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thor·ough

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–adjective

1.	executed without negligence or omissions: a thorough search.

2.	complete; perfect; utter: thorough enjoyment.

3.	extremely attentive to accuracy and detail; painstaking: a thorough worker; a thorough analysis.

4.	having full command or mastery of an art, talent, etc.: a thorough actress.

5.	extending or passing through.

–adverb, preposition

6.	Archaic. through.

–noun

7.	(initial capital letter) English History. the administrative policies of the Earl of Stafford and Archbishop Laud during the reign of Charles I: so called because they were uncompromisingly carried out.

[Origin: bef. 900; ME (prep. and adv.); OE thuruh, var. of thurh through

]

—Related forms

thor·ough·ly, adverb

thor·ough·ness, noun

—Synonyms 1. unqualified, total.

—Antonyms 1. partial.

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thor·ough Audio Help (thûr'ō, thŭr'ō) Pronunciation Key
adj.

Exhaustively complete: a thorough search.
Painstakingly accurate or careful: thorough research.
Absolute; utter: a thorough pleasure.

prep. & adv. Archaic
Variant of through.

[Middle English thorow, through, thorough, from Old English thuruh, from end to end, through; see terə-² in Indo-European roots.]

thor'ough·ly adv., thor'ough·ness n.

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thoroughness
noun
conscientiousness in performing all aspects of a task

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ˈthoroughness noun

care; attention to detail

Arabic:	شُمولِيَّه، كُلِيَّه، دِقَّه، كَمال
Chinese (Simplified):	彻底
Chinese (Traditional):	徹底
Czech:	pečlivost
Danish:	grundighed; omhyggelighed
Dutch:	grondigheid
Estonian:	põhjalikkus
Finnish:	perusteellisuus
French:	minutie
German:	die Gründlichkeit
Greek:	επιμέλεια, σχολαστικότητα
Hungarian:	alaposság
Icelandic:	nákvæmni
Indonesian:	kecermatan
Italian:	minuziosità; completezza

Japanese:	徹底さ
Korean:	철저함
Latvian:	pamatīgums; precizitāte detaļās
Lithuanian:	kruopštumas
Norwegian:	omhu, grundighet
Polish:	dokładność
Portuguese (Brazil):	minúcia
Portuguese (Portugal):	minúcia
Romanian:	meticulozitate
Russian:	тщательность
Slovak:	svedomitosť
Slovenian:	temeljitost
Spanish:	minuciosidad, meticulosidad
Swedish:	omsorgsfullhet, grundlighet
Turkish:	kusursuzluk, dikkatlilik