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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
throughout
preposition
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
all over/throughout the world (=in every part of the world)
▪ The city attracts visitors from all over the world.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Outbreaks of cholera have been reported throughout the country.
▪ Stories of love and adventure were popular throughout the Middle Ages.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Throughout

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

Throughout

Throughout \Through*out"\, prep. Quite through; from one extremity to the other of; also, every part of; as, to search throughout the house.

Nor to their idle orbs doth sight appear Of sun, or moon, or star, throughout the year.
--Milton.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
throughout

late Old English þurhut; see through + out (adv.). Similar formation in German durchaus.

Wiktionary
throughout

adv. (label en obsolete) Completely through, right the way through. prep. In every part of; all through.

WordNet
throughout
  1. adv. from first to last; "the play was excellent end-to-end" [syn: end-to-end]

  2. used to refer to cited works [syn: passim]

Usage examples of "throughout".

While the Convention is in session and the accredited delegates have already elected from among the believers throughout the country the members of the National Spiritual Assembly for the current year, it is of infinite value and a supreme necessity that as far as possible all matters requiring immediate decision should be fully and publicly considered, and an endeavor be made to obtain after mature deliberation, unanimity in vital decisions.

The imperial order is formed not only on the basis of its powers of accumulation and global extension, but also on the basis of its capacity to develop itself more deeply, to be reborn, and to extend itself throughout the biopolitical latticework of world society.

Supplied by acetylene, this instrument of illumination brought a strange brilliance throughout the living room.

Senses crept in on his glacial mind, impressions garnered via affinity from the servitor scouts spread throughout the jungle.

He began with an allocution pitched in a tone that would have justified revolt throughout empires.

In the calmest way the heroic General instructed them to amputate it, again remaining unmoved throughout the operation.

French kings throughout the Renaissance were so convinced that anagrams held magic power that they appointed royal anagrammatists to help them make better decisions by analyzing words in important documents.

The anthrax bacterium grows naturally throughout the world, including the United States.

For example, the Japanese terrorist group Aum Shinrikyo, which was responsible for the release of deadly Sarin gas in the Tokyo subway system in 1995, had previously tried to disperse aerosolized anthrax and botulism throughout Tokyo on several occasions.

Courtney Whitney, whom MacArthur made responsible for the guerrilla operation throughout the Philippines, was a Manila-based corporate lawyer known for his ferocious antiunion, antisocialist, anticommunist views.

At length, about mid-day, fifty men, all in their best clothes,--most of them having come out of curiosity to see the handsome salons which were much talked of throughout the arrondissement,--were seated on the chairs Madame Marion had provided for them.

This attack was commenced by the ladies, but it was continued throughout the dinner by the fat-headed old gentleman next the parson with the persevering assiduity of a slow hound, being one of those long-winded jokers who, though rather dull at starting game, are unrivalled for their talents in hunting it down.

Where the maser was an amplification of generated microwaves, the laser was an amplification of light, and theories about how this might be accomplished were circulating widely throughout the weapons development community even before Bell Labs produced the first maser.

He always came home sober, not disturbing his daughter, despite the fact that he had his first anisette when he awoke and continued chewing the end of his unlit cigar and drinking at regular intervals throughout the day.

Acting on a trained reflex he had had drummed into him throughout his apprenticeship, he flung up a defensive shield without thinking, a telekinetic barrier against anything solid that might come his way.