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   breakthrough

   /ˈbreɪkθruː/

   noun

   • 1. a sudden, dramatic, and important discovery or development: "a major breakthrough in DNA research"
   • ▪ an instance of achieving success in a particular sphere or activity: "his big breakthrough came in 1988 when he had two paintings accepted by the RSA"

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   What is an example of a breakthrough?

   • These are words often used in combination with breakthrough. Click on a collocation to see more examples of it. Yes, that was a big breakthrough. The album proved to be the band's breakthrough album. The 2008-09 season was his breakthrough season. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web.

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   What does breakthrough mean?

   • Get a quick, free translation! BREAKTHROUGH definition: 1. an important discovery or event that helps to improve a situation or provide an answer to a…. Learn more.

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   What is a great break-through?

   • A sudden significant advance in knowledge or achievement; an important development which removes an obstacle to progress. Dr. Thornton explained that it was with the Hebrew man that there came the great break-through, the discovery that God was one and recognizable through soul and mind.

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   What does break through mean?

   • A military offensive which breaks through a defensive line or barrier. The break through ... The whole barrier which had stood so firmly..was broken through in a few days. The 7th Army's new breakthrough came late yesterday, when tanks of the 12th Armored Division found a soft spot in the German defenses south of the Main River.

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   The meaning of BREAKTHROUGH is a sudden advance especially in knowledge or technique. How to use breakthrough in a sentence.

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   noun. a military movement or advance all the way through and beyond an enemy's frontline defense. 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.

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   An amazing discovery or a huge amount of progress can be called a breakthrough. The discovery of penicillin in 1928 was a breakthrough for modern medicine. A personal breakthrough might be overcoming your fear of spiders once and for all.

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   1. countable noun B2. A breakthrough is an important development or achievement. The company looks poised to make a significant breakthrough in China. [ + in] The breakthrough came hours before a U.N. deadline. Synonyms: development, advance, progress, improvement More Synonyms of breakthrough. 2. attributive adjective.

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    What does the word breakthrough mean? There are 12 meanings listed in OED's entry for the word breakthrough . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.