thorough
/ˈθɜroʊ/
adjective
- Complete and including every detail; done with great care and attention.
- The mechanic did a thorough inspection of the car before we bought it.
- A thorough cleaning of the kitchen took the whole afternoon.
- She wrote a thorough report on the history of the town.
- Very careful and paying attention to every small part of a task.
- The teacher praised the student for being thorough in her math homework.
- Being thorough when you pack for a trip helps you avoid forgetting things.
- He is a thorough researcher who checks every fact twice.
- Complete in a negative sense; absolute or utter.
- The movie was a thorough waste of time.
- The party was a thorough disaster from start to finish.
- I made a thorough mess of the kitchen while baking cookies.
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preposition
- An old-fashioned or literary way of saying 'through'.
- The knight rode thorough the forest without fear.
- The river flows thorough the valley.
- We walked thorough the gate into the garden.