To pronounce "through", say THROUGH — one syllable, IPA /ˈθɹu/. Tap play below to hear it in four English accents, or practice it syllable by syllable.
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Syllable
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Letters
/ˈθɹu/
🇺🇸 IPA (US)
/θɹˈuː/
🇬🇧 IPA (UK)
"through" is a single-syllable word — say it in one clean beat. It rhymes with blue and slew, if that helps it stick.
Sounds exactly like: threw, thru — easy to mix up when writing.
noun
adjective
“Interstate highways form a nationwide system of through roads.”
“They were through with laying the subroof by noon.”
adverb
“The arrow went straight through.”
“Others slept; he worked straight through.”
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Practicing rhymes trains the same ending sounds.
"Through" has one syllable.
The IPA transcription of "through" is /ˈθɹu/.
Through: A large slab of stone laid in a dry-stone wall from one side to the other; a perpend.
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