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1breakthrough — UK US /ˈbreɪkθruː/ noun [C] ► an important discovery or event that helps to improve a situation or provide an answer to a problem: breakthrough in sth »The development of digital imagery was a breakthrough in computer technology. achieve/make a… …
2breakthrough — reak through n. 1. a productive insight. Syn: discovery, find. [WordNet 1.5] 2. a sudden change of situation, such as making an important discovery, that permits further rapid advances toward a goal. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC] 3. (Mil.) a penetration of …
3breakthrough — ► NOUN ▪ a sudden important development or success …
4breakthrough — [brāk′thro͞o΄] n. 1. the act, result, or place of breaking through against resistance, as in warfare 2. a strikingly important advance or discovery …
5breakthrough — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, crucial, great, historic, huge, important, major, real, significant ▪ new …
6breakthrough — [[t]bre͟ɪkθruː[/t]] breakthroughs N COUNT: oft N in n A breakthrough is an important development or achievement. The company looks poised to make a significant breakthrough in China... The breakthrough came hours before a UN deadline …
7important — adj. VERBS ▪ be, seem, sound ▪ Someone left a message for you it sounded important. ▪ become ▪ remain ▪ …
8breakthrough — break|through [ˈbreıkθru:] n an important new discovery in something you are studying, especially one made after trying for a long time breakthrough in ▪ Scientists have made a major breakthrough in the treatment of cancer. →break through at… …
9breakthrough — noun (C) an important new discovery in something you are studying, especially one made after trying for a long time: make a breakthrough: Scientists have made a major breakthrough in the treatment of cancer …
10breakthrough — noun a sudden important development or discovery …
