noun · academic
thoroughness
/ˈθʌrənəs/THOR·ough·ness
careful attention to detail; the quality of being thorough
Examples
“Inspectors praised the thoroughness of the safety checks.”
“Her thoroughness made the project reliable.”
“Thoroughness is essential when conducting scientific research.”
Band 8 sentence
“The examiners commented that the candidate's essay stood out for its analytical depth and remarkable thoroughness.”
Collocations
- attention to thoroughness
- check for thoroughness
- demonstrate thoroughness
Word family
Common mistakes
The report lacked thorough.→The report lacked thoroughness.
We need more thoroughs in this work.→We need more thoroughness in this work.
Say it for a higher band
5care→6completeness→7+thoroughness
Synonyms
meticulousness
carefulness
Easily confused
meticulousness
“Her meticulousness meant she checked every single figure twice.”
completeness
“The completeness of the dataset made analysis possible.”
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