Results for throughout

Definitions of throughout:

part of speech: preposition

In every part of; as, throughout the year. Also, thruout.

part of speech: adverb

In every part: prep, in every part of; from one extremity to the other: to carry through, to accomplish: to fall through, to be given up, as a project or plan; to be abandoned: to go through, to prosecute to the end, as a scheme: through and through, completely through; pierced wholly from side to side.

part of speech: adverb

Everywhere in; in every part.

part of speech: preposition

Through to the outside: in every part of: from one end to the other.

Usage examples for throughout:

• The shock was felt throughout the ship. "Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812", James Barnes

• So when they were in Ireland the king let make it known throughout all the land how and in what manner Sir Tristram had done for him. "Le Morte D'Arthur, Volume I (of II) King Arthur and of his Noble Knights of the Round Table", Thomas Malory

• You know him, and I know him, and he is well known throughout England. "The Fixed Period", Anthony Trollope

• The plan will find a hearty approval throughout the country. "Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to the Present", Various