thorough

[Thor·ough]

A furrow between two ridges, to drain off the surface water.

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Through.

Adjective S.
painstakingly careful and accurate; "our accountant is thorough"; "thorough research"

Adjective S.
very thorough; exhaustively complete; "an exhaustive study"; "made a thorough search"; "thoroughgoing research"


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.


Thorough

Thor"ough , prep. [See Through.] Through. [Obs.] Spenser. Shak.

Thorough

Thor"ough, a. 1. Passing through; as, thorough lights in a house. [Obs.] 2. Passing through or to the end; hence, complete; perfect; as, a thorough reformation; thorough work; a thorough translator; a thorough poet.

Thorough

Thor"ough, adv. 1. Thoroughly. [Obs. or Colloq.] Chaucer. 2. Through. [Obs.] Shak.

Thorough

Thor"ough, n. A furrow between two ridges, to drain off the surface water. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Through.

Passing through; as, thorough lights in a house.

Thoroughly.

A furrow between two ridges, to drain off the surface water.

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Usage Examples

Accept business only at a price permitting thoroughness. Then do a thorough job, regardless of cost to us.

A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.

Our failure to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq thus far has been deeply troubling, and our intelligence-gathering process needs thorough and unbiased investigation.

The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it.

We have today a fairly thorough knowledge of the early Greco-Roman period because our motivations are the same.

But I don't think there has ever been anything written on the nature of violent man as deep and as thorough as Shakespeare's Titus. I think it puts all modern movies and modern exploitations of violence to shame.

There will be no politics, no ifs and buts if we see something and feel that work needs to be done, we will get people here we can rely on and ensure it is done in the same thorough way as our other projects.

Doubt, indulged and cherished, is in danger of becoming denial but if honest, and bent on thorough investigation, it may soon lead to full establishment of the truth.

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