THOROUGHGOING


Meaning of THOROUGHGOING in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ θʌrəgoʊɪŋ, AM θɜ:roʊ- ]

also thorough-going

1.

You use thoroughgoing to emphasize that someone or something is fully or completely the type of person or thing specified.

...a thoroughgoing conservative.

...readers who are unhappy with such thoroughgoing materialism.

ADJ : usu ADJ n [ emphasis ]

2.

If you describe a piece of work as thoroughgoing , you approve of it because it has been carefully and thoroughly put together.

...a thoroughgoing review of prison conditions.

= thorough

ADJ : usu ADJ n [ approval ]

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