{
    "term": "through",
    "partOfSpeech": "preposition",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "from one end or side of something/somebody to the other",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The burglar got in through the window."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The bullet went straight through him."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her knees had gone through *(= made holes in)* her jeans."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The sand ran through *(= between)* my fingers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The path led through the trees to the river."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The doctor pushed his way through the crowd."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The Charles River flows through Boston."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The flood was too deep to drive through."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to see, hear, etc. something from the other side of an object or a substance",
            "sensetop": "see, hear, etc. through something",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I couldn't hear their conversation through the wall."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He could just make out three people through the mist."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "from the beginning to the end of an activity, a situation or a period of time",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The children are too young to sit through a concert."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He will not live through the night."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm halfway through *(= reading)* her second novel."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "past a barrier, stage or test",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Go through this gate, and you'll see the house on your left."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He drove through a red light *(= passed it when he should have stopped)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "First I have to get through the exams."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The bill had a difficult passage through Parliament."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'd never have got through it all *(= a difficult situation)* without you."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "until, and including",
            "labels": "informal(both North American English)British EnglishNorth American EnglishBritish EnglishNorth American English",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We'll be in New York Tuesday through Friday."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "by means of; because of",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You can only achieve success through hard work."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was through him *(= as a result of his help)* that I got the job."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The accident happened through no fault of mine."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/θruː/",
                "audio": "th/through/through__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/θruː/",
                "audio": "th/through/through__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English thurh (preposition and adverb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch door and German durch. The spelling change to thr- appears c.1300, becoming standard from Caxton onwards."
}