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through

 
 
/θruː/ preposition

Definition

ONE SIDE TO ANOTHER from one end or side of something to the other: The River Seine flows through Paris. The sun was shining through the window. She cut through the wire.
START TO END from the start to the end of something: He worked through the night. The phone rang halfway through the programme.
BECAUSE OF because of someone or something, or with someone's help: I got the job through my mum's friend. He became ill through eating undercooked meat.
UNTIL US (UK to) from a particular time until and including another time: The store is open Monday through Friday. I worked there from May through September.
(Definition of through preposition from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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