runthrough

English

Etymology

Deverbal from run through.

Noun

runthrough (plural runthroughs)

1. Alternative form of run-through.
   • 1991, Lynn M. Soeby, Way Off Broadway:

     You've had the first runthrough of a complicated, multifaceted musical production and it's hanging together.

   • 1994, Harold Clurman, Marjorie Loggia, Glenn Young, The Collected Works of Harold Clurman, page 439:

     There are generally three to five runthroughs at which the director feels his company is ready to be criticized by "outsiders." A large or small audience of friends may be invited to the last two of the runthroughs.

   • 2002, Cecilia E. Ford, Barbara A. Fox, Sandra A. Thompson, The Language of Turn and Sequence, page 148:

     Emerging in the feedback phase of a larger conference presentation rehearsal activity, this general kind of negative observation is a linguistic resource deployed by Ron, the principal research investigator, to communicate what he considers to have been relevant omissions in the presentation runthrough.

Adjective

runthrough (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of run-through.
   • 1973, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce. Subcommittee on Surface Transportation, Northeastern Railroad Transportation Crisis, page 932:

     Much of D. & H. joint service is conducted by runthrough train operations, which eliminate terminal delay.

   • 1976, American Association of Railroad Superintendents, Proceedings and Committee Reports of Annual Meeting, page 26:

     One of the advantages of Conrail certainly is in runthrough trains.