Sekirov Dictionary

thorough

UK /ˈθʌɹə/US /ˈθʌɹoʊ/

adjective 2
noun 1
preposition 1
forms 5

adjective2

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Painstaking and careful not to miss or omit any detail.
- The Prime Minister announced a thorough investigation into the death of a father-of-two in police custody.
- Not enough! Your work has to be thorougher than this.
Utter; complete; absolute.

noun1

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(dialect, UK) A furrow between two ridges, to drain off the surface water.
- The Ignorance and Idleness of the Plowman, who either goes so shallow, or plows his Thoroughs so wide, or misses Part of the Ground. — 1733

preposition1

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(no longer used) Through.
- Ye might haue seene the frothy billowes fry Vnder the ship, as thorough them she went […] — 1590

forms

thoroughs · more thorough · thorougher · most thorough · thoroughest

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