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thruout

thruout is the nonstandard spelling of throughout.

Meaning of throughout

Preposition

throughout

  1. 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
    Synonyms:
    across, amidst, during
  2. (obsolete) 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

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Origin of thruout

See thru.

Questions about thruout

What is thruout the nonstandard spelling of?
Thruout is the nonstandard spelling of throughout.

Words near thruout in the dictionary

  1. thrunk
  2. thrunked
  3. thrunking
  4. thrunks
  5. Thruns
  6. thruout
  7. thrupennies
  8. thrupenny
  9. thruple
  10. thruples
  11. Thrupp

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Adapted from Wiktionary: thruout (page history and authors); throughout (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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