thorough
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
thorough/ˈθʌrə/
▶adjective
- 1 complete with regard to every detail.
■ performed with or showing great care and completeness.
- 2 absolute; utter (used for emphasis).
– derivatives
thoroughness noun.
thoroughness noun.
– origin OE thuruh, alt. of thurh ‘through’; orig. used as adv. and prep. in senses of through; this sense survives in thoroughfare.
'thorough' also found in these Oxford entries:
check-up
- cursory
- fine-tooth comb
- going-over
- good
- heart-searching
- in-depth
- intensive
- mature
- microscopic
- radical
- rigorous
- root
- rummage
- scour
- scrupulous
- shakedown
- sketchy
- slaughter
- spit and polish
- spring clean
- superficial
- thorough bass
- thoroughly
- thorough-paced
- toothcomb
- well
