throughout
in or to every part of; everywhere in: They searched throughout the house.
from the beginning to the end of: He was bored throughout the play.
in every part: rotten throughout.
at every moment or point: following the text closely throughout.
Origin of throughout
1Words Nearby throughout
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use throughout in a sentence
throughout the fifties, in city after city, fluoridation became the subject of fierce debate.
Editorial and political cartoon pages from throughout the world almost unanimously came to the same conclusion.
Politicians Only Love Journalists When They're Dead | Luke O’Neil | January 8, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTElsewhere, courts throughout the country have placed limits on speech this year.
Politicians Only Love Journalists When They're Dead | Luke O’Neil | January 8, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd then I did teachers all throughout elementary school and junior high for my friends.
Coffee Talk with Fred Armisen: On ‘Portlandia,’ Meeting Obama, and Taylor Swift’s Greatness | Marlow Stern | January 7, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTIt could dramatically improve quality of life in communities throughout the developing world.
Bill Gates Drinks Sewer Water | Jack Holmes, The Daily Beast Video | January 7, 2015 | THE DAILY BEAST
I would ask you to imagine it translated into every language, a common material of understanding throughout all the world.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation | H. G. (Herbert George) WellsIt has only been a rare and exceptional class hitherto that has gone on learning throughout life.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation | H. G. (Herbert George) WellsThere was a deep silence throughout the whole bivouac; some were sleeping, and those who watched were in no humour for idle chat.
Wide and straight, well made and tree-lined throughout, it supplied the two great arteries of Indian life.
The Red Year | Louis Tracythroughout the German States the custom of smoking is universal and tobacco enters largely into their list of expenditures.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.
British Dictionary definitions for throughout
/ (θruːˈaʊt) /
right through; through the whole of (a place or a period of time): throughout the day
through the whole of some specified period or area
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Browse