breakthrough
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noun
1.
a military movement or advance all the way through and beyond an enemy's front-line defense.
2.
an act or instance of removing or surpassing an obstruction or restriction; the overcoming of a stalemate: The president reported a breakthrough in the treaty negotiations.
3.
any significant or sudden advance, development, achievement, or increase, as in scientific knowledge or diplomacy, that removes a barrier to progress: The jet engine was a major breakthrough in air transport.
adjective
4.
constituting a breakthrough: engineered with breakthrough technology; Critics called it a breakthrough film.
Origin:
1915–20; noun use of verb phrase break through
1915–20; noun use of verb phrase break through
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Example sentences
Short of a major breakthrough or crisis, the country's economic makeup is unlikely to change.
The genomics approach to identifying nematodes and bacteria is a major breakthrough.
Measuring an athletes vital statistics is an amazing breakthrough in technology.
Meyer followed her breakthrough with three sequels in the next three years, all of which became gigantic bestsellers.
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