thoroughness

English

Etymology

thorough +‎ -ness

Pronunciation

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

Noun

thoroughness (usually uncountable, plural thoroughnesses)

The state of being thorough.
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

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
Spanish: detallismo m, minuciosidad f, detenimiento (es)

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