Thorough
adjective
Paid careful attention to many details to make sure everything is correct.
He did a thorough job on the report, checking each fact several times.
Often appears as...
- thorough job
- thorough review
adjective
Includes everything that is needed.
Their website provides a thorough explanation of the company's products and services.
Often appears as...
- thorough explanation
- thorough understanding
adjective
Paid careful attention to many details to make sure everything is correct.
He did a thorough job on the report, checking each fact several times.
Often appears as...
- thorough job
- thorough review
adjective
Includes everything that is needed.
Their website provides a thorough explanation of the company's products and services.
Often appears as...
- thorough explanation
- thorough understanding
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Attention to Detail
Used when precision matters and errors can be costly or dangerous.
The technician’s thorough check ensured equipment safety.
Pro Tip 2/3Task Commitment
Suggests a strong dedication to completing a task or project completely, leaving no part unfinished.
She presented a thorough analysis, covering all possible outcomes.
Pro Tip 3/3Positive Connotation
Often has a positive connotation, implying reliability and trustworthiness in a person's work or character.
His thorough research won him much acclaim.
Pro Tip 1/3Attention to Detail
Used when precision matters and errors can be costly or dangerous.
The technician’s thorough check ensured equipment safety.
Pro Tip 2/3Task Commitment
Suggests a strong dedication to completing a task or project completely, leaving no part unfinished.
She presented a thorough analysis, covering all possible outcomes.
Pro Tip 3/3Positive Connotation
Often has a positive connotation, implying reliability and trustworthiness in a person's work or character.
His thorough research won him much acclaim.
Pro Tip 1/3Attention to Detail
Used when precision matters and errors can be costly or dangerous.
The technician’s thorough check ensured equipment safety.
Pro Tip 2/3Task Commitment
Suggests a strong dedication to completing a task or project completely, leaving no part unfinished.
She presented a thorough analysis, covering all possible outcomes.
Pro Tip 3/3Positive Connotation
Often has a positive connotation, implying reliability and trustworthiness in a person's work or character.
His thorough research won him much acclaim.
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Stuart Firestein: The...
is the prelude to every real advance in science." I think it's a wonderful thoroughly conscious ignorance. So that's the kind of ignorance that I want to talk about today, but of course the first thing we have to clear up is what are we going to do with all those facts? So it is true that science piles up at an alarming rate.
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Is it possible to create...
But that's far from empty. There's still plenty of matter bouncing around. Manufacturers rely on more thorough, sealed vacuums for all sorts of purposes. That includes vacuum-packed food that stays fresh longer, and the vacuums inside early light bulbs that protected filaments from degrading.
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Rescuing Adorable Grey...
when we first get a puppy and we do a thorough check of everything so nose to flipper and at that point we sort of make a note of where its injuries are and then at least once a day usually twice depending on the severity of the wounds we will clean them and this is a really important process
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Inside the ant colony -...
to signaling when a queen is nearing the end of her reproductive life. But one of the most impressive collective capabilities of an ant colony is to thoroughly and efficiently explore large areas without any predetermined plan. Most species of ants have little or no sense of sight
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How sampling transformed...
He flips it, makes it, there's nothing pastiche whatsoever about it. It's thoroughly modern Biggie. I had to make that joke in this room, because you would be the only people that I'd ever have a chance of getting it. And so, it's a groaner. Elsewhere in the pop and rap world,
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How do US Supreme Court...
Many other factors come up for consideration, as well, including experience, personal loyalties, ethnicity, and gender. The candidates are then thoroughly vetted down to their tax records and payments to domestic help. Once the president interviews the candidate
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The role of disruption...
meant that by the time I entered a well-respected fine arts college in london as a painting student I was already primed for good thorough disruption it was in the air and then literally disruption swaggered through the door I was the social secretary at
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How reliable is your...
but our studies have gone through thorough evaluation by research ethics boards that have made the decision that the temporary discomfort that some of these subjects might experience in these studies is outweighed by the importance of this problem
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Which is better: Soap or...
But more importantly, it’s simply easier to fully cover your hands with soap and water for 20 seconds. Of course, hand sanitizer is more convenient to use on the go. In the absence of a sink, use the sanitizer as thoroughly as possible
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Caffeine 101 PIPE National...
- For morning coffee to afternoon tea, caffeine is so thoroughly entrenched in our daily routines and has become the worlds most widely used
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Stuart Firestein: The...
is the prelude to every real advance in science." I think it's a wonderful thoroughly conscious ignorance. So that's the kind of ignorance that I want to talk about today, but of course the first thing we have to clear up is what are we going to do with all those facts? So it is true that science piles up at an alarming rate.
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Is it possible to create...
But that's far from empty. There's still plenty of matter bouncing around. Manufacturers rely on more thorough, sealed vacuums for all sorts of purposes. That includes vacuum-packed food that stays fresh longer, and the vacuums inside early light bulbs that protected filaments from degrading.
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Rescuing Adorable Grey...
when we first get a puppy and we do a thorough check of everything so nose to flipper and at that point we sort of make a note of where its injuries are and then at least once a day usually twice depending on the severity of the wounds we will clean them and this is a really important process
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Inside the ant colony -...
to signaling when a queen is nearing the end of her reproductive life. But one of the most impressive collective capabilities of an ant colony is to thoroughly and efficiently explore large areas without any predetermined plan. Most species of ants have little or no sense of sight
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How sampling transformed...
He flips it, makes it, there's nothing pastiche whatsoever about it. It's thoroughly modern Biggie. I had to make that joke in this room, because you would be the only people that I'd ever have a chance of getting it. And so, it's a groaner. Elsewhere in the pop and rap world,
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How do US Supreme Court...
Many other factors come up for consideration, as well, including experience, personal loyalties, ethnicity, and gender. The candidates are then thoroughly vetted down to their tax records and payments to domestic help. Once the president interviews the candidate
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The role of disruption...
meant that by the time I entered a well-respected fine arts college in london as a painting student I was already primed for good thorough disruption it was in the air and then literally disruption swaggered through the door I was the social secretary at
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How reliable is your...
but our studies have gone through thorough evaluation by research ethics boards that have made the decision that the temporary discomfort that some of these subjects might experience in these studies is outweighed by the importance of this problem
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Which is better: Soap or...
But more importantly, it’s simply easier to fully cover your hands with soap and water for 20 seconds. Of course, hand sanitizer is more convenient to use on the go. In the absence of a sink, use the sanitizer as thoroughly as possible
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Caffeine 101 PIPE National...
- For morning coffee to afternoon tea, caffeine is so thoroughly entrenched in our daily routines and has become the worlds most widely used
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Steve Jobs
American Businessman
The design of the Mac wasn't what it looked like, although that was part of it. Primarily, it was how it worked. To design something really well, you have to get it. You have to really grok what it's all about. It takes a passionate commitment to really thoroughly understand something, chew it up, not just quickly swallow it.
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John Dickerson
American Journalist
If we practice hard enough, we can become thoroughly interested in even the simplest things of daily life, the way a child would. The smallest things would become so meaningful, they might even be worth a few words or a photograph, whatever method you use to capture them.
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Jeremy Rifkin
American Economist
I wanted to make sure that this be the first scientific and technology revolution in history in which the public thoroughly discussed all the potential benefits and all the potential harms, in advance of the technology coming online and running its course.
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Tiger Woods
American Golfer
I thoroughly enjoy getting away from the game and going out fishing because it's so relaxing, so quiet and peaceful. I mean, there's no noise other than nature - and it's so different from what I do in a tournament situation that it just eases my mind.
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Hansika Motwani
Indian Actress
What's the point of doing a great character in a bad film? Instead, I want audiences to thoroughly enjoy a film and remember my part when they walk out of a cinema hall.
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Sophocles
Greek Poet
There is an ancient saying among men that you cannot thoroughly understand the life of mortals before the man has died, then only can you call it good or bad.
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Kurt Vonnegut
American Writer
One might be led to suspect that there were all sorts of things going on in the universe which he or she did not thoroughly understand.
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George Bernard Shaw
Irish Playwright
I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake.
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Oscar Wilde
Irish Poet
I am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly.
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John Locke
English Philosopher
The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it.
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Steve Jobs
American Businessman
The design of the Mac wasn't what it looked like, although that was part of it. Primarily, it was how it worked. To design something really well, you have to get it. You have to really grok what it's all about. It takes a passionate commitment to really thoroughly understand something, chew it up, not just quickly swallow it.
Quote examples
John Dickerson
American Journalist
If we practice hard enough, we can become thoroughly interested in even the simplest things of daily life, the way a child would. The smallest things would become so meaningful, they might even be worth a few words or a photograph, whatever method you use to capture them.
Quote examples
Jeremy Rifkin
American Economist
I wanted to make sure that this be the first scientific and technology revolution in history in which the public thoroughly discussed all the potential benefits and all the potential harms, in advance of the technology coming online and running its course.
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Tiger Woods
American Golfer
I thoroughly enjoy getting away from the game and going out fishing because it's so relaxing, so quiet and peaceful. I mean, there's no noise other than nature - and it's so different from what I do in a tournament situation that it just eases my mind.
Quote examples
Hansika Motwani
Indian Actress
What's the point of doing a great character in a bad film? Instead, I want audiences to thoroughly enjoy a film and remember my part when they walk out of a cinema hall.
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Sophocles
Greek Poet
There is an ancient saying among men that you cannot thoroughly understand the life of mortals before the man has died, then only can you call it good or bad.
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Kurt Vonnegut
American Writer
One might be led to suspect that there were all sorts of things going on in the universe which he or she did not thoroughly understand.
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George Bernard Shaw
Irish Playwright
I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake.
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Oscar Wilde
Irish Poet
I am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly.
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John Locke
English Philosopher
The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it.
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