1 done completely; with great attention to detail:
a thorough knowledge of the subject * The police carried out a thorough investigation.
2 [notusuallybeforenoun] (of a person) doing things very carefully and with great attention to detail:
She's very thorough and conscientious. * He was determined to be thorough in his research.
3 (BrE, informal) used to emphasize how bad or annoying sb/sth is:
Everything was in a thorough mess.
thoroughness noun [U]:
I was impressed by the thoroughness of the report. * I admire his thoroughness.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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This entry for thorough is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is thorough a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, thorough is tagged as adjective.
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