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noun
- 1. a huge, often sudden, increase or advance in something: "there has been a quantum leap in the quality of wines marketed in the UK"
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The meaning of QUANTUM LEAP is an abrupt change, sudden increase, or dramatic advance. How to use quantum leap in a sentence.
a great improvement or important development in something: The appointment of a female director is a quantum leap for women's equality. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Success and achievements. a feather in your cap idiom. accomplishment. achievement test. ascension. ascent. belt. boom. feat. fruition.
a great improvement or important development in something: The appointment of a female director is a quantum leap for women's equality. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Success and achievements. a feather in your cap idiom. accomplishment. achievement test. ascension. ascent. belt. boom. feat. fruition.
Quantum leap definition: a sudden highly significant advance; breakthrough. See examples of QUANTUM LEAP used in a sentence.
A sudden, very noticable and significant advance. What's the origin of the phrase 'Quantum leap'? Before quantum leaps there were quantum jumps, which had the same meaning.
/ˌkwɒntəm ˈliːp/ /ˌkwɑːntəm ˈliːp/ (also less frequent quantum jump) a sudden, great and important change, improvement or development. This discovery marks a quantum leap forward in the fight against cancer. There has been a quantum leap in profits since 2015. Take your English to the next level.
An advance or sudden change is a quantum leap. You could say that schools in the United States have made a quantum leap in the availability of technology over the past ten years, or that a quantum leap in access to clean water is desperately needed in many developing countries.
a sudden, large increase or improvement in something: [ usually singular ] a quantum leap in information technology. (Definition of quantum leap from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of quantum leap. in Chinese (Traditional) 飛躍，重大進展… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 飞跃，重大进展… See more. in Spanish.
plural quantum leaps. Britannica Dictionary definition of QUANTUM LEAP. [count] : a sudden large change, development, or improvement. Prices have taken a quantum leap upward. The new drug is a quantum leap in the fight against cancer. — called also quantum jump.
noun. a sudden highly significant advance; breakthrough. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word origin. C20: from its use in physics meaning the sudden jump of an electron, atom, etc, from one energy level to another. Examples of 'quantum leap' in a sentence. quantum leap.
