Throughline
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈθɹuːlaɪn/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Throughline is a noun meaning (rail transport) A railway route that passengers can take without needing to change trains.
Meaning
(rail transport) A railway route that passengers can take without needing to change trains.
More Meanings
- (narratology) In full through line of action: a theme that runs through the plot of a book, film, or other narrative work, or a series of such related works.
Example Sentences
The Russian rockets fell on Babyn Yar, 80 years after the Nazi atrocities it commemorates; Zelenskiy’s face was enough to hammer home the gravity of the thematic throughline.
Produced by none other than Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, Good Boys again most closely resembles a kind of junior-varsity tryout for that duo's Superbad, down to its modestly affecting emotional through-line: an acceptance of the fact that childhood friendships, forged out of proximity and convenience, aren't always destined to last.
Word Forms
- throughlines
- through line
- through-line
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include trackline, plotline, metaplot, cross, line, lineation.
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