through

Main Entry:: ¹through
Pronunciation:: \ˈthrü\
Function:: preposition
Etymology:: Middle English thurh, thruh, through, from Old English thurh; akin to Old High German durh through, Latin trans across, beyond, Sanskrit tarati he crosses over
Date:: before 12th century

1 a (1)—used as a function word to indicate movement into at one side or point and out at another and especially the opposite side of <drove a nail through the board> (2): by way of <left through the door> (3)—used as a function word to indicate passage from one end or boundary to another <a highway through the forest><a road through the desert> (4): without stopping for : past <drove through a red light> b—used as a function word to indicate passage into and out of a treatment, handling, or process <the matter has already passed through her hands>2 —used as a function word to indicate means, agency, or intermediacy: as a: by means of : by the agency of b: because of <failed through ignorance> c: by common descent from or relationship with <related through their grandfather> 3 a: over the whole surface or extent of : throughout <homes scattered through the valley> b—used as a function word to indicate movement within a large expanse <flew through the air> c—used as a function word to indicate exposure to a specified set of conditions <put him through hell>4 —used as a function word to indicate a period of time: as a: during the entire period of <all through her life> b: from the beginning to the end of <the tower stood through the earthquake> c: to and including <Monday through Friday> 5 a—used as a function word to indicate completion or exhaustion <got through the book><went through the money in a year> b—used as a function word to indicate acceptance or approval especially by an official body <got the bill through the legislature>

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