dictionary definitions for "throughout"


From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  throughout
      adv 1: from first to last; "the play was excellent end-to-end"
             [syn: throughout, end-to-end]
      2: used to refer to cited works [syn: passim, throughout]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Throughout \Through*out"\, prep.
     Quite through; from one extremity to the other of; also,
     every part of; as, to search throughout the house.
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           Nor to their idle orbs doth sight appear
           Of sun, or moon, or star, throughout the year.
                                                    --Milton.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Throughout \Through*out"\, adv.
     In every part; as, the cloth was of a piece throughout.
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