thoroughgoing

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thor·ough·go·ing

(thûr′ō-gō′ĭng, thûr′ə-, thŭr′-)

adj.

1. Very thorough; complete: thoroughgoing research.

2. Unmitigated; unqualified: a thoroughgoing villain.

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thoroughgoing

(ˈθʌrəˌɡəʊɪŋ)

adj

1. extremely thorough

2. (usually prenominal) absolute; complete: thoroughgoing incompetence.

ˈthoroughˌgoingly adv

ˈthoroughˌgoingness n

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thor•ough•go•ing

(ˈθɜr əˌgoʊ ɪŋ, ˈθʌr-)

adj.

1. doing things thoroughly.

2. carried out to the full extent; thorough.

3. complete; unqualified: a thoroughgoing knave.

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Adj.	1.	thoroughgoing - performed comprehensively and completely; "an exhaustive study"; "made a thorough search"; "thoroughgoing research" exhaustive, thorough complete - having every necessary or normal part or component or step; "a complete meal"; "a complete wardrobe"; "a complete set of the Britannica"; "a complete set of china"; "a complete defeat"; "a complete accounting"
	2.	thoroughgoing - without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers; "an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth" arrant, double-dyed, sodding, utter, unadulterated, staring, perfect, pure, everlasting, consummate, complete, stark, gross unmitigated - not diminished or moderated in intensity or severity; sometimes used as an intensifier; "unmitigated suffering"; "an unmitigated horror"; "an unmitigated lie"

thoroughgoing

adjective

1. Covering all aspects with painstaking accuracy:

all-out, complete, exhaustive, full-dress, intensive, thorough, thoroughpaced.

2. Completely such, without qualification or exception:

absolute, all-out, arrant, complete, consummate, crashing, damned, dead, downright, flat, out-and-out, outright, perfect, plain, pure, sheer, thorough, total, unbounded, unequivocal, unlimited, unmitigated, unqualified, unrelieved, unreserved, utter.

Informal: flat-out, positive.

Chiefly British: blooming.

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completo

thoroughgoing

[ˈθʌrəˌgəʊɪŋ] ADJ [analysis] → minucioso; [restructuring] → concienzudo, a fondo; [conservative, revolutionary] → convencido, auténtico

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

thoroughgoing

[ˈθʌrəgəʊɪŋ] adj

[analysis] → approfondi(e); [reform] → en profondeur; [review] → en profondeur

(= out-and-out) [conservative, materialism] → absolu(e); [rogue] → véritable before n, fini(e)

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thoroughgoing

[ˈθʌrəˌgəʊɪŋ] adj (examination, search) → accurato/a, minuzioso/a; (analysis) → approfondito/a; (reform) → totale
he's a thoroughgoing idiot → è un perfetto idiota

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