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through·out

   [throo-out]
preposition
1.
in or to every part of; everywhere in: They searched throughout the house.
2.
from the beginning to the end of: He was bored throughout the play.
adverb
3.
in every part: rotten throughout.
4.
at every moment or point: following the text closely throughout.

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Origin:
before 1000; Middle English throw out, Old English thurh ūt through and out the other side (of). See through, out
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throughout (θruːˈaʊt)
 
—prep
1.  right through; through the whole of (a place or a period of time): throughout the day
 
—adv
2.  through the whole of some specified period or area

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throughout
late O.E. þurhut; see through + out (cf. Ger. durchaus, 16c.).
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