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throughout en · ADP

Pronunciation

• /θɹaʊt/ (also, reduced)
• /tɹʲuːˈɛʊʔ/ Dublin
• (US) audio
• tho͞o-outʹ African-American Vernacular, African-American
• /tɹʲuːˈɛʊ/ Dublin
• thro͞o-outʹ
• /θuːˈæt/ African-American Vernacular, African-American
• /tɹʲuːˈæʊʔ/ Dublin
• /θɹuˈʌʊt/ (Canada)
• /tɹʲuːˈæʊ/ Dublin
• /t̪ɹʉuˈaʊt̞/ (Ireland)
• /θɹuːˈaʊt/
• tho͞o-atʹ African-American Vernacular, African-American
• /θuːˈaʊt/ African-American Vernacular, African-American

Etymology

From Old English þurh ūt, equivalent to through + out. Compare German durchaus (“all the way, fully, absolutely”).

Meanings

1. In every part of; all through.
   • But through the oligopoly, charcoal fuel proliferated throughout London's trades and industries. By the 1200s, brewers and bakers, tilemakers, glassblowers, pottery producers, and a range of other craftsmen all became hour-to-hour consumers of charcoal. 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, in Internal Combustion:
   • And though a philosopher may live remote from business, the genius of philosophy, if carefully cultivated by several, must gradually diffuse itself throughout the whole society. 1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral., London: Oxford University Press, published 1973, §5:
   • “My father had ideas about conservation long before the United States took it up.[…]You preserve water in times of flood and freshet to be used for power or for irrigation throughout the year.[…]” 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad:
2. (obsolete) Completely through, right the way through.
   • Palamon at seeing Arcite , feels a colde fwerde glide throughout his heart: he starts from his ambuscade, and instantly salutes Areite with the appellation of false traitour. 1778, Thomas Warton, The History of English Poetry:
   • The dedlye sworde throughout my brest to stryke I will applye. 1561, John Heywood, Seneca's Hercules Furens:
   • His spere went clene thrughout hys body, and so he fell downe deed. 1560, John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners, Arthur of Brytayn: the hystory of the moost noble and valyaunt knyght Arthur of lytell brytayne:
   • His barnisht blad throughout his body share, 1756, William Hamilton, A New Edition of the Life and Heroick Actions of the renoun'd Sir William Wallace, page 33:

Deriveds

therethroughout

Synonyms

during · across · amidst

Translations (42)

ko 도처에 (in every part of; all through) · fr pendant toute la (in every part of; all through) · ar طَوَال (in every part of; all through) · fi läpi (in every part of; all through) · gl durante (in every part of; all through) · es en todo (in every part of; all through) · it in ogni parte (in every part of; all through) · fr pendant tout le (in every part of; all through) · ga ar fud (in every part of; all through) · gl por (in every part of; all through) · bg през (in every part of; all through) · ru по все́м (in every part of; all through) · es durante todo (in every part of; all through) · es por todo (in every part of; all through) · fr durant (in every part of; all through) · cy drwy gydol (in every part of; all through) · fr tout au long de (in every part of; all through) · fi kautta (in every part of; all through) · ru по всему́ (in every part of; all through) · mi puta noa (in every part of; all through) · gl ó longo de (in every part of; all through) · ja 中 (in every part of; all through) · la per (in every part of; all through) · it dappertutto (in every part of; all through) · chr ᏂᎦᏅᎯᏒ (in every part of; all through) · es a lo largo de (in every part of; all through) · ko 곳곳에 (in every part of; all through) · sv genom (in every part of; all through) · uk через (in every part of; all through) · bg по протежение на (in every part of; all through) · uk по всьому (in every part of; all through) · el καθ’ όλη τη διάρκεια (in every part of; all through) · ko 내내 (in every part of; all through) · mi hōrapa (in every part of; all through) · ru по все́й (in every part of; all through) · dsb pó (in every part of; all through) · pt por/em todo, sobre (in every part of; all through) · gd air feadh (in every part of; all through) · es durante (in every part of; all through) · arz طول (in every part of; all through) · az boyunca (in every part of; all through) · ca al llarg de (in every part of; all through)

throughout en · ADV

Pronunciation

• /θɹaʊt/ (also, reduced)
• /tɹʲuːˈɛʊʔ/ Dublin
• (US) audio
• tho͞o-outʹ African-American Vernacular, African-American
• /tɹʲuːˈɛʊ/ Dublin
• thro͞o-outʹ
• /θuːˈæt/ African-American Vernacular, African-American
• /tɹʲuːˈæʊʔ/ Dublin
• /θɹuˈʌʊt/ (Canada)
• /tɹʲuːˈæʊ/ Dublin
• /t̪ɹʉuˈaʊt̞/ (Ireland)
• /θɹuːˈaʊt/
• tho͞o-atʹ African-American Vernacular, African-American
• /θuːˈaʊt/ African-American Vernacular, African-American

Etymology

From Old English þurh ūt, equivalent to through + out. Compare German durchaus (“all the way, fully, absolutely”).

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) In every part; everywhere.
   • The apartment is parqueted throughout except for the kitchen and bathroom.
2. (not-comparable) During an entire period of time, the whole time.
   • Chelsea's youngsters, who looked lively throughout, then combined for the second goal in the seventh minute. Romeu's shot was saved by Wolves goalkeeper Dorus De Vries but Piazon kept the ball alive and turned it back for an unmarked Bertrand to blast home. 2012, Chelsea 6-0 Wolves:
   • The fight was excrutiating. Throughout, we maintained our dignity though.
3. (not-comparable) Of an ordinary such as a pile or chevron, or a partition per chevron, etc: extending to the edge of the field (or quarter, chief, etc).
   • Thus the VON VÖLCKER of Frankfurt bear : Argent, a rose gules, the field embrassé à senestre of the second. We should blazon this : Gules, a pile throughout issuing from the dexter flank, charged with a rose of the field. 1892, John Woodward, George Burnett, A Treatise on Heraldry, British and Foreign: With English and French Glossaries, page 90:

Relateds

passim

Translations (40)

cmn 到處 /到处 (everywhere) · es de arriba abajo (everywhere) · ja 至る所 (everywhere) · ta முழுவதும் (everywhere) · ta முழுதும் (everywhere) · ko 내내 (everywhere) · ur بھر (everywhere) · fi kaikkialla (everywhere) · vo da (everywhere) · bg навсякъде (everywhere) · scn a tutti i banni (everywhere) · es todo el rato (everywhere) · es completamente (everywhere) · oj gabe- (everywhere) · arz طول (everywhere) · ko 전부 (everywhere) · scn a ogni banna (everywhere) · ko 전체가 (everywhere) · te వ్యాప్తంగా (everywhere) · hu keresztül-kasul (everywhere) · uk всюди (everywhere) · ru повсю́ду (everywhere) · hu végig (everywhere) · hi भर (everywhere) · ru наскво́зь (everywhere) · es todo (everywhere) · fr de toutes parts (everywhere) · hu mindenütt (everywhere) · ar طَوَال (everywhere) · de überall (everywhere) · ta முழுக்க (everywhere) · ta எங்கும் (everywhere) · arz على طول (everywhere) · bg изцяло (everywhere) · pt por todo (everywhere) · hu mindenhol (everywhere) · nl overal (everywhere) · ta பூரா (everywhere) · lv viscaur (everywhere) · es por todo... (everywhere)