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- Dictionarybreakthrough/ˈbreɪkθruː/
noun
- 1. a sudden, dramatic, and important discovery or development: "a major breakthrough in DNA research"
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very important in the progress or development of something or someone, because of solving a big problem or making a big improvement: The article described the impact of their breakthrough discovery of the structure of DNA. The grant funds innovative projects that may lead to breakthrough improvements in health care. More examples.
The meaning of BREAKTHROUGH is a sudden advance especially in knowledge or technique. How to use breakthrough in a sentence.
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.
n. 1. a significant or sudden advance, development, etc., as in scientific knowledge. 2. an act or instance of removing or surpassing an obstruction or restriction. 3. a military advance through and beyond an enemy's defense. [1915–20]
very important in the progress or development of something or someone, because of solving a big problem or making a big improvement: The article described the impact of their breakthrough discovery of the structure of DNA. The grant funds innovative projects that may lead to breakthrough improvements in health care. More examples.
Breakthrough is the condition in which the solvent from a sorption process contains more than a particular level of solute.
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.
breakthrough noun & adjective. Meaning & use. noun. 1. 1859–. An act or instance of breaking through a physical barrier or boundary. 1859. Passed what I supposed to be an arroyo on the left back; but..found it nothing more than a ‘ break through ’ of the main river. T. J. Page, La Plata xix. 336. 1888.
BREAKTHROUGH meaning: 1 : a sudden increase in knowledge, understanding, etc. an important discovery that happens after trying for a long time to understand or explain something sometimes used before another noun; 2 : a person's first important success sometimes used before another noun.
BREAKTHROUGH definition: an important discovery or development that helps solve a problem: . Learn more.
