The meaning of THROUGH is —used as a function word to indicate movement into something at one side or point and out at another and especially the opposite side of.

THROUGH definition: 1. from one end or side of something to the other: 2. from the beginning to the end of a period of…. Learn more.

THROUGH definition: in at one end, side, or surface and out at the other. See examples of through used in a sentence.

If you go through a particular experience or event, you experience it, and if you behave in a particular way through it, you behave in that way while it is happening.

The preposition through means in and out of. Through has lots of meanings. If you finished your homework you might shout — gleefully — "I'm through!" Those people who wouldn't be quiet …

at the end of all relations or dealings: My sister insists she's through with selfish friends. passing or extending from one end, side, or surface to the other.

To a conclusion or an accomplishment: see a matter through.

2 days ago · (in phrases such as 'go through', 'get through' etc.) Indicating that something has been consumed or used up.

Water will be pumped through a pipe. I managed to squeeze through a gap in the hedge. They were suddenly plunged into darkness as the train went through a tunnel.

Definition of through preposition in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.