breakthrough

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Characterized by major progress or overcoming some obstacle.
2. (not-comparable) Involving the contraction of a disease by a person with a decreased susceptibility, such as a person who has been vaccinated to help prevent that disease.

Noun

1. An advance through and past enemy lines.
2. Any major progress; such as a great innovation or discovery that overcomes a significant obstacle.
3. The penetration of the opposition's defence.
4. The penetration of a separating wall or the remaining distance to an adjacent hollow (a crosscut in mining) or between two parts of a tunnel build from both ends; knockthrough.
5. (attributive, sometimes) The emergence or one or more symptoms of a condition despite medication or other medical treatment.

Έννοιες

ρήγμα

Συνώνυμα

discovery

breach

penetration

break through

innovation

find

🔍

breakout

milestone

breaking through

advance

lash-up

penetrate

point

progress

quantum jump

quantum leap

rift

stride

striving

struggle

threshold

transition point

turning point

fight against

penetrance

rapid progress

new departure

great discovery

transfixation

crack

stagnation point

giant stride

no-slip point

crash point

point of transition

room crosscut

coup

critical point

device

endeavor

event

exertion

figment

gap

invention

Μεταφράσεις

percée

Durchbruch

ruptura

sfondamento

doorbraak

découverte

brecha

scoperta

avancée

invention

trouée

breccia

avançada

brecha

Quantensprung

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ˈbɹeɪk.θɹuː/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

Συγγενές με Γερμανικά: Durchbruch

Συγγενές με Ολλανδικά: doorbraak

In summary

From break + through. Compare German Durchbruch and Dutch doorbraak (“breakthrough”, literally “through-break”).