Definition of thorough
1 : carried through to completion : exhaustive a thorough search
2a : marked by full detail a thorough descriptionb : careful about detail : painstaking a thorough scholarc : complete in all respects thorough pleasured : having full mastery (as of an art) a thorough musician
thoroughly
adverbthoroughness
nounFrom the M-W Editors
Examples of thorough in a Sentence
… one realized that it was the restaurant's thorough and even comic Frenchness that had made it so entirely New York. —Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2004
Bruce tells me to squat down and Koani sidles up, ears flattened, tail tucked away, and gives my face a thorough licking. —Nicholas Evans, Daily Telegraph, 26 Sept. 1998
The job was uncharacteristically thorough for a Russian contract killing—three different types of bullets riddled Mikho's body. —New Republic, 15 Dec. 1997
… as I look into their black faces, their hope is so thorough and consuming it frightens me. —Bob Shacochis, Harper's, February 1995
Recent Examples of thorough from the Web
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Prosecutors who challenged the law said grand juries gave them power to force witnesses to testify and could involve more thorough investigations.
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Melo also said security in the prisons will be beefed up, with police officers permanently inside the buildings and more-thorough searches.
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The administrator immediately referred her to a local nurse practitioner for a thorough examination.
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But a thorough analysis of those emails would take longer, leading experts to conclude that the outcome of the new probe won’t be known until after votes have been cast.
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Some, though, said that political motives were preventing a more thorough overhaul that would require unanimous jury verdicts for death sentences.
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And, even with her thorough research and multi-hyphenate references, her clothes looked supremely fresh and now, and in no way weighted by academic baggage.
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Future force deployments should take place only after a thorough understanding of the historical and cultural conditions in the theater and their implications for long-term commitments 5.
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The wax would likely be more thorough, but also much, much easier.
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Origin and Etymology of thorough
see 2thorough
First Known Use: 15th century
Origin and Etymology of thorough
Middle English thorow, from Old English thurh, thuruh, preposition & adverb
First Known Use: before 12th century
Examples of thorough in a Sentence
a thorough understanding of the rules and regulations
The investigator will have to be thorough.
Origin and Etymology of thorough
see 2thorough
First Known Use: before 12th century
THOROUGH Defined for English Language Learners
thorough
Definition of thorough for English Language Learners
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: including every possible part or detail
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: careful about doing something in an accurate and exact way
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: complete or absolute
THOROUGH Defined for Kids
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