different between thorough vs irrevocable
thorough
English
Alternative forms
- thoro (informal)
Etymology
From Middle English thoru?, þoru?, from Old English þuruh, a byform of Old English þurh, whence comes English through. The adjective derives from the preposition and adverb. The word developed a syllabic form in cases where the word was fully stressed: when it was used as an adverb, adjective, or noun, and less commonly when used as a preposition.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?????/, /??????/
- (General American) IPA(key): /????o?/, /????o?/
- (accents without the hurry–furry merger)
- (accents with the hurry–furry merger)
- Rhymes: -?r?
Adjective
thorough (comparative more thorough, superlative most thorough)
- Painstaking and careful not to miss or omit any detail.
- The Prime Minister announced a thorough investigation into the death of a father of two in police custody.
- He is the most thorough worker I have ever seen.
- The infested house needs a thorough cleansing before it will be inhabitable.
- Utter; complete; absolute.
- 1925-29, Mahadev Desai (translator), M.K. Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, Part I, chapter xviii[1]:
- I was elected to the Executive Committee of the Vegetarian Society, and made it a point to attend every one of its meetings, but I always felt tongue-tied. Dr. Oldfield once said to me, 'You talk to me quite all right, but why is it that you never open your lips at a committee meeting? You are a drone.' I appreciated the banter. The bees are ever busy, the drone is a thorough idler. And it was not a little curious that whilst others expressed their opinions at these meetings, I sat quite silent. Not that I never felt tempted to speak. But I was at a loss to know how to express myself. All the rest of the members appeared to me to be better informed than I. Then it often happened that just when I had mustered up courage to speak, a fresh subject would be started. This went on for a long time.
- 1925-29, Mahadev Desai (translator), M.K. Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, Part I, chapter xviii[1]:
Synonyms
- (detailed): comprehensive, rigorous, scrupulous; see also Thesaurus:meticulous or Thesaurus:comprehensive
- (utter; complete; absolute): downright, outright, unmitigated; see also Thesaurus:total
Derived terms
- thoroughbred
- thoroughgoing
- thoroughly
- thoroughness
Translations
Preposition
thorough
- (obsolete) Through. [9th-19th c.]
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, V. i. 109:
- You are contented to be led in triumph / Thorough the streets of Rome?
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, V. i. 109:
Noun
thorough (plural thoroughs)
- (Britain, dialect) A furrow between two ridges, to drain off the surface water.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)
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irrevocable
English
Etymology
From Middle French [Term?], from Old French [Term?], from Latin irrevocabilis; equivalent to ir- +? revoke +? -able.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /????v?k?b(?)l/, /????v??k?b(?)l/
- (US) IPA(key): /????v?k?b(?)l/, /????vo?k?b(?)l/, /??i?vo?k?b(?)l/
Adjective
irrevocable (not comparable)
- Unable to be retracted or reversed; final.
- c. 1599, William Shakespeare, As You Like It act 1, scene 3:
- Firm and irrevocable is my doom
- Which I have pass'd upon her; she is banish'd.
- 1848, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, chapter 61:
- On each face, wonder and fear were painted vividly; each so still and silent, looking at the other over the black gulf of the irrevocable past.
- 2005 April 28, Samuel Abt, "Cycling: Cipo retires. Definitely. Absolutely. Yes. Probably," New York Times (retrieved 27 April 2014):
- Once again, Mario Cipollini has announced his definite, absolute, unswerving and irrevocable decision to retire, and this time he means it. Probably.
- c. 1599, William Shakespeare, As You Like It act 1, scene 3:
Usage notes
- Pronunciations with antepenultimate stress are common, but sometimes proscribed.
Translations
Catalan
Etymology
ir- +? revocable
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /i.r?.vo?ka.bl?/
- (Central) IPA(key): /i.r?.bu?ka.bl?/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /i.re.vo?ka.ble/
Adjective
irrevocable (masculine and feminine plural irrevocables)
- irrevocable
Antonyms
- revocable
Derived terms
- irrevocabilitat
- irrevocablement
Further reading
- “irrevocable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Spanish
Adjective
irrevocable (plural irrevocables)
- irrevocable
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