Meaning & use
through
Moving in one side and out the other of something, or by means of.
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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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