thorough

[ thur-oh, thuhr-oh ]
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adjective
  1. executed without negligence or omissions: a thorough search.

  2. complete; perfect; utter: thorough enjoyment.

  1. extremely attentive to accuracy and detail; painstaking: a thorough worker;a thorough analysis.

  2. having full command or mastery of an art, talent, etc.: a thorough actress.

  3. extending or passing through.

adverb, preposition
  1. Archaic. through.

noun
  1. (initial capital letter)English History. the administrative policies of the Earl of Stafford and Archbishop Laud during the reign of Charles I: so called because they were uncompromisingly carried out.

Origin of thorough

1
First recorded before 900; Middle English (preposition and adverb); Old English thuruh, variant of thurh through

Other words for thorough

Opposites for thorough

Other words from thorough

  • thor·ough·ly, adverb
  • thor·ough·ness, noun
  • qua·si-thor·ough, adjective
  • qua·si-thor·ough·ly, adverb
  • su·per·thor·ough, adjective
  • su·per·thor·ough·ly, adverb
  • un·thor·ough, adjective
  • un·thor·ough·ly, adverb

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British Dictionary definitions for thorough (1 of 2)

thorough

/ (ˈθʌrə) /


adjective
  1. carried out completely and carefully: a thorough search

  2. (prenominal) utter: a thorough bore

  1. painstakingly careful: my work is thorough

Origin of thorough

1
Old English thurh; related to Old Frisian thruch, Old Saxon thuru, Old High German duruh; see through

Derived forms of thorough

  • thoroughly, adverb
  • thoroughness, noun

British Dictionary definitions for Thorough (2 of 2)

Thorough

/ (ˈθʌrə) /


noun
  1. thoroughgoing policy, as adopted in England by Strafford and Laud during the reign of Charles I

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