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/θɹuːˈaʊt/Canada/θɹuˈʌʊt/also, reduced/θɹaʊt/Ireland/t̪ɹʉuˈaʊt̞/

preposition

In every part of; all through.

“The fight was excrutiating. Throughout, we maintained our dignity though.”

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acrossamidstduringend-to-endpassim
OriginOld English þurh →
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Meanings

preposition
  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
    2 more examples

    “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

    But through the oligopoly, charcoal fuel proliferated throughout London's trades and industries. By the 1200s, brewers and bakers, tilemakers, glassblowers, pottery producers, and a range of other craftsmen all became hour-to-hour consumers of charcoal.

    2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, in Internal Combustion

    Synonyms: across, amidst, during

  2. obsoleteCompletely through, right the way through.

    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
    3 more examples

    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

    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
adverbthroughout (not comparable)
  1. not comparableIn every part; everywhere.

    The apartment is parqueted throughout except for the kitchen and bathroom.

  2. not comparableDuring an entire period of time, the whole time.

    The fight was excrutiating. Throughout, we maintained our dignity though.

    1 more example

    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
  3. not comparablegovernmentOf 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

Synonyms & antonyms

prepositionIn every part of; all through.

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acrossamidstduring

More synonyms by meaning

adverbfrom first to last

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end-to-end

adverbused to refer to cited works

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passim
Also see
end-to-endpassim

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Old Englishþurh
  2. Englishthroughout

From Old English þurh ūt, equivalent to through + out. Compare German durchaus (“all the way, fully, absolutely”).

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Translations

Arabic طَوَال, طَوَال
  • طَوَال (ṭawāl)in every part of; all through
  • طَوَال (ṭawāl)everywhere
Bulgarian през, по протежение на
  • през (prez)in every part of; all through
  • по протежение на (po proteženie na)in every part of; all through
  • навсякъде (navsjakăde)everywhere
  • изцяло (izcjalo)everywhere
Catalan al llarg de
  • al llarg dein every part of; all through
Chinese Mandarin 到處 /到处
  • 到處 /到处 (dàochù)everywhere
Dutch overal
  • overaleverywhere
Finnish läpi, kautta
  • läpiin every part of; all through
  • kauttain every part of; all through
  • kaikkiallaeverywhere
French tout au long de, durant
  • tout au long dein every part of; all through
  • durantin every part of; all through
  • pendant tout lein every part of; all through
  • pendant toute lain every part of; all through
  • de toutes partseverywhere
German überall
  • überalleverywhere
Greek καθ’ όλη τη διάρκεια
  • καθ’ όλη τη διάρκεια (kath’ óli ti diárkeia)in every part of; all through
Hindi भर
  • भर (bhar)everywhere
Hungarian mindenhol, mindenütt
  • mindenholeverywhere
  • mindenütteverywhere
  • végigeverywhere
  • keresztül-kasuleverywhere
Irish ar fud
  • ar fudin every part of; all through
Italian in ogni parte, dappertutto
  • in ogni partein every part of; all through
  • dappertuttoin every part of; all through
Japanese 中, 至る所
  • 中 (-jū)in every part of; all through
  • 至る所 (itarutokoro)everywhere
Korean 곳곳에, 도처에
  • 곳곳에 (gotgose)in every part of; all through
  • 도처에 (docheoe)in every part of; all through
  • 내내 (naenae)in every part of; all through
  • 전체가 (jeonchega)everywhere
  • 전부 (jeonbu)everywhere
  • 내내 (naenae)everywhere
Latin per
  • perin every part of; all through
Latvian viscaur
  • viscaureverywhere
Māori puta noa, hōrapa
  • puta noain every part of; all through
  • hōrapain every part of; all through
Portuguese por/em todo, sobre, por todo
  • por/em todo, sobrein every part of; all through
  • por todoeverywhere
Russian по всему́, по все́й
  • по всему́ (po vsemú)in every part of; all through
  • по все́й (po vséj)in every part of; all through
  • по все́м (po vsém)in every part of; all through
  • повсю́ду (povsjúdu)everywhere
  • наскво́зь (naskvózʹ)everywhere
Scottish Gaelic air feadh
  • air feadhin every part of; all through
Spanish a lo largo de, durante
  • a lo largo dein every part of; all through
  • durantein every part of; all through
  • durante todoin every part of; all through
  • por todoin every part of; all through
  • en todoin every part of; all through
  • de arriba abajoeverywhere
  • por todo...everywhere
  • completamenteeverywhere
  • todo el ratoeverywhere
  • todoeverywhere
Swedish genom
  • genomin every part of; all through
Tamil பூரா, முழுவதும்
  • பூரா (pūrā)everywhere
  • முழுவதும் (muḻuvatum)everywhere
  • முழுதும் (muḻutum)everywhere
  • எங்கும் (eṅkum)everywhere
  • முழுக்க (muḻukka)everywhere
Ukrainian по всьому, через
  • по всьому (po vsʹomu)in every part of; all through
  • через (čerez)in every part of; all through
  • всюди (vsjudy)everywhere
Urdu بھر
  • بھر (bhar)everywhere
Welsh drwy gydol
  • drwy gydolin every part of; all through

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with throughout

aboutoutwithoutroutedoubtscoutshoutdroughtbouttoutstoutspoutgoutcloutgroutsproutdevoutroutpoutrerouteloutumlautstroutredoubt
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Anagrams

outthrough
Cite this entry
APA

throughout. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/throughout

MLA

“throughout.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/throughout. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “throughout,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/throughout.

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