thoroughness

English

Etymology

From thorough +‎ -ness.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈθʌɹənəs/, /ˈθʌɹəʊnəs/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈθʌɹoʊnəs/, /ˈθɜɹoʊnəs/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

thoroughness (usually uncountable, plural thoroughnesses)

1. The state of being thorough.
2. Attention to detail.
   • 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:

     Such jobs as weeding, for instance, could be done with a thoroughness impossible to human beings.

Translations

state of being thorough

Bulgarian: цялост (bg) f (cjalost), съвършенство (bg) n (sǎvǎršenstvo) Chinese: Mandarin: 徹底 / 彻底 (zh) (chèdǐ) Czech: důkladnost f Finnish: perinpohjaisuus (fi), perusteellisuus (fi) French: rigueur (fr) German: Gründlichkeit (de) f Irish: cruinneas m Portuguese: rigor (pt) Romanian: meticulozitate (ro) Spanish: meticulosidad (es) f, cabalidad f

attention to detail

Bulgarian: щателност f (štatelnost) Chinese: Mandarin: 對細節的關注 / 对细节的关注 (duì xìjié de guānzhù) Finnish: perusteellisuus (fi) German: Genauigkeit (de) f Portuguese: detalhismo m, minuciosidade (pt) f Spanish: detallismo m, minuciosidad (es) f, detenimiento (es) m