Synonyms for breakthrough
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : breyk-throo |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈbreɪkˌθru |
Top 10 synonyms for breakthrough Other synonyms for the word breakthrough
Définition of breakthrough
Origin :- 1918, in a military sense, from break (v.) + through (adv.). The verbal phrase is attested from c.1400. Meaning "abrupt solution or progress" is from 1930s, on the notion of a successful attack.
- noun advance, progress
- I get eight hundred for selling you the ticket on the breakthrough time.
- Extract from : « Second Sight » by Basil Eugene Wells
- He called it a breakthrough in the field of perpetual motion.
- Extract from : « With No Strings Attached » by Gordon Randall Garrett (AKA David Gordon)
- Nevertheless, the two scientists were jubilant at this first breakthrough.
- Extract from : « Tom Swift and The Visitor from Planet X » by Victor Appleton
- But now, with this money from the breakthrough pool, he could rent a super mech—live as a man should live!
- Extract from : « Second Sight » by Basil Eugene Wells
- That was the day when an old acquaintance from the lower levels sold him the chance on the 80th Level's breakthrough.
- Extract from : « Second Sight » by Basil Eugene Wells
- "Condition red—condition red—Strap down for breakthrough—" Hobart chanted at them from the walls.
- Extract from : « Star Born » by Andre Norton
- A breakthrough in the use of colour lead to the hey day of romanticism and preparation for neo-impressionism.
- Extract from : « The Land of Look Behind » by Paul Cameron Brown
- The required air current shall be conducted to the breakthrough nearest the face of such entry or room.
- Extract from : « Mining Laws of Ohio, 1921 » by Anonymous
- No person shall place refuse in, or obstruct any airway or breakthrough used as an airway.
- Extract from : « Mining Laws of Ohio, 1921 » by Anonymous
Antonyms for breakthrough
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