Definition

Noun: 1. A guided tour or inspection of a place, especially a building or property, conducted by walking through it. This meaning emphasizes physically moving through a space to examine or familiarize oneself with it. 2. A preliminary, often slow-paced rehearsal in theater, film, or television where actors perform with scripts in hand, focusing on basic movements and blocking. This usage is specific to performing arts. 3. A covered pedestrian passage that goes through the ground floor of a building, connecting two streets. This is an architectural term. 4. A detailed, step-by-step explanation or demonstration of a process, procedure, or set of instructions. This meaning is often used in instructional, technical, or training contexts.

Usage Examples

• As a guided tour/inspection:
  • Before buying the house, we did a final walk-through to check for any issues.
  • The security guard completes a nightly walk-through of the office building.
• As a preliminary rehearsal:
  • The director scheduled a walk-through of Act One for this afternoon.
  • In the first walk-through, the actors are still holding their scripts.
• As a pedestrian passageway:
  • The walk-through connecting Main Street and the parking garage is well-lit.
  • Many shops are located in the walk-through of the old arcade.
• As a step-by-step explanation:
  • The manual includes a walk-through of the software installation process.
  • Can you give me a quick walk-through of how this machine works?

Advanced Usage

• "To walk someone through (something)": This is the related phrasal verb form. It means to guide someone carefully through a process, explanation, or place, step by step.
  • My mentor walked me through the complex legal documents.
  • The technician walked me through the troubleshooting steps over the phone.

Variants and Related Words

• Walkthrough (noun): A common alternative spelling, especially for the "step-by-step explanation" meaning, frequently used in computing and gaming (e.g., a game walkthrough).
• Walk (verb): The root verb meaning to move at a regular pace by lifting and setting down each foot in turn.
• Through (preposition/adverb): Indicating movement in one side and out the other, or completion.

Synonyms

• For inspection/tour: tour, inspection, viewing, survey.
• For rehearsal: run-through, blocking rehearsal, read-through (though a read-through typically involves no movement).
• For passageway: arcade, passage, thoroughfare, corridor.
• For explanation: demonstration, tutorial, guide, step-by-step, rundown.

Related Phrases

• Dry run: A practice or trial, similar to a rehearsal walk-through.
• Step-by-step guide: A direct synonym for the explanatory meaning of walk-through.

Noun

1. the act of walking in order to view something
   • the realtor took her on a walk-through of the apartment
2. a first perfunctory rehearsal of a theatrical production in which actors read their lines from the script and move as directed
3. a pedestrian passageway through the ground floor of a building
4. a thorough explanation (usually accompanied by a demonstration) of each step in a procedure or process
   • she gave me a walk-through of my new duties