thorough
adjective (thorough, more thorough, most thorough)
Everyday
- Done completely, carefully and with attention to every detail: a thorough check. tree →
- (of a person) Careful to do everything well. tree →
- (informal, UK) Complete, total: a thorough nuisance. tree →
In the lessons
In school a thorough answer covers every part of the question; a thorough search looks everywhere. In science, a thorough investigation repeats tests and checks results. In safety, a thorough check of a bike before riding catches problems. Adverb: thoroughly («wash your hands thoroughly»).
Examples
- The police made a thorough search of the house. tree →
- Give your bike a thorough check before a long ride. tree →
- She is very thorough with her homework. tree →
- Wash your hands thoroughly with soap. tree →
- The dentist gave my teeth a thorough clean. tree →
- He's a thorough nuisance! tree →
- They found none, however: but the vines, after so thorough a digging, produced a crop such as had never before been seen. tree →
Note
Spelling trap: thorough (THUR-uh) ≠ through (THROO) ≠ though (THOH) ≠ thought (THAWT) ≠ threw. Noun: thoroughness.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «thorough» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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