Thoroughgoing Meaning
/ˈθʌɹəˌɡəʊɪŋ/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjWith great attention to detail; complete, thorough.
Sentence Examples
First of all, we need a thoroughgoing discussion.
He did a thoroughgoing job of cleaning up the broken glass.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The report was a ____ analysis, covering every aspect of the problem in detail.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The committee decided to launch a ____ investigation into the recent accounting errors to prevent them from happening again today.
Word Origin & History
From thorough + going (adjective).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"It must be reiterated, as, for the purpose of these Memoranda, the deep lesson of History and Time, that all else in the contributions of a nation or age, through its politics, materials, heroic personalities, military eclat, &c., remains crude, and defers, in any close and thorough-going estimate, until vitalized by national, original archetypes in literature."
— 1871, Walt Whitman, Democratic Vistas, New York: J.S. Redfield, page 50:
"I am myself a thoroughgoing individualist, writing for those who are, like myself, irrevocably committed to the modern experiment."
— 1927, T. S. Eliot, “The Humanism of Irving Babbitt”, in Selected Essays, New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, published 1964, page 425:
"Mr. Prayter was a thorough-going cleric in the way of eating. He ate till there was nothing left."
— 1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter XI, in Capricornia, New York: D. Appleton-Century, published 1943, page 182:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The report was a ____ analysis, covering every aspect of the problem in detail.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The committee decided to launch a ____ investigation into the recent accounting errors to prevent them from happening again today.