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{
"term": "through",
"partOfSpeech": "preposition",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "from one end or side of something/somebody to the other",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "The burglar got in through the window."
},
{
"text": "The bullet went straight through him."
},
{
"text": "Her knees had gone through *(= made holes in)* her jeans."
},
{
"text": "The sand ran through *(= between)* my fingers."
},
{
"text": "The path led through the trees to the river."
},
{
"text": "The doctor pushed his way through the crowd."
},
{
"text": "The Charles River flows through Boston."
},
{
"text": "The flood was too deep to drive through."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to see, hear, etc. something from the other side of an object or a substance",
"sensetop": "see, hear, etc. through something",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "I couldn't hear their conversation through the wall."
},
{
"text": "He could just make out three people through the mist."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "from the beginning to the end of an activity, a situation or a period of time",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "The children are too young to sit through a concert."
},
{
"text": "He will not live through the night."
},
{
"text": "I'm halfway through *(= reading)* her second novel."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "past a barrier, stage or test",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Go through this gate, and you'll see the house on your left."
},
{
"text": "He drove through a red light *(= passed it when he should have stopped)*."
},
{
"text": "First I have to get through the exams."
},
{
"text": "The bill had a difficult passage through Parliament."
},
{
"text": "I'd never have got through it all *(= a difficult situation)* without you."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "until, and including",
"labels": "informal(both North American English)British EnglishNorth American EnglishBritish EnglishNorth American English",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "We'll be in New York Tuesday through Friday."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "by means of; because of",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "You can only achieve success through hard work."
},
{
"text": "It was through him *(= as a result of his help)* that I got the job."
},
{
"text": "The accident happened through no fault of mine."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/θruː/",
"audio": "th/through/through__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/θruː/",
"audio": "th/through/through__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English thurh (preposition and adverb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch door and German durch. The spelling change to thr- appears c.1300, becoming standard from Caxton onwards."
}