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/θɹuːˈaʊt/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
prepIn every part of; all through.
prepCompletely through, right the way through.
Sentence Examples
The audience sobbed throughout the climax of the movie.
The fire spread throughout the house.
They export their products to markets throughout the world.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The flu spread ____ the whole school in less than a week.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The museum is open ____ the entire year, allowing visitors to enjoy the exhibits at any time they wish today.
Word Origin & History
From Old English þurh ūt, equivalent to through + out. Compare German durchaus (“all the way, fully, absolutely”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"And though a philosopher may live remote from business, the genius of philosophy, if carefully cultivated by several, must gradually diffuse itself throughout the whole society."
— 1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral., London: Oxford University Press, published 1973, §5:
"“My father had ideas about conservation long before the United States took it up.[…]You preserve water in times of flood and freshet to be used for power or for irrigation throughout the year.[…]”"
— 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad:
"But through the oligopoly, charcoal fuel proliferated throughout London's trades and industries. By the 1200s, brewers and bakers, tilemakers, glassblowers, pottery producers, and a range of other craftsmen all became hour-to-hour consumers of charcoal."
— 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, in Internal Combustion:
"His spere went clene thrughout hys body, and so he fell downe deed."
— 1560, John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners, Arthur of Brytayn: the hystory of the moost noble and valyaunt knyght Arthur of lytell brytayne:
"The dedlye sworde throughout my brest to stryke I will applye."
— 1561, John Heywood, Seneca's Hercules Furens:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The flu spread ____ the whole school in less than a week.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The museum is open ____ the entire year, allowing visitors to enjoy the exhibits at any time they wish today.