Pronunciations (9)
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/ˈθʌɹə/
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- British
- Received-Pronunciation
- Southern
- Standard
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/ˈθʊɹə/
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- Northern-England
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/ˈθʌɾə/
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- Scotland
- Wales
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/ˈθʌɹoʊ/
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- General-American
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/ˈθɝoʊ/
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- Canada
- General-American
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/t̪ʰəˈro/
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- South-Asia
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/ˈt̪ʰərə/
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- South-Asia
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ˈθʌɹə
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- GB
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ˈθʌɹoʊ
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- US
Adjective
Painstaking and careful not to miss or omit any detail.
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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.
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It's the most thorough artwork I have ever seen!
The infested house needs a thorough cleansing before being inhabitable again.
Utter; complete; absolute.
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Dr. Oldfield once said to me, 'You talk to me quite all right, but why is it that you never open your lips at a committee meeting? You are a drone.' I appreciated the banter. The bees are ever busy, the drone is a thorough idler.
Preposition
Through.
Usage- Archaic
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Ye might haue ſeene the frothy billowes fry Vnder the ſhip, as thorough them ſhe went […]
You are contented to be led in triumph Thorough the streets of Rome?
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At length did cross an Albatross: / Thorough the fog it came; […]
Noun
A furrow between two ridges, to drain off the surface water.
Usage- UK usage
- dialectal
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The Ignorance and Idleness of the Plowman, who either goes so shallow, or plows his Thoroughs so wide, or misses Part of the Ground.
Adjective
painstakingly careful and accurate
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our accountant is thorough
thorough research
performed comprehensively and completely; not superficial or partial
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an exhaustive study
made a thorough search
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thoroughgoing research
without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
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an arrant fool
a complete coward
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a consummate fool
a double-dyed villain
gross negligence
a perfect idiot
pure folly
what a sodding mess
stark staring mad
a thorough nuisance
a thoroughgoing villain
utter nonsense
the unadulterated truth