Meaning & use

through

preposition·Everyday

Moving in one side and out the other of something, or by means of.

See it in a sentence

The train passed slowly through the tunnel carved into the mountainside.

She got the job through a connection she made at a conference.

A note on using this word

Through can indicate physical movement, a method or means, or the completion of a process, as in 'she is through with her work.'

Words with a similar meaning

viaby means of

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