throughout
/θɹuːˈaʊt/
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Canada/θɹuˈʌʊt/
throughout preposition: in every part of; all through.
Preposition
throughout
- In every part of; all through.
- 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
- Completely through, right the way through.
- 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
- The dedlye sworde throughout my brest to stryke I will applye.1561, John Heywood, Seneca's Hercules Furens
Adverb
throughout (not comparable)
- In every part; everywhere.
- The apartment is parqueted throughout except for the kitchen and bathroom.
- During an entire period of time, the whole time.
- The fight was excrutiating. Throughout, we maintained our dignity though.
- 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
- 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
throughout meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
throughout in Hindi
- everywhere
- भर bhar
throughout in Tamil
- everywhere
- பூரா pūrā, முழுவதும் muḻuvatum, முழுதும் muḻutum, எங்கும் eṅkum, முழுக்க muḻukka
throughout in Marathi
- throughout
- सर्वत्र sarvatra
throughout in Urdu
- everywhere
- بھر bhar
More languagesFewer languages
- throughout in Bengali
- সর্বাংশে, সর্বত্রব্যাপী
- throughout in Telugu
- వ్యాప్తంగా vyāptaṅgā
- throughout in Malayalam
- ഉടനീളം, എല്ലായിടവും, വിശ്വഥാ, എല്ലാടവും
- throughout in Kannada
- ಎಲ್ಲ ಕಡೆಯೂ, ಪ್ರತಿ ಅಂಶದಲ್ಲೂ, ಉದ್ದಕ್ಕೂ, ಆದ್ಯಂತವಾಗಿ
- throughout in Arabic
- طَوَال ṭawāl
Examples of throughout in a sentence
- But through the oligopoly, charcoal fuel proliferated throughout London's trades and industries.2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, in Internal Combustion:
- 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:
- 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:
Synonyms of throughout
Origin of throughout
From Old English þurh ūt, equivalent to through + out. Compare German durchaus (“all the way, fully, absolutely”).
Words formed from throughout
Words that rhyme with throughout
42 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- set about
- shout
- sprout
- doubt
- umlaut
- fill out
- grout
- pout
- devout
- drought
- gout
- nowt
- redoubt
- without
- ablaut
- dout
- flout
- lout
- mahout
- misdoubt
- mought
- prone out
- strout
- term out
- trout
- zoom out
- 'bout
- anlaut
- aspout
- asprout
- bluff out
- chout
- dought
- knout
- kraut
- layabout
- ne'er cast a clout till May be out
- owt
- peter out
- regrout
- sout
- when in doubt, do nowt
Questions about throughout
- What does throughout mean?
- Throughout means in every part of; all through.
- What is throughout in Hindi?
- Throughout in Hindi is भर (bhar). See Throughout meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use throughout in a sentence?
- But through the oligopoly, charcoal fuel proliferated throughout London's trades and industries.
- What part of speech is throughout?
- Throughout can be a preposition or an adverb.
- How do you pronounce throughout?
- Throughout is pronounced /θɹuːˈaʊt/.
Words near throughout in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: throughout (page history and authors); सर्वत्र (Marathi) (page history and authors); throughout (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); throughout (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); throughout (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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