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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=c. 1066}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /θruˈaʊt/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|thurhout]], throughout,^(MWU 2024)^(Etymonline) late [[inh|ang|þurhūt|t=completely through]],^(Etymonline)^(SOED 2002) a compound, [[af|en|through|out]].^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(SOED 2002) It was originally written separately.^(SOED 2002) German durchaus is a similar formation.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ As a preposition, “through and out at the other side, right through”: about 1066,^(OED 1989) late Old English;^(Etymonline)^(SOED 2002) this sense is now archaic or obsolete.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ As an adverb, “in every part, everywhere”, it is from the 12th century (about 1175).^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) “Through the whole of a space or region” is from about 1205,^(OED 1989) and “during the whole of a period of time” from about 1200 according to Etymonline^(Etymonline) or about 1540 according to the OED.^(OED 1989) In Middle English it could also mean “by means of”, a sense now obsolete.^(OED 1989) In Lincolnshire dialect it meant “through, on account of”.^(Wright 1898)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1066 – right through.^(OED 1989)

+ * c. 1175 – adverb, everywhere.^(OED 1989)

+ * c. 1205 – through the whole of a place.^(OED 1989)

+ * a. 1240 – by means of (obsolete).^(OED 1989)

+ * c. 1540 – through the whole of a period.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Preposition===

+ # In or to every part of: ''throughout the country''.^(AHD)^(SOED 2002)

+ # During the whole of: ''throughout the year''.^(AHD)^(OED 1989)

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+ ===Adverb===

+ # In every part; [[everywhere]].^(AHD)^(Etymonline)

+ # During the whole time.^(AHD)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[through]]

+ * [[out]]

+ * [[thorough]]

+ * [[thru]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}