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# through

«through» in Mova's school dictionary: **from one side or end to the other: walk through the door** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

preposition, adverb, adjective (through)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Through means from one side or end to the other: walk through the door. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/through/#m1)

2) Through means across or among: run through the forest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/through/#m2)

3) Through means from the start to the end of a time: work through the night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/through/#m3)

4) «Monday through Friday» (US) means from Monday to Friday, including both. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/through/#m4)

5) Through means because of or by means of: she won through hard work. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/through/#m5)

6) Through means finished: I'm through with my homework. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/through/#m6)

7) A through train goes all the way without changing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/through/#m7)

### sense in the lessons

Maths: going across something; «from Monday through Friday» includes both ends, so it is 5 days; «pages 10 through 20» is 11 pages. Science: light passes through glass. Everyday: go through, get through, read through, look through, see through (understand a trick).

### examples

- She works Monday through Friday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/through/#x1)
- The train goes through 3 tunnels. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/through/#x2)
- He read pages 10 through 20. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/through/#x3)
- Water flows through the pipe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/through/#x4)
- The cat came in through the window. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/through/#x5)
- We walked through the park to school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/through/#x6)
- Light shines through the glass. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/through/#x7)
- She slept through the storm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/through/#x8)
- The arrow whistled through the air. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/through/#x9)

### note

«Monday through Friday» is 5 days, both ends counted. Trap: «pages 10 through 20» is 11 pages, not 10 (20 − 10 + 1). Spelling trap: through (across), threw (past of throw) and thorough (careful) are different words; «thru» is informal.

### In the corpora

- [Night shifts mean working through the night and sleeping in the day; nurses, drivers, bakers and warehouse workers often do them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/2-shifts-nights-and-other-ways-of-working/6/)
- [These things are worrying, but they are almost never anyone's fault at home, and most families get through them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/4-when-work-goes-wrong/3/)
- [Buying, selling or renting a home has many steps, and things can take months or fall through.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home/1/)
- [A rough patch is a hard time in a relationship, with more arguing or unhappiness, and many couples come through it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/14-grown-ups-who-argue-and-make-up/10/)
- [Disagreeing is normal; talking it through is how couples decide things together.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/14-grown-ups-who-argue-and-make-up/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «through» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/through/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.