through

«through» in Mova's school dictionary: from one side or end to the other: walk through the door — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

preposition, adverb, adjective (through)

meaning for a pupil

1) Through means from one side or end to the other: walk through the door. tree →

2) Through means across or among: run through the forest. tree →

3) Through means from the start to the end of a time: work through the night. tree →

4) «Monday through Friday» (US) means from Monday to Friday, including both. tree →

5) Through means because of or by means of: she won through hard work. tree →

6) Through means finished: I'm through with my homework. tree →

7) A through train goes all the way without changing. tree →

sense in the lessons

Maths: going across something; «from Monday through Friday» includes both ends, so it is 5 days; «pages 10 through 20» is 11 pages. Science: light passes through glass. Everyday: go through, get through, read through, look through, see through (understand a trick).

examples

• She works Monday through Friday. tree →
• The train goes through 3 tunnels. tree →
• He read pages 10 through 20. tree →
• Water flows through the pipe. tree →
• The cat came in through the window. tree →
• We walked through the park to school. tree →
• Light shines through the glass. tree →
• She slept through the storm. tree →
• The arrow whistled through the air. tree →

note

«Monday through Friday» is 5 days, both ends counted. Trap: «pages 10 through 20» is 11 pages, not 10 (20 − 10 + 1). Spelling trap: through (across), threw (past of throw) and thorough (careful) are different words; «thru» is informal.

In the corpora

• Night shifts mean working through the night and sleeping in the day; nurses, drivers, bakers and warehouse workers often do them.
• These things are worrying, but they are almost never anyone's fault at home, and most families get through them.
• Buying, selling or renting a home has many steps, and things can take months or fall through.
• A rough patch is a hard time in a relationship, with more arguing or unhappiness, and many couples come through it.
• Disagreeing is normal; talking it through is how couples decide things together.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «through» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.