(n.) A passage through; a passage from one street or opening to another; an unobstructed way open to the public; a public road; hence, a frequented street.
(n.) A passing or going through; passage.
Example Sentences:
(1) For months, more than 170,000 mainly Syrian refugees travelling north from Greece have used Hungary as a thoroughfare to the safety of northern and western Europe.
(2) The mayor of London had said in a Twitter exchange in July that it was a “ludicrous urban myth” that Britain’s premier shopping street was one of the world’s most polluted thoroughfares, saying that the capital’s air quality was “better than Paris and other European cities”.
(3) The thoroughfare channel reported by Chambers and Zweifach was also observed.
(4) There are nominal cycle lanes on some of the capital's main thoroughfares, but with seven million cars jostling for space, those lanes are often cannibalised by motorised rickshaws and scooters, leaving no safe space for bicyclists.
(5) True arteriovenous shunts are not present in most skeletal muscles, but 15-20% of the microvessels represent thoroughfare or preferential flow channels.
(6) It’s just their economic status that makes them more vulnerable.” A growing body of research also shows that those living within a few hundred metres of major thoroughfares suffer greater health problems.
(7) On a prominent site on Notting Hill Gate, the main thoroughfare, between a popular cinema and the busy underground station, he took over the premises of a cheap Italian café called Topo D’Oro.
(8) In the anterior portion of the ciliary processes a "thoroughfare channel" (bypass) was found leading from the arteriolar tree directly into the marginal venule bypassing the capillary network of the ciliary processes.
(9) Turkey, with its long and often porous border with Syria, has been a major thoroughfare for many of the thousands of foreign fighters seeking to join extremists including Islamic State (Isis), which has captured territory across Iraq and Syria.
(10) Many cities would struggle if given just 24 hours to organise a victory parade which involved the deployment of two helicopters, countless police officers, a small army of undercover security experts and the closure not just of the main square but also a key thoroughfare, in the middle of the rush hour.
(11) The Marriott is in the centre of the city, close to the national assembly, the main commercial thoroughfare and the national television headquarters.
(12) But on Qasr-el-Aini Street , a normally frantic thoroughfare that passes the houses of parliament, the walls have rid the area of cars.
(13) Ulster loyalists are mobilising to block the parade being routed through Royal Avenue, Belfast's main shopping thoroughfare.
(14) There are more than 5m cars in Beijing, and they have transformed its once-generous thoroughfares into a noxious, honking mass.
(15) For Chris Hadfield, the former commander of the International Space Station , it was Plank Road, a 19th-century thoroughfare running through southern Ontario, Canada.
(16) Assad’s troops imposed a siege last month after seizing high ground overlooking the Castello Road, the only thoroughfare bringing aid to the east of the city from Turkey, which backs the opposition.
(17) Egypt plans to add an extra lane to the Suez canal, one of the world's most important thoroughfares for trade, in an attempt to increase the number of ships using it each day.
(18) flooded on to Tverskaya Street, the Moscow thoroughfare that leads straight to the Kremlin.
(19) Traffic along Calle Ocho, the main thoroughfare of Little Havana, became noticeably lighter and all work was dropped as groups of people crowded around TV sets to witness this piece of history.
(20) 2.39pm BST Athens returns to normal... And it's back to business on Ermou, Athens' main commercial thoroughfare, says Helena Smith who is out on the ground.
Through
Definition:
(prep.) From end to end of, or from side to side of; from one surface or limit of, to the opposite; into and out of at the opposite, or at another, point; as, to bore through a piece of timber, or through a board; a ball passes through the side of a ship.
(prep.) Between the sides or walls of; within; as, to pass through a door; to go through an avenue.
(prep.) By means of; by the agency of.
(prep.) Over the whole surface or extent of; as, to ride through the country; to look through an account.
(prep.) Among or in the midst of; -- used to denote passage; as, a fish swims through the water; the light glimmers through a thicket.
(prep.) From the beginning to the end of; to the end or conclusion of; as, through life; through the year.
(adv.) From one end or side to the other; as, to pierce a thing through.
(adv.) From beginning to end; as, to read a letter through.
(adv.) To the end; to a conclusion; to the ultimate purpose; as, to carry a project through.
(a.) Going or extending through; going, extending, or serving from the beginning to the end; thorough; complete; as, a through line; a through ticket; a through train. Also, admitting of passage through; as, a through bridge.