thorough

thorough
adjective
1) gründlich; durchgreifend [Reform]; genau [Beschreibung, Anweisung]
2) (downright) ausgemacht [Halunke, Nervensäge]
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adjective
1) ((of a person) very careful; attending to every detail: a thorough worker.) gründlich
2) ((of a task etc) done with a suitably high level of care, attention to detail etc: His work is very thorough.) gründlich
3) (complete; absolute: a thorough waste of time.) völlig
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- academic.ru/74663/thoroughly">thoroughly
- thoroughness
- thoroughfare
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thor·ough
[ˈθʌrə, AM ˈθɜ:roʊ]
adj inv
1. (detailed) genau, exakt
you need a \thorough training to be able to do the job Sie benötigen für diese Arbeit eine umfassende Ausbildung
\thorough description eingehende Beschreibung
2. (careful) sorgfältig, gründlich
\thorough reform durchgreifende Reform
3. attr (complete) komplett
it was a \thorough waste of time das war reine Zeitverschwendung
he behaved like a \thorough fool er benahm sich wie ein Vollidiot fam
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['ɵʌrə]
adj
gründlich; knowledge also umfassend, solide; contempt also bodenlos; success voll, durchschlagend; fool, rascal ausgemacht

to do a thorough job — gründliche Arbeit leisten

to have/get a thorough grounding in sth — eine solide Basis in etw haben/bekommen

to be thorough in doing sth — etw gründlich machen

she's a thorough nuisance — sie ist wirklich eine Plage

it's a thorough nuisance — das ist wirklich lästig

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thorough [ˈθʌrə; US ˈθɜrəʊ]
A adj (adv → thoroughly)
1. allg gründlich:
a) sorgfältig (Person, Test etc)
b) genau, eingehend (Untersuchung etc):
thorough knowledge gründliche Kenntnisse pl
c) durchgreifend (Reform etc)
2. vollendet:
a) vollkommen, perfekt, meisterhaft
b) echt, durch und durch (Politiker etc)
c) völlig:
a thorough delight eine reine Freude
d) pej ausgekocht, abgefeimt (Gauner etc)
B präp & adv obs → through A, B
C s Thorough HIST die Gewaltpolitik Lord Straffords und Erzbischof Lauds unter Karl I
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adjective
1) gründlich; durchgreifend [Reform]; genau [Beschreibung, Anweisung]
2) (downright) ausgemacht [Halunke, Nervensäge]
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adj.
gründlich adj.
sorgfältig adj.
vollständig adj.

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