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" The only means of strengthening one's intellect is to make up one's mind about nothing, to let the mind be a thoroughfare for all thoughts."
John Keats

Meaning of "thoroughfare" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF THOROUGHFARE

ˈθʌrəˌfɛə


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF THOROUGHFARE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Thoroughfare is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES THOROUGHFARE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Thoroughfare

A thoroughfare is a transportation route connecting one location to another. Highways, roads, and trails are examples of thoroughfares used by a variety of traffic. On land a thoroughfare may refer to anything from a rough trail to a multi-lane highway with grade separated junctions; on water a thoroughfare may refer to a strait, channel or waterway. The term may also refer to the legal right to use a particular way as distinct from the way itself.

Definition of thoroughfare in the English dictionary

The definition of thoroughfare in the dictionary is a road from one place to another, esp a main road. Other definition of thoroughfare is way through or access.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH THOROUGHFARE

airfare · carfare · eelfare · fieldfare · funfair · lawfare · Mayfair · throughfare · warfare · welfare · workfare

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE THOROUGHFARE

thornset · thorntree · thorny · thoron · thorough · thorough bass · thorough brace · thorough-bass · thorough-braced · thoroughbred · thoroughgoing · thoroughgoingly · thoroughgoingness · thoroughly · thoroughness · thoroughpaced · thoroughpin · thoroughwax · thoroughwort · thorp

WORDS THAT END LIKE THOROUGHFARE

animal welfare · bill of fare · chemical warfare · child welfare · class warfare · electronic warfare · fanfare · fare · full fare · full-fare · information warfare · jungle warfare · on welfare · psychological warfare · public welfare · social welfare · taxi fare · the welfare · trench warfare · wayfare

Synonyms and antonyms of thoroughfare in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «THOROUGHFARE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «thoroughfare» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «thoroughfare» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF THOROUGHFARE

Find out the translation of thoroughfare to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of thoroughfare from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «thoroughfare» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

通途
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

vía
570 millions of speakers
en

English

thoroughfare
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

आम रास्ता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الطريق
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

проезд
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

rua
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

জনসাধারণের যাতায়াতের পথ
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

rue
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Jalan raya
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Durchgangsstraße
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

大通り
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

도로
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Dalan gedhe
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đại lộ
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

வழி
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

Thoroughfare
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

işlek cadde
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

strada transitabile
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

arteria
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

проїзд
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

artera
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δρόμος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

deurgang
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

genomfart
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

gjennomfartsåre
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of thoroughfare

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «THOROUGHFARE»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of thoroughfare
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about thoroughfare

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QUOTES WITH «THOROUGHFARE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word thoroughfare.
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John Keats
The only means of strengthening one's intellect is to make up one's mind about nothing, to let the mind be a thoroughfare for all thoughts.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THOROUGHFARE»

Discover the use of thoroughfare in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to thoroughfare and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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No Thoroughfare
A story of mistaken identities, courage, justice, and a journey that stretches from the depths of the city of London to the Alps and the Mediterranean.
Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, 2010
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No Thoroughfare: Easyread Super Large 18pt Edition
No Thoroughfare, a stage play co-written by Dickens and Collins, first appeared as a novel in 1867.
Wilkie Collins, Charles Dickens, 2007
3
The Passage of Thoroughfare Gap and the Assembling of Lee's ...
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series.
John Cussons, 2010
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St Albans, 1650-1700: a thoroughfare town and its people
This study of the small cathedral city of St. Albans offers a rare insight into social change in a typical English community between 1650 and 1700.
J. T. Smith, M. A. North, 2003
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The Dickens-Collins Christmas Stories; Comprising No ...
General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1876 Original Publisher: William F. Gill
Charles Dickens, Dramatized, 2009
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Wild Horses and Other Stories
The. Thoroughfare. In the morning, the cold winds of late fall swept through the valley, scattering the fallen aspen and cottonwood leaves that littered the ground, as high, thin, gray cirrus clouds drifted across the sky, all heralding a cold front ...
Joseph Devlin, 2013
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Mormon Thoroughfare: A History of the Church in Illinois, ...
Latter-day Saint missionaries entered Illinois in the year 1830. This book tells of the conversion of future apostle Charles C. Rich, Zion's Cmap, the Kirtland Camp, and the Saints' exodus from Missouri to Quncy, Illinois.
Marlene C. Kettley, Arnold K. Garr, Craig K. Manscill, 2006
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Reproducing Women: Medicine, Metaphor, and Childbirth in ...
“When a girl is fourteen,” the classic said, “she comes into her prenatal vitalities [ tiangui], her controller vessel moves and her thoroughfare vessel is abundant; her menses flow regularly and she is able to bear children.”26 The corresponding ...
Yi-Li Wu, 2010
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The Shoah in Ukraine: History, Testimony, Memorialization
Annihilation. and. Labor: Jews. and. Thoroughfare. IV. in. Central. Ukraine. ANDREJ ANGRICK When Reinhard Heydrich announced on January 20, 1942, at what we now call the Wannsee Conference, that the further emigration of Jews from ...
Ray Brandon, Wendy Lower, 2008
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Public Space: The Management Dimension
Also users sitting against railings terrace thoroughfare. No attempt to turn into defensible space the garden side of the north terrace to watch life going by, read, drink, or chat Three card monte man Observed once during the afternoon Space 1, ...
Matthew Carmona, Claudio de Magalhães, Leo Hammond, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THOROUGHFARE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term thoroughfare is used in the context of the following news items.
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WILDOMAR: Pipe break shuts down thoroughfare
A section of Palomar Street, one of Wildomar's major thoroughfares, should be reopened to traffic by Wednesday night, July 22, after being closed for several ... «Press-Enterprise, Jul 15»
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Water main break closes thoroughfare in Glendale
GLENDALE, MO (KTVI) – N. Berry Road was closed late Monday morning following a water main break, the Missouri American Water Company said. The break ... «fox2now.com, Jul 15»
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'The Great Inka Road' details the empire's amazing thoroughfare
Without wheels or iron tools, the Inca built a vast empire in South America that lasted about 100 years, beginning in 1438. A network of more than 24,000 miles ... «Washington Post, Jun 15»
4
Dorchester Avenue would be Olympic thoroughfare
If there were a contest for the worst place in Boston to take a visitor, the half-mile strip of Dorchester Avenue between South Station and Broadway Station would ... «Boston Globe, Jun 15»
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Couple finds solitude near busy Baton Rouge thoroughfare
Advocate staff photo by TRAVIS SPRADLING -- The light copper-colored walls and exposed beams in their living room along wih a great view of their spacious ... «The Advocate, Jun 15»
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Spring Hill adopts thoroughfare plan
Spring Hill's Major Thoroughfare Plan projects road and infrastructure improvements for the next 15-20 years. The purpose is to cut down on current traffic issues ... «Columbia Daily Herald, May 15»
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Cops using Jamaica House premises as thoroughfare told to stop
"The grounds of Jamaica House must never be used as a public thoroughfare as this practice can compromise VIP security at the location," the weekly Force ... «Jamaica Observer, May 15»
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Mixed views on £3m. renovation of Burnley's main thoroughfare
Burnley town centre's iconic bandstand is set to be removed as part of £3m. plans to modernise St James's Street – with one of the town's parks a possible ... «Burnley Express, May 15»
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Culvert project shuts down Asheville thoroughfare through Friday
ASHEVILLE – Busy Haywood Road at the Clingman Avenue intersection in the River Arts District is closed until at least Friday as crews work to repair a faulty ... «Asheville Citizen-Times, May 15»
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Busy Elk Grove road closed for urgent railroad repairs
(KCRA) —A main thoroughfare connecting commuters through Elk Grove closed Monday morning as repairs were made to a section of railroad tracks. Related. «KCRA Sacramento, May 15»
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