"thoroughness" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈθʌɹənəs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈθʌɹəʊnəs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈθʌɹoʊnəs/ [General-American], /ˈθɜɹoʊnəs/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-thoroughness.wav Forms: thoroughnesses [plural]
Etymology: From thorough + -ness. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|thorough|ness}} thorough + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} thoroughness (usually uncountable, plural thoroughnesses)
  1. The state of being thorough. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (state of being thorough): цялост (cjalost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), съвършенство (sǎvǎršenstvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 徹底 /彻底 (chèdǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), důkladnost [feminine] (Czech), perinpohjaisuus (Finnish), perusteellisuus (Finnish), rigueur (French), Gründlichkeit [feminine] (German), cruinneas [masculine] (Irish), rigor (Portuguese), meticulozitate (Romanian), meticulosidad [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-thoroughness-en-noun-ZlNAILbJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 96 4 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ness: 91 9 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of 'state of being thorough': 100 0
  2. Attention to detail. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (attention to detail): щателност (štatelnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 對細節的關注 /对细节的关注 (duì xìjié de guānzhù) (Chinese Mandarin), perusteellisuus (Finnish), Genauigkeit [feminine] (German), detallismo [masculine] (Spanish), minuciosidad [feminine] (Spanish), detenimiento (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-thoroughness-en-noun-8OkGfZxy Disambiguation of 'attention to detail': 1 99

Inflected forms

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