Definition von through(a) im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch
- of a route or journey etc
- continuing without requiring stops or changes; "a through street"; "a through bus"; "through traffic
- the way to a man's heart is through his stomach
- Cooking for a man is a good way to win his affections
- think through
- To fully consider an action, and understand all its consequences
- thought through
- Simple past tense and past participle of think through
- through
- A large slab of stone laid on a tomb
- through
- Out into the open
The American army broke through the German lines at St. Lo.
- through
- From one side to the other by way of the interior
The arrow went straight through.
- through
- From one side of an opening to the other
I went through the window.
- through
- Surrounded by (while moving)
We slogged through the mud for hours before turning back and giving up.
- through
- By means of
This team believes in winning through intimidation.
- through
- From one end to the other
Others slept; he worked straight through.
- through
- To the end
He said he would see it through.
- through
- Entering, then later exiting
I drove through the town at top speed without looking left or right.
- through
- Proceeding from origin to destination without delay due to change of equipment
The through flight through Memphis was the fastest.
- through
- To, to show the end point included in a range. From for the start point can be omitted
The numbers 1 through 9.
- through
- Finished; complete
They were through with laying the subroof by noon.
- through
- Valueless; without a future
After being implicated in the scandal, he was through as an executive in financial services.
- through
- Passing from one side of an object to the other
Interstate highways form a nationwide system of through roads.
- through
- No longer interested
She was through with him.
- through
- Completely
Leave the yarn in the dye overnight so the color soaks through.
- through and through
- Completely; entirely; fundamentally
Thus, sitting where I was, I lit my candle once more, and then clambered across that great coffin which, for two hours or more, had been a mid-wall of partition between me and danger. But to get out of the niche was harder than to get in; for now that I had a candle to light me, I saw that the coffin, though sound enough to outer view, was wormed through and through, and little better than a rotten shell. So it was that I had some ado to get over it, not daring either to kneel upon it or to bring much weight to bear with my hand, lest it should go through.
- through ball
- A forward pass played between opposition defenders
- through the roof
- Rapidly increasing
Fuel prices have gone through the roof since last Fall.
- through the roof
- Suddenly very high or excessive
Fuel prices are through the roof this Winter.
- through train
- a train that travels a long distance without any stops
- through until
- During an indicated time period and until
- through-ball
- Alternative form of through ball
- through-composed
- Of a song, composed so that each stanza may have different music, rather than the same being repeated for all of them
- through-shine
- To shine through
That mind which harboureth Philosophie, ought by reason of her sound health, make that bodie also sound and healthie: it ought to make her contenment to throughshine in all exteriour parts .
- through-shine
- Translucent
- through-stone
- A horizontal slab acting as a gravestone
- through-ticketing
- a system in which a traveller using multiple railway company networks can purchase a single ticket for the entire journey
- through
- to completion; "think this through very carefully!
- through
- from beginning to end; "read this book through"
- through
- By means of; by the agency of
- through
- {p} from end to end, by means of, by
- through
- from one end or side to the other; "jealousy pierced her through"
- through ball
- (Spor) (Soccer) A forward pass which goes through the opposing team's defence
- through pass
- (Spor) Used to get through the opposing team's defense. The attacking player passes the ball between defenders to a team member or into a space for them to move on to
- through the looking-glass
- (Edebiyat) Through the Look·ing-Glass (1872) is a book for children by Lewis Carroll in which the main character, Alice, a little girl, visits a strange world by stepping through a mirror. Many of the people she meets are chess pieces or characters from nursery rhymes (=old songs or poems for young children) such as Humpty Dumpty
- through the roof
- To an extremely or excessively high level: "prices went through the roof"
- through thick and thin
- (deyim) Through good times and bad times
1. We've been together through thick and thin, and we won't desert each other now.
2. Over the years, we went through thick and thin and enjoyed every minute of it.
- through trial and error
- (learning) by trying and making mistakes
- Through the Looking-Glass
- a book for children by Lewis Carroll in which the main character, Alice, a little girl, visits a strange world by stepping through a mirror. Many of the people she meets are chess pieces or characters from nursery rhymes (=old songs or poems for young children) such as Humpty Dumpty. Alice in wonderland (1872)
- think through
- consider extensively; decide after having thought
- think through
- If you think a situation through, you consider it thoroughly, together with all its possible effects or consequences. I didn't think through the consequences of promotion It was the first time she'd had a chance to think it through
- through
- If you see, hear, or feel something through a particular thing, that thing is between you and the thing you can see, hear, or feel. Alice gazed pensively through the wet glass
- through
- {e} in from one side and out of the other; inward
- through
- in diameter; "this cylinder measures 15 inches through"
- through
- through In addition to the uses shown below, through is used in phrasal verbs such as `see through', `think through', and `win through'
- through
- If you do something through someone else, they take the necessary action for you. Do I need to go through my doctor or can I make an appointment direct? = via
- through
- You use through in expressions such as half-way through and all the way through to indicate to what extent an action or task is completed. A thirty-nine-year-old competitor collapsed half-way through the marathon and died shortly afterwards. Through is also an adverb. Stir the pork about until it turns white all the way through
- through
- If a driver goes through a red light, they keep driving even though they should stop. He was killed at a road junction by a van driver who went through a red light
- through
- If someone gets through an examination or a round of a competition, they succeed or win. She was bright, learned languages quickly, and sailed through her exams Through is also an adverb. Nigeria also go through from that group
- through
- To go through a system means to move around it or to pass from one end of it to the other. electric currents travelling through copper wires What a lot of cards you've got through the post! Through is also an adverb. It is also expected to consider a resolution which would allow food to go through immediately with fewer restrictions
- through
- Over the whole surface or extent of; as, to ride through the country; to look through an account
- through
- Also, admitting of passage through; as, a through bridge
- through
- Going or extending through; going, extending, or serving from the beginning to the end; thorough; complete; as, a through line; a through ticket; a through train
- through
- To go through a town, area, or country means to travel across it or in it. Go up to Ramsgate, cross into France, go through Andorra and into Spain. travelling through pathless woods Through is also an adverb. Few know that the tribe was just passing through
- through
- If you are through with something or if it is through, you have finished doing it and will never do it again. If you are through with someone, you do not want to have anything to do with them again. I'm through with the explaining
- through
- If you go through a particular experience or event, you experience it, and if you behave in a particular way through it, you behave in that way while it is happening. Men go through a change of life emotionally just like women
- through
- If something happens or exists through a period of time, it happens or exists from the beginning until the end. She kept quiet all through breakfast. Through is also an adverb. We've got a tough programme, hard work right through to the summer
- through
- To cut through something means to cut it in two pieces or to make a hole in it. Use a proper fish knife and fork if possible as they are designed to cut through the flesh but not the bones Rabbits still manage to find a way in. I am sure that some have even taken to gnawing through the metal. Through is also an adverb. Score lightly at first and then repeat, scoring deeper each time until the board is cut through
- through
- emphasis If you say that someone or something is wet through, you are emphasizing how wet they are. I returned to the inn cold and wet, soaked through by the drizzling rain
- through
- If you move through a group of things or a mass of something, it is on either side of you or all around you. We made our way through the crowd to the river Sybil's fingers ran through the water Through is also an adverb. He pushed his way through to the edge of the crowd where he waited
- through
- To get through a barrier or obstacle means to get from one side of it to the other. Allow twenty-five minutes to get through Passport Control and Customs He was one of the last of the crowd to pass through the barrier Through is also an adverb. a maze of concrete and steel barriers, designed to prevent vehicles driving straight through
- through
- If something happens from a particular period of time through another, it starts at the first period and continues until the end of the second period. open Monday through Sunday from 7: 00 am to 10: 00 pm
- through
- From beginning to end; as, to read a letter through
- through
- From end to end of, or from side to side of; from one surface or limit of, to the opposite; into and out of at the opposite, or at another, point; as, to bore through a piece of timber, or through a board; a ball passes through the side of a ship
- through
- of a route or journey etc ; continuing without requiring stops or changes; "a through street"; "a through bus"; "through traffic"
- through
- If something happens because of something else, you can say that it happens through it. They are understood to have retired through age or ill health
- through
- If something such as a proposal or idea goes through, it is accepted by people in authority and is made legal or official. It is possible that the present Governor General will be made interim President, if the proposals go through Through is also a preposition. They want to get the plan through Congress as quickly as possible
- through
- From one end or side to the other; as, to pierce a thing through
- through
- over the whole distance; "this bus goes through to New York"
- through
- You use through when stating the means by which a particular thing is achieved. Those who seek to grab power through violence deserve punishment
- through
- If something goes into an object and comes out of the other side, you can say that it passes through the object. The ends of the net pass through a wooden bar at each end Through is also an adverb. I bored a hole so that the fixing bolt would pass through
- through
- (prep ) 1 To travel or tour around a place 2 by way of (e g "How'd I get here? I just went through the alley ) 3 to go over from beginning to end/conclusion (e g to go through an experience) 4 by means of (e g through Yuli's help) 5 to arrive at the end (e g I can't believe I made it through that class!)
- through
- If you look or go through a lot of things, you look at them or deal with them one after the other. Let's go through the numbers together and see if a workable deal is possible
- through
- To the end; to a conclusion; to the ultimate purpose; as, to carry a project through
- through
- to completion; "think this through very carefully!"
- through
- throughout the entire extent; "got soaked through in the rain"; "I'm frozen through"; "a letter shot through with the writer's personality"; "knew him through and through"; "boards rotten through and through"
- through
- From the beginning to the end of; to the end or conclusion of; as, through life; through the year
- through
- sends all received messages directly to the midi port(s)
- through
- by way of; in from one side and out of the other side; to the point of completion, to the end
- through
- If you read through something, you read it from beginning to end. She read through pages and pages of the music I had brought her Through is also an adverb. He read the article straight through, looking for any scrap of information that might have passed him by
- through
- Between the sides or walls of; within; as, to pass through a door; to go through an avenue
- through
- To move through something such as a hole, opening, or pipe means to move directly from one side or end of it to the other. The theatre was evacuated when rain poured through the roof at the Liverpool Playhouse Go straight through that door under the EXIT sign Visitors enter through a side entrance Through is also an adverb. He went straight through to the kitchen and took a can of beer from the fridge She opened the door and stood back to allow the man to pass through
- through
- {s} direct, non-stop
- through
- having finished or arrived at completion; "certain to make history before he's done"; "it's a done deed"; "after the treatment, the patient is through except for follow-up"; "almost through with his studies"
- through
- Among or in the midst of; used to denote passage; as, a fish swims through the water; the light glimmers through a thicket
- through
- When you get through while making a telephone call, the call is connected and you can speak to the person you are phoning. He may find the line cut on the telephone so that he can't get through
- through
- Through and through means completely and to the greatest extent possible. I've gotten my feet thoroughly soaked and feel frozen through and through
- through
- A through train goes directly to a particular place, so that the people who want to go there do not have to change trains. Britain's longest through train journey, 685 miles
- through
- If something such as a feeling, attitude, or quality, happens through an area, organization, or a person's body, it happens everywhere in it or affects all of it. An atmosphere of anticipation vibrated through the crowd What was going through his mind when he spoke those amazing words?
- through and through
- throughout the entire extent; "got soaked through in the rain"; "I'm frozen through"; "a letter shot through with the writer's personality"; "knew him through and through"; "boards rotten through and through"
- through and through
- completely, thoroughly, absolutely
- through his representative
- through an authorized delegate, by an emissary
- through the auspices of
- with the patronage of -, with the sponsorship of -
- through the window
- from behind the window, looking from one side of the window to the other
- through thick and thin
- in good times and in bad times, in all situations
- through ticket
- direct ticket (on a train, etc.), one ticket all the way to one's destination
- through train
- direct train, train that goes a long distance with very few stops
- through with
- done with(p): having no further concern with; "he was through with school and he was through with family"- John Dos Passos; "done with gambling"; "done with drinking"
- through with
- done: having finished or arrived at completion; "certain to make history before he's done"; "it's a done deed"; "after the treatment, the patient is through except for follow-up"; "almost through with his studies"
- thumb through
- If you thumb through something such as a book or magazine, you turn the pages quickly rather than reading each page carefully. He had the drawer open and was thumbing through the files
- thumb through
- go through something quickly
- bleed-through
- The seepage of ink from one side of a printed page to the other
- bleed-through
- The discolouration of a wood veneer due to seepage of glue
- came through
- Simple past of come through
- click-through
- An online advertising performance metric representing an individual responding to an ad by clicking on it
- come through
- (with an object preceded by the preposition for) Not to let somebody down, keep one's promise
She really came through for us when the project was in trouble.
- come through
- To succeed
The team came through in the end and won the pennant.
- come through
- To survive, to endure
He came through the surgery ok.
- comes through
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of come through
- coming through
- Present participle of come through
- crack through
- To penetrate
- crack through
- To overcome, get by
- cut through
- To deal with something quickly in order to lessen the problem
Allies warned— the Communists today that they might cut through the prisoner exchange problem by releasing in South Korea 32000 North Koreans who do not want to go home.
- cut through
- To make a detour across, as opposed to around
We had to cut through the park on our way to the mall.
- drive-through
- Of a feature of such an establishment (especially a window), adapted to provide such service
The restaurant's drive-through window had a turntable of bulletproof glass designed to allow transactions while preventing robberies.
- drive-through
- Of an establishment, providing service to occupants of automobiles while still in their still-running vehicle
I switched banks so that I could use a drive-through branch near my home.
- drive-through
- An establishment, especially a restaurant, providing drive-through service
Since I was pressed for time, I picked up burgers at a drive-through on the way home.
- drive-through
- The window of such an establishment adapted for such purpose
Please pull forward and pay at the drive-through, said the attendant upon taking my order.
- fall through
- To be unsuccessful, abort, come to nothing/naught; to be cancelled; not to proceed
Their plans to go hiking Saturday fell through because it rained.
- fall through the cracks
- to be missed; to escape the necessary notice or attention
Complete every item, and make sure nothing falls through the cracks.
- fall-through
- In certain programming constructs, the situation where execution passes to the next condition in a list unless explicitly redirected
Specifically, it prohibits fall-through conditions in almost all cases.
- feed-through
- A hermetically sealed connection between two volumes
- floor through
- An apartment which covers the entire depth of a building
- follow through
- To finish; to complete, especially, of a commitment
I don't appreciate salesmen who make promises and then fail to follow through.
- follow-through
- The continuance or completion of a project
- follow-through
- The continued action of a stroke, or of the delivery of a ball, after it has been hit or released
- get through
- To overcome, to endure
- get through to
- To succeed in communicating with (after initial difficulty)
- go through
- To execute or carry out
- go through
- To enact or recite the entire length of (something)
- go through
- To undergo, suffer, experience
I went through a lengthy immigration process before I was allowed across the border.
- go through
- To wear out (clothing etc.)
I've gone through two pairs of shoes already this holiday.
- go through hell
- To have a miserable experience
If you're going through hell, just keep going.
- go through the mill
- to experience the suffering or discipline necessary to bring one to a certain degree of knowledge or skill, or to a certain mental state
- go through the motions
- to do something pretentionsly and with little care for results, often because you are expected to, not because you want to; to perform a task perfunctorily
- go through with
- To proceed; to continue
If you decide to go through with the surgery, remember to leave time to recover.
- going through with
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of go through with
- gone through with
- Simple past tense and past participle of go through with
- hear through the grapevine
- to hear rumors; to learn through friends of friends
I heard through the grapevine that she likes him.
- it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man t
- The rich can afford more immoral behavior than the poor
- jump through hoops
- To put forth effort for the sake of appearance or demonstration
They really made the salesman jump through hoops before buying anything.
- leaf through
- To turn the pages of (a book) rapidly reading short sections at random
- let-through
- A transient voltage spike that is allowed to pass through a power conditioning unit to the load
- lie through one's teeth
- To tell a gross or egregious untruth
When a politician claims he can lower taxes without cutting spending, he's lying through his teeth.
- look through
- To search, either with the eyes or by hand
Airport security looked through her purse and confiscated her nail scissors.
- look through
- To gaze through a gap or aperture
He looked through the binoculars at the bird.
- look through
- To pretend not to see something or someone who is clearly visible
I tried to get Michele's attention at the party, but she looked right through me!.
- look through rose-tinted glasses
- Alternative spelling of wear rose-colored glasses
- muddle through
- To succeed (often clumsily) despite being il-equipped or untrained
I've only had a few lessons, but I can muddle through the practical test.
- muddled through
- Simple past tense and past participle of muddle through
- muddles through
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of muddle through
- muddling through
- Present participle of muddle through
- pass through
- To make something move through something else
The dough is passed through the pasta machine several times.
- pass through
- To transit something
- pass through
- To infiltrate
We passed through enemy lines in the fog.
- pay through the nose
- To pay a high price, especially an exorbitant or excessive amount, either in money or in some other manner
That fellow would milk the settlements somehow, and make his family pay through the nose to keep him out of bankruptcy.
- plough through
- To forcefully make a passage to move through
I managed to plough through the crowds and get to the information desk.
- ploughed through
- Simple past tense and past participle of plough through
- ploughing through
- Present participle of plough through
- ploughs through
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of plough through
- plow through
- To persevere with an activity of consuming something, both literally and figuratively
If you can plow through the first three chapters, then the plot starts to get interesting.
- plow through
- To forcefully make a passage to move through
I managed to plow through the crowds and get to the information desk.
- plowed through
- Simple past tense and past participle of plow through
- plows through
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of plow through
- pull through
- to come through pain and trouble through perseverance
- push-through
- A device for cleaning a rifle bore
Greener's ‘push through’ invention works well with very small bores.
- push-through
- A narrow passageway through
- push-through
- That is pushed through; especially designating something that is operated by being pushed through (something else)
The push-through tab on canned drink was first sold in 1973.
- put through
- to connect
Please hold the line a moment while I put you through to the sales office.
- put through
- to cause to endure
After all the grief my wife has put me through, I wonder why I'm still with her.
- put through its paces
- To test completely; to exercise the full range of abilities or functions
Before buying the car, we put it through its paces.
- put through the wringer
- To interrogate or scrutinize closely; to subject to some trial or ordeal
They really put each candidate through the wringer before choosing one to hire.
- ran through
- Simple past of run through
- rattle through
- To do something extremely quickly and perfunctorily
- run someone through
- To train someone, typically of a particular task
- run someone through
- To inform or educate someone, typically of a new concept or a concept particular to an organization or industry
- run through
- To use completely, in a short space of time. Usually money
I ran through my wages in 2 days. Now I've got to live on next to nothing till Friday!.
- run through
- To repeat something
We will run through scene 2 until we get it right.
- run through
- To impale a person with a blade, usually a sword
Make just one move, and I'll run you through, sir, without hesitation.
- run through
- To pervade, of a quality that is characteristic of a group, organisation, or system
Fear of foreigners runs through that country at all levels of it's society.
- run through
- Of a waterway, to flow through an area
The Seine river runs through Paris.
- run through
- To briefly summarise
Let me run through today's meeting for those who missed it.
- run through
- To go through by running
I had to run through the tunnel in the race.
- run-through
- A brief outline of the main points of something; a rundown
- run-through
- A rehearsal of a drama, especially an uninterrupted one, but with no makeup or costume
- runs through
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of run through
- saw through
- Simple past of see through
- security through obscurity
- Relying on an adversary's lack of knowledge to provide security
- see someone through
- To suffice for a time
Two full bags should be enough to see the family through.
- see someone through
- To constitute ample supply for one for
Those chocolates should see us through the holiday season.
- see something through
- To complete (the thing); to fulfill a commitment
Do not start the project if you are not going to be around to see it through.
- see through
- To detect or deduce someone's true motives or mindset
In that moment, I saw right through her; this petition drive had nothing to do with her love for animals, and everything to do with impressing Michael, the cute intern.
- see through
- To find something visually transparent
We saw through the water with ease; it was as clear as glass.
- see through
- To not be deceived by a contradictory appearance or statement
I can see through his poker face, he isn't fooling anyone.
- see-through
- transparent or translucent; that can be seen through
If you are planning to wear a see-through dress, wear something underneath.
- seeing through
- Present participle of see through
- seen through
- Past participle of see through
- sell-through
- The proportion of wholesale items that are eventually sold at retail
- sell-through
- The practice of retailing items (such as DVDs) that are normally, or were previously rented
- shoot through like a Bondi tram
- To leave in haste
- slip through the cracks
- to escape notice or lack sufficient attention
Check inside each file carefully to make sure nothing slips through the cracks.
- step-through
- An open space in an otherwise solid object through which a person can step or walk
A motor-scooter has a step-through frame.
- stricken through
- Past participle of strike through
- strike through
- Partly obliterate text by drawing a continuous line through the centre thereof, usually to indicate the deletion of an error or obsolete information
It is useful to strike through an incorrect text, leaving it legible, to demonstrate that it is an incorrect usage.
- strikes through
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of strike through
- striking through
- Present participle of strike through
- struck through
- Past participle of strike through
- struck through
- Simple past of strike through
- talk through one's hat
- To speak lacking expertise, authority, or knowledge; to invent or fabricate facts
Did he, though, Lady Lawless? That's good. Well, I guess he was only talking through his hat..
- walk through
- To explain someone something, step by step
- walk through
- To rehearse
- walk through
- To perform something with ease
- went through with
- Present participle of go through with
- wet through and through
- soaked, saturated
