adjective
- Having finished or arrived at completion.
- usage: "certain to make history before he's done"; "it's a done deed"; "after the treatment, the patient is through except for follow-up"; "almost through with his studies"
- synonyms: done, through with
- Of a route or journey etc.. ( continuing without requiring stops or changes)
- usage: "a through street"; "a through bus"; "through traffic"
adverb
- From beginning to end.
- usage: "read this book through"
- Over the whole distance.
- usage: "this bus goes through to New York"
- To completion.
- usage: "think this through very carefully"
- In diameter.
- usage: "this cylinder measures 15 inches through"
- Throughout the entire extent.
- usage: "got soaked through in the rain"; "I'm frozen through"; "a letter shot through with the writer's personality"; "knew him through and through"; "boards rotten through and through"
- synonyms: through and through
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