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through ◆◆◆ The preposition is pronounced /θruː/. In other cases, through is pronounced /θruː / In addition to the uses shown below, through is used in phrasal verbs such as 'see through', 'think through', and 'win through'. 1 PREP 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. ● ADV [ADV after v] Through is also an adverb. □  He went straight through to the kitchen and took a can of cola from the fridge. □  She opened the door and stood back to allow the man to pass through.

2 PREP To cut through something means to cut it in two pieces or to make a hole in it. □  A fish knife is designed to cut through the flesh but not the bones. □  Some rabbits have even taken to gnawing through the metal. ● ADV [ADV after v] Through is also an adverb. □  Score deeper each time until the board is cut through.

3 PREP 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. ● ADV [ADV after v] Through is also an adverb. □  Few know that the tribe was just passing through.

4 PREP 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. ● ADV [ADV after v] Through is also an adverb. □  He pushed his way through to the edge of the crowd where he waited.

5 PREP 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. ● ADV [ADV after v] Through is also an adverb. □  …a maze of barriers, designed to prevent vehicles driving straight through.

6 PREP 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.

7 PREP 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. ● ADV [ADV after v] Through is also an adverb. □  I bored a hole so that the fixing bolt would pass through.

8 PREP 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! ● ADV [ADV after v] Through is also an adverb. □  …a resolution which would allow food aid to go through with fewer restrictions.

9 PREP 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.

10 PREP 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?