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How to pronounce “thorough”
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Pronunciation guide for thorough
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of thorough with real speech in context.
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- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- E.O. Wilson: Advice to young scientists 14 minutes, 57 seconds
Of foremost importance is a thorough, well-organized knowledge
- Definition summary
- Painstaking and careful not to miss or omit any detail.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce thorough
E.O. Wilson: Advice to young scientists 14 minutes, 57 seconds

Of foremost importance is a thorough, well-organized knowledge
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “thorough”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- Painstaking and careful not to miss or omit any detail.
- Utter; complete; absolute.
- [Preposition]
- (archaic) Through. [9th–19th c.]
- [Noun]
- (UK, dialect) A furrow between two ridges, to drain off the surface water.
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