throughout
/θɹuːˈaʊt/ preposition, adverb
- preposition In every part of; all through.
- preposition (obsolete) Completely through, right the way through.
- adverb In every part; everywhere. “The apartment is parqueted throughout except for the kitchen and bathroom.”
- adverb During an entire period of time, the whole time. “The fight was excrutiating. Throughout, we maintained our dignity though.”
- adverb (heraldry) Of an ordinary such as a pile or chevron, or a partition per chevron, etc: extending to the edge of the field (or quarter, chief, etc).
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Etymology
From Old English þurh ūt, equivalent to through + out. Compare German durchaus (“all the way, fully, absolutely”).
Webster’s 1913
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “throughout”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details