through
From one side or end of to the otherFrom one side or end of (something) to the other.: So as to enter (something), pass within or across, and then leave.
» The river runs through the valley.
Der Fluss fließt durch das Tal.
Река течет по долине.
Річка тече через долину.
Meaning
14 sensesFrom one side or end of (something) to the other.
So as to enter (something), pass within or across, and then leave.
I drove through Lausanne on my way from Geneva to Zurich.
The bullet went right through his leg.
durch
че́резčérez, сквозьskvozʹ
So as to progress within (something) or towards the end or limit of (something).
The virus broke out in the capital city and is now spreading quickly through the country.
I'm working through this box set of the TV series 'Downton Abbey'.
From one side of (an opening) to the other.
Go straight ahead and through that door.
Look through the window.
durch
че́резčérez, сквозьskvozʹ
че́резčérez, крізьkrizʹ, пе́резpérez
To or beyond the other side of (an obstacle); past.
I hope to start in the autumn, but I've got to get through the interview first.
The finance bill did not get through Congress.
Indicating that something has been consumed or used up.
Have you got through all those chocolates already?!
The company went through its £100m startup investment in six months.
Along the course of; used in expressions of progress towards the end of something.
We're halfway through the year.
Throughout the duration of.
He worked through the night.
I never want to sit through another meeting like that again.
Via or by way of.
By way of (a physical passage).
The hot water enters through this pipe.
By way of (an intermediary, agent, medium, etc.).
I met her through a friend of mine.
This matter was dealt with through our London office.
Throughout or across the extent of.
There are errors all through this report.
Work the eggs and sugar through the mixture.
Amidst or surrounded by (while moving).
We slogged through the mud for hours before turning back and giving up.
The arrow flew through the air.
durch
че́резčérez, сквозьskvozʹ, поpo
(Canada, US)To (or up to) and including, with all intermediate values; to... inclusive; until the end of.
from 1945 through 1991; the numbers 1 through 9; your membership is active through March 15, 2013
The plural is "oyesses", but "oyes" vied with "oyez" through about the first half of the nineteenth century.
Examples
5950 sentencesThe river runs through the valley.
Річка тече через долину.
ruРека течет по долине.
deDer Fluss fließt durch das Tal.
This river runs through my village.
Ця річка тече через моє село.
ruЭта река течёт через мою деревню.
deDieser Fluss fließt durch mein Dorf.
Are you through with your work?
Ти закінчив свою роботу?
ruТы доделал свою работу?
deBist du mit deiner Arbeit fertig?
I am through with my work.
Я закінчив мою роботу.
deIch bin mit meiner Arbeit fertig.
I can't breathe through my nose.
Я не можу дихати через ніс.
ruЯ не могу дышать через нос.
deIch kann nicht durch die Nase atmen.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English thrugh, thruch, thruh, metathetic variants of thurgh, thurh, from OldFrom Middle English thrugh, thruch, thruh, metathetic variants of thurgh, thurh, from Old English þurh, from Proto-Germanic *þurhw (“through”), from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂kʷe, suffixed zero-grade from *terh₂- (“to pass through”) + *-kʷe (“and”).
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Word family
82 related wordsCollocations
12 patterns- through doing doing
- be through doing
- walk through the
- through the woods
- walk through
- through the window
- looked through the
- going through
- looked through
- to walk through
- through a lot
- through the crowd