Definitions

throughout

[throo-out] / θruˈaʊt /

ADJECTIVE

during the whole of

Synonyms

WEAK

all over all the time all through around at full length completely during every bit everyplace everywhere far and near far and wide for the duration from beginning to end from end to end from one end to the other from start to finish from the start from the word go high and low in all respects in every place in everything inside and out on all accounts over overall right through round the whole time through the whole of to the end up and down

Example Sentences

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Frustration flared up throughout the match, with both teams briefly crowding the sideline after a hard foul.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2026

Regardless of who gets to be the "prime" or lead contractor, there will be pressure to spread the benefits throughout the UK.

From BBC • Jul. 1, 2026

That question persists throughout this Cold War-era creation by Mr. McGoohan, who directed several episodes, sometimes under a pseudonym.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 30, 2026

Originally assigned male at birth, B.P.J., like over 1 million other kids throughout the country, discovered that she better identified as a girl.

From Slate • Jun. 30, 2026

Again and again throughout that second day she had to ask the impatient woman monitor at the head of our row for permission to go to the ditch that served as sanitary facility.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

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