throughout
/θɹuːˈaʊt/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.99 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In every part; everywhere.
adv
During an entire period of time, the whole time.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "“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.[…]”"
- "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."
- "His spere went clene thrughout hys body, and so he fell downe deed."
- "The dedlye sworde throughout my brest to stryke I will applye."
- "His barnisht blad throughout his body share,"
Etymology
From Old English þurh ūt, equivalent to through + out. Compare German durchaus (“all the way, fully, absolutely”).
Origin
- Source language: Old English
Word Breakdown
- Root: þurh