noun
Meaning 1
The state of being thorough.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
thoroughness
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈθʌɹənəs/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈθʌɹəʊnəs/
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General-American: /ˈθʌɹoʊnəs/
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General-American: /ˈθɜɹoʊnəs/
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noun
Meaning 2
Attention to detail.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
conscientiousness in performing all aspects of a task
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: conscientiousness, painstakingness
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English thorough Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English thoroughness From thorough + -ness.
Across languages
Translations
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: цялост (cjalost) — state of being thorough
- Bulgarian: съвършенство (sǎvǎršenstvo) — state of being thorough
- Chinese Mandarin: 徹底 /彻底 (chèdǐ) — state of being thorough
- Czech: důkladnost — state of being thorough
- Finnish: perinpohjaisuus — state of being thorough
- Finnish: perusteellisuus — state of being thorough
- French: rigueur — state of being thorough
- German: Gründlichkeit — state of being thorough
- Irish: cruinneas — state of being thorough
- Portuguese: rigor — state of being thorough
- Romanian: meticulozitate — state of being thorough
- Spanish: meticulosidad — state of being thorough
- Spanish: cabalidad — state of being thorough
- Bulgarian: щателност (štatelnost) — attention to detail
- Chinese Mandarin: 對細節的關注 /对细节的关注 (duì xìjié de guānzhù) — attention to detail
- Finnish: perusteellisuus — attention to detail
- German: Genauigkeit — attention to detail
- Portuguese: detalhismo — attention to detail
- Portuguese: minuciosidade — attention to detail
- Spanish: detallismo — attention to detail
- Spanish: minuciosidad — attention to detail
- Spanish: detenimiento — attention to detail