through
preposition, adverb (TIME) /θruː/Definition
B1 from the beginning to the end of a period of time: It rained all/right through June and into the first half of July. We sat through two lectures and then left. She had just enough energy to get through the day.US She works Monday through Thursday (= from Monday to Thursday).Simultaneous and consecutiveOrder and sequence
(Definition of through prepositionadverb (TIME) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- accompany verb (GO WITH)
- all the while idiom
- along the way idiom
- alternate adjective
- back noun (FURTHEST PART)
- back-to-back adjective (CONTINUOUS)
- even adverb (SURPRISE)
- in rotation idiom
- in tandem idiom
- in the process idiom
- live adjective (AS IT HAPPENS)
- no sooner ... than idiom
- once adverb (ONE TIME)
- over preposition (DURING)
- successive adjective
- sync noun
- the minute (that) idiom
- throughout preposition, adverb
- together adverb (AT THE SAME TIME)
- under preposition (EXPERIENCING)
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