noun
definition
A furrow between two ridges, to drain off the surface water.
adjective
definition
Painstaking and careful not to miss or omit any detail.
example
He is the most thorough worker I have ever seen.
definition
Utter; complete; absolute.
preposition
definition
Through.
Examples of thorough in a Sentence
He also gained a thorough acquaintance with the French language.
I'm just trying to be thorough.
But the king's French advisers were aware that Spain required a thorough financial and administrative reform.
There the education was more thorough, and the discipline stricter, than at Brienne.
Its evolution and the thorough application of its principles to actual church life came later, not in Saxony or Switzerland, but in France and Scotland; and through Scotland it has passed to all English-speaking lands.
In this position he earned a reputation as a politician of thorough straightforwardness and grit, and as one who would maintain British interests independently of party; and he shared with Mr Asquith the reputation of being the ablest of the Imperialists who followed Lord Rosebery.
The growth of Clerical influence in France engendered a belief that Italy would soon have to defend with the sword her newly-won unity, while the tremendous lesson of the Franco-Prussian War convinced the military authorities of the need for thorough military reform.
His Essai sur la societe des gens de lettres avec les grands was a worthy vindication of the independence of literary men, and a thorough exposure of the evils of the system of patronage.
It needs a thorough overhaul to keep pace with modern life.
The next step in diagnosis is a thorough physical examination.
If you would like a more thorough evaluation of your options, you can view downloadable brochures for each available dental and vision plan.
Luther's reform was not thorough enough for them.
If a thorough examination shows that there is no apparent trigger for the chronic nettle rash, do not be alarmed.
Each of the young ospreys received a thorough medical check.
Is simply unused to getting such a thorough cleaning.
The tutorial in the game is thorough, encompassing nearly all of the attacks you can perform, and jumping from one character to the next is easy because they are all controlled the same way.
The doctor will perform a thorough medical examination to determine whether the explosive outburst was related to substance abuse, withdrawal from drugs, head trauma, delirium, or other physical conditions.
More detailed and thorough plans can be 50 or more pages.
Cool Chaser specializes in MySpace layouts, and can be a bit tricky to use, but the layouts are very thorough and thematic.
The difference is that the person using the text editor had a clear and thorough understanding of the code that is needed to make websites work in multiple browsers and on multiple platforms.
The ones who harness their online presence to gain a more thorough and complete understanding of their customers and who utilize this data to more effectively interact with them will be the real winners.
Another very thorough site is Background City.
It's not the most thorough stylesheet ever created, but you could link thousands or millions of web pages to it.
It was too thorough for the majority of religious people.
These days they use a backhoe to do a thorough job.
Longhaired cats need thorough daily grooming to prevent their coats becoming matted.
They should therefore establish the mechanism for a thorough future review now.
It will be necessary for the student to gain a thorough understanding of boundary-layer meteorology and atmospheric turbulence.
Cylinders are first heated to drive off any residual moisture followed by thorough purging and evacuation process to create a clean baseline.
The course aims to provide students with a thorough grounding in the basic issues of cognitive, or experimental, neuropsychology.
The student will gain a thorough understanding of how a PC works, even if you have never seen one before.
Like the other sites mentioned, they have a fairly thorough explanation of what SEO is and why the services are needed, as well as listing certifications from the Search Engine Academy workshops.
In 1822, under the influence of John Mitchell Mason (1770-1829), the Associate Reformed Synod combined with the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, but the majority was too slender to make the union thorough.
At a time when many encyclopedias have capsulated and condensed important knowledge, the 11th edition is generally much more in-depth and thorough on its topics.
Twelve knights in each county are to make a thorough inquiry into all evil customs connected with the forests, and these are to be utterly abolished.
On heavy soils, however, the farmer cannot afford to curtail the time necessary for thorough cultivation of the land.
His father's History of India was published in 1818; immediately thereafter, about the age of twelve, John began a thorough study of the scholastic logic, at the same time reading Aristotle's logical treatises in the original.
Though this narrative is a mixture of truth and fiction, it may be said with certainty that a thorough study of the philosophy of Peripatetics and Pythagoreans, Stoics and Platonists, brought home to Justin the conviction that true knowledge was not to be found in them.
During the period of Leicester's governorship he remained in the background, engaged in acquiring a thorough knowledge of the military art, and in 1586 the States of Holland conferred upon him the title of prince.
He was a very agreeable companion and a thorough man of the world, singularly free from arrogance and pomposity; owing to his small stature, he was often known as "die kleine Excellenz."
Its rise and development and decay deserve a more thorough study than they have yet received.
Cleve, the first to make a really thorough study of these elements and their compounds.
He was a thorough Aristotelian, but by preference appears to have been drawn towards the mystical writings of the Neoplatonists and the pseudo-Dionysius.
The works of Raoul Rochette display a comprehensive knowledge of the whole subject, extensive reading, and a thorough acquaintance with early Christian art so far as it could be gathered from books, but he was not an original investigator.
But although oranges, pine-apples and some other fruits form important articles of commerce, it is only rarely that systematic and thorough methods of cultivation are prosecuted.
The battle of Austerlitz began early next morning and closed in the evening with the thorough and decisive defeat of the allies.
Considerable additions of later date, in the Decorated and Perpendicular styles, are due to the Despensers and to Beauchamp, earl of Warwick, while the present residential part is of various dates ranging from the 15th century down to the last half of the r 9th, when a thorough restoration, including the addition of a superbly ornamented clock-tower, was carried out.
Though a foreigner, he soon acquired a thorough knowledge of Rumanian, and was instrumental in helping to introduce that language into the church as its official language.
Thus from an early age he had considerable experience as an administrator, while his general education was very careful and thorough.
Augustus undertook the thorough reorganization of the equestrian order on a military basis.