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[ thur -oh, thuhr -oh ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈθɜr oʊ, ˈθʌr oʊ / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective executed without negligence or omissions: a thorough search.
complete; perfect; utter: thorough enjoyment.
extremely attentive to accuracy and detail; painstaking: a thorough worker; a thorough analysis.
having full command or mastery of an art, talent, etc.: a thorough actress.
extending or passing through.
SEE MORE SEE LESS noun (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 before 900; Middle English (preposition and adv.); Old English thuruh, variant of thurh through
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OTHER WORDS FROM thorough thor·ough·ly, adverb thor·ough·ness, noun quasi-thorough, adjective qua·si-thor·ough·ly, adverb
su·per·thor·ough, adjective su·per·thor·ough·ly, adverb su·per·thor·ough·ness, noun un·thor·ough, adjective un·thor·ough·ly, adverb un·thor·ough·ness, noun
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This increase was excessive and altogether unnecessary to the maintenance of thorough and progressive government.
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With this thorough reflection is combined diffusion as thorough , the interior of the globe being shaped as ribs.
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Had his thorough college training anticipated specifically any such circumstance as this?
Indeed, in almost every case that required a thorough comprehension of the Mexican problem, he blundered.
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British Dictionary definitions for thorough (1 of 2) adjective carried out completely and carefully a thorough search
(prenominal) utter a thorough bore
painstakingly careful my work is thorough
Derived forms of thorough thoroughly , adverb thoroughness , noun Word Origin for thorough Old English thurh; related to Old Frisian thruch, Old Saxon thuru, Old High German duruh; see through
British Dictionary definitions for thorough (2 of 2) noun thoroughgoing policy, as adopted in England by Strafford and Laud during the reign of Charles I
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