Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • preposition In, to, through, or during every part of; all through.
  • adverb In or through all parts; everywhere.
  • adverb During the entire time or extent.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Everywhere; in every part; in all respects.
  • Quite through; from one end or side of to the other; in every part of.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb In every part.
  • preposition Quite through; from one extremity to the other of; also, every part of.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • preposition In every part of; all through.
  • adverb obsolete Completely through, right the way through.
  • adverb In every part; everywhere.
  • adverb During an entire period of time.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb used to refer to cited works
  • adverb from first to last

Etymologies

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Old English þurh ūt.

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Examples

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  • The eyes of all people are upon us, so that if we deal falsely with our God in this work we have undertaken and so cause Him to withdraw His present help from us, we shall be made a story and a byword throughout the world.

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  • Caitlyn nodded and whispered back, He hardly spoke a word throughout dinner.

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  • Caitlyn nodded and whispered back, He hardly spoke a word throughout dinner.

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  • Caitlyn nodded and whispered back, He hardly spoke a word throughout dinner.

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  • Stuffily, the Internet has spread the word throughout the software sphere.

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  • The Asian Wall Street Journal spread the word throughout the Far East: “The Broken Hearts Club will have a slow U.S. rollout beginning in major cities.”

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