of them veterinarians, in the employ of the government, make a thorough inspection of the glands and other organs of the hog. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- It always agrees with me to be doing my duty; and in this case my duty is a thorough pleasure. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Stubbs is the soul of punctuality, honesty, and efficiency,--a thorough business hand, and as humane as the general run. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I know what thorough justice you will do it, and have scarcely a doubt of its happy effect. Jane Austen. Emma.
- She leant back to obtain more thorough rest, and the soft eastern portion of the sky was as great a relief to her eyes as the thyme was to her head. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- We have just heard a full account of him from his birth; and he has been a thorough-paced little villain, all his life. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- The landlord, though a gentleman of a haughty spirit who had just driven a pair of thorough-bred horses into town, turned out to show him up-stairs. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- He knows I have a thorough regard for him and all his family, and, I believe, considers me as one of his best friends. Jane Austen. Emma.
- The present method of dredging is of the hit or miss character, while the submarine method is capable of thorough work. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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