- the thrust[singular] the main point of an argument, a policy, etc.
- The thrust of his argument was that change was needed.
Extra ExamplesTopics Opinion and argumentc2- She explained the broad thrust of the party's policies.
- The dramatic thrust of the film centres around the conflict between the brothers.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- basic
- broad
- central
- …
- thrust of
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- [countable] a sudden, strong movement that pushes something/somebody forward
- He killed her with a thrust of the knife.
Extra Examples- The Third Army made an aggressive thrust towards the front line.
- The realization that she was gone was like a knife thrust.
- a thrust into the unknown
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- backward
- downward
- forward
- …
- deliver
- make
- parry
- …
- thrust into
- [uncountable] (specialist) the force that is produced by an engine to push a plane, rocket, etc. forwardOxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
- backward
- downward
- forward
- …
- deliver
- make
- parry
- …
- thrust into
Word OriginMiddle English (as a verb): from Old Norse thrýsta; perhaps related to Latin trudere ‘to thrust’. The noun is first recorded (early 16th cent.) in the sense ‘act of pressing’.
Idioms
See thrust in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee thrust in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishthe cut and thrust (of something)
- (British English) the lively or aggressive way that something is done
- the cut and thrust of political debate
- his cut-and-thrust management style
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