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10 Language-to-English DictionariesThoroughness
/ˈθʌr.ə.nəs/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The quality of being thorough; careful attention to detail and a complete, comprehensive approach to a task.
"The success of the audit was largely due to the investigator's thoroughness." - 2
The state of being complete and exhaustive in scope or execution.
"She was known for her remarkable thoroughness when researching historical documents."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the adjective 'thorough' (from Old English 'þurh', meaning 'through') combined with the nominalizing suffix '-ness' of Germanic origin. Historically, it evolved from expressing spatial passage to denoting the quality of completing actions fully, completely, and without omitting any details.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Thoroughness" is said worldwide
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minutie
Transliteration: /mi.ny.si/
"Sa minutie dans le travail est exemplaire."
Gründlichkeit
Transliteration: /ˈɡʁʏntˌlɪçkaɪt/
"Deutsche Gründlichkeit ist weltbekannt."
accuratezza
Transliteration: /akku.ratˈtet.tsa/
"Ha svolto il compito con grande accuratezza."
minuciosidad
Transliteration: /mi.nu.sjo.siˈdad/
"Actuó con gran minuciosidad en la investigación."
minuciosidade
Transliteration: /mi.nu.si.o.ziˈda.dʒi/
"A minuciosidade do relatório impressionou a todos."
गहनता
Transliteration: gahanta
"उनके काम में पूरी गहनता दिखाई देती है।"
彻底性
Transliteration: chèdǐxìng
"这项研究以其彻底性而闻名。"
철저함
Transliteration: cheoljeoham
"그의 일처리는 언제나 철저함이 돋보인다."
徹底性
Transliteration: tetteisei
"彼女の仕事の徹底性には定評がある。"
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