Thoroughgoing is an English word with synonyms like complete or utter. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Thoroughgoing in a sentence
Thoroughgoing meaning
With great attention to detail; complete, thorough.
Synonyms of Thoroughgoing
Using Thoroughgoing
- The main meaning on this page is: With great attention to detail; complete, thorough.
- Useful related words include: complete, utter, staring, stark.
- In the example corpus, thoroughgoing often appears in combinations such as: for thoroughgoing.
Context around Thoroughgoing
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 5 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Thoroughgoing
- In this selection, "thoroughgoing" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, less, enact, oral, evaluation and reorganization stand out and add context to how "thoroughgoing" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a thoroughgoing evaluation of and and enact thoroughgoing revisions. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "thoroughgoing" sits close to words such as aami, aat and abada, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with thoroughgoing
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It is a pointer in Miller's thoroughgoing apostasy from her own profession—psychoanalysis. (14 words)
The steady approach of cholera in 1831 was the last occasion in England of a thoroughgoing resort to quarantine restrictions. (20 words)
But Mr Penman said the proposed changes seemed less thoroughgoing than reforms introduced by former Tory minister Francis Maude during the 2010-15 coalition government. (25 words)
In 1844, Geiger and like-minded allies arranged a conference in Braunschweig that was to have enough authority (since 1826, Rabbi Aaron Chorin called for the convocation of a new Sanhedrin ) to debate and enact thoroughgoing revisions. (37 words)
The author became known as 'Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite' only after the philological work of J Stiglmayr and H Koch, whose papers, published independently in 1895, demonstrated the thoroughgoing dependence of the Corpus upon Proclus. (35 words)
Macron had himself angered Muslims at home and abroad earlier in the month by declaring Islam a religion “in crisis,” and calling for a thoroughgoing reorganization of the faith in France. (31 words)
Example sentences (10)
It is to ’s great credit that his new book, a thoroughgoing oral history, focuses on a period until now almost entirely shunned by critics: British millennial bubblegum.
A thoroughgoing evaluation of the Wind Anemometers market restrains included in the report which represents the difference to drivers of the market and gives scope for strategic insights and developments.
But Mr Penman said the proposed changes seemed less thoroughgoing than reforms introduced by former Tory minister Francis Maude during the 2010-15 coalition government.
Macron had himself angered Muslims at home and abroad earlier in the month by declaring Islam a religion “in crisis,” and calling for a thoroughgoing reorganization of the faith in France.
The fact that the government has failed to reach even this low target shows that thoroughgoing land reform in the current conditions cannot be achieved on a capitalist basis.
In 1844, Geiger and like-minded allies arranged a conference in Braunschweig that was to have enough authority (since 1826, Rabbi Aaron Chorin called for the convocation of a new Sanhedrin ) to debate and enact thoroughgoing revisions.
It is a pointer in Miller's thoroughgoing apostasy from her own profession—psychoanalysis.
Mordecai Kaplan 's Reconstructionism raised the demand for thoroughgoing modification without much regard for the past or halakhic considerations, but senior rabbis opposed him vigorously.
The author became known as 'Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite' only after the philological work of J Stiglmayr and H Koch, whose papers, published independently in 1895, demonstrated the thoroughgoing dependence of the Corpus upon Proclus.
The steady approach of cholera in 1831 was the last occasion in England of a thoroughgoing resort to quarantine restrictions.
Common combinations with thoroughgoing
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: