thorough

Etymology
From, , from , a byform of , whence comes 🇨🇬. The adjective derives from the preposition and adverb. The word developed a syllabic form in cases where the word was fully stressed: when it was used as an adverb, adjective, or noun, and less commonly when used as a preposition.

Adjective

 * 1) Painstaking and careful not to miss or omit any detail.
 * The Prime Minister announced a thorough investigation into the death of a father of two in police custody.
 * He is the most thorough worker I have ever seen.
 * The infested house needs a thorough cleansing before it will be inhabitable.
 * 1) Utter; complete; absolute.
 * 2) * 1925-29, (translator),, , Part I, chapter xviii:
 * I was elected to the Executive Committee of the Vegetarian Society, and made it a point to attend every one of its meetings, but I always felt tongue-tied. Dr. Oldfield once said to me, 'You talk to me quite all right, but why is it that you never open your lips at a committee meeting? You are a drone.' I appreciated the banter. The bees are ever busy, the drone is a thorough idler. And it was not a little curious that whilst others expressed their opinions at these meetings, I sat quite silent. Not that I never felt tempted to speak. But I was at a loss to know how to express myself. All the rest of the members appeared to me to be better informed than I. Then it often happened that just when I had mustered up courage to speak, a fresh subject would be started. This went on for a long time.

Synonyms

 * ,, ; see also Thesaurus:meticulous or Thesaurus:comprehensive
 * ,, ; see also Thesaurus:total

Translations

 * Arabic: مُفَصَل
 * Egyptian Arabic: مفصل
 * Armenian:
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: grundig, nøje
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:, , , läpikotainen
 * French: ,
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Italian:, ,
 * Khmer:
 * Maori: tōtōpū, ngaio
 * Mongolian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: grundig
 * Old English: deoplic
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:, , , ,  ,
 * Scots: thora, thorae
 * Scottish Gaelic: pongail
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Thai:
 * Vietnamese:


 * Arabic: شَامِل
 * Egyptian Arabic: شامل
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: grundig, fuldstændig
 * Finnish:, , läpikotainen
 * French:
 * Italian: ,
 * Norwegian: (1-5),  (1-5), nøye (1)
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: (finished) (about man),,  (absolute);  (about something that can change its power, like pleasure)
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Dutch:

Preposition

 * 1)  Through.

Noun

 * 1)  A furrow between two ridges, to drain off the surface water.