through

  • (noun): A large slab of stone laid in a dry-stone wall from one side to the other; a perpend.
  • (adjective): Passing from one side of something to the other.
  • (adjective): Finished; complete.
  • (adjective): Without a future; done for.
  • (adjective): No longer interested; wearied or turned off by experience.
  • (adjective): Proceeding from origin to destination without delay due to change of equipment.
  • (adjective): In possession of the ball beyond the last line of defence but not necessarily the goalkeeper; through on goal.
  • (adverb): From one side to the other by way of the interior.
  • (adverb): From one end to the other.
  • (adverb): To the end.
  • (adverb): Completely.
  • (adverb): Out into the open.
  • (preposition): From one side of an opening to the other.
  • (preposition): Entering, then later leaving.
  • (preposition): Surrounded by (while moving).
  • (preposition): By means of.
  • (preposition): In consequence of; as a result of.
  • (preposition): To (or up to) and including, with all intermediate values.
  • Interstate highways form a nationwide system of through roads.
  • They were through with laying the subroof by noon.
  • After being implicated in the scandal, he was through as an executive in financial services.
  • She was through with him.
  • The through flight through Memphis was the fastest.