English

rank|might|being|day|115|through|himself|go|how

Etymology 1
Metathesis of ME. thurh, thourgh < OE. þurh < West Germanic *thurkh < Proto-Indo-European base *tr- ('through'). Cognate with thorough, German durch, Dutch door#Dutch|door, Latin trans, Welsh tra ('through').

Pronunciation
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IPA|/θru�/, SAMPA|/Tru:/
audio|en-us-through.ogg|Audio (US)

Homophones
threw

Preposition
en-prep

1. From one side of an opening to the other.

#: I went through the window.

1. entering|Entering, then later exiting.

#: I drove through the town at top speed without looking left or right.

1. surrounded|Surrounded by (while moving).

#: We slogged through the mud for hours before turning back and giving up.

1. By means of.

#: This team believes in winning through intimidation.

Translations
trans-top|from one side of an opening to the other
Finnish: läpi, kautta
French: par
German: durch
Hungarian: át, keresztül
trans-mid
Norwegian: gjennom
Polish: przez
Portuguese: pelo#Portuguese|pelo, pela#Portuguese|pela
Romanian: prin
Russian: t|ru|�е�ез|tr�érez, t|ru|�квоз�|trskvoz'
Spanish: a través de
Swedish: genom
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trans-top|entering, then later exiting
Finnish: läpi, kautta
German: durch
Hungarian: át, keresztül, végig
trans-mid
Portuguese: através de, pelo#Portuguese|pelo, pela#Portuguese|pela
Romanian: prin
Russian: t|ru|�е�ез|tr�érez, t|ru|�квоз�|trskvoz'
Spanish: a través de
Swedish: genom
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trans-top|surrounded by (while moving)
Finnish: läpi, kautta
French: dans
German: durch
Hungarian: át, keresztül
trans-mid
Portuguese: através de, por entre
Russian: t|ru|�е�ез|tr�érez, t|ru|�квоз�|trskvoz', t|ru|по|tr=po
Swedish: genom
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trans-top|by means of
Finnish: läpi, kautta
German: durch
Ido: tra, per
trans-mid
Norwegian: ved at, gjennom at
Portuguese: por#Portuguese|por
Romanian: prin
Russian: t|ru|п�и помо�и|trpri pómoš'i, t|ru|из-за|triz-za, t|ru|благода��|tr=blagodar'á
Swedish: genom
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ttbc|Ido: dum (during)
ttbc|Italian: attraverso
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ttbc|Japanese: ...���� (�����, ...o t�shite)
ttbc|Korean: ��� (tonghayeo)
ttbc|Latin: per
ttbc|Polish: przez
ttbc|Romanian: prin
ttbc|Slovene: skozi
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Related terms
rel-top|terms related to the preposition "through"
clear through
get through
go through
look through
rel-mid
right through
through and through
through with
throughway
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Etymology 2
OE. þruh|þrūh.

Pronunciation
IPA|/θr�f/

Noun
en-noun

1. A large slab of stone laid on a tomb.

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ar:through
fr:through
io:through
it:through
hu:through
ja:through
pl:through
pt:through
simple:through
fi:through
ta:through
te:through
vi:through
tr:through
zh:through

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