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breakthrough

[breyk-throo]

noun

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

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. Medicine/Medical.an infection, disease, disorder, or condition that occurs in an individual despite their having received a vaccine, medication, or treatment.

    Covid breakthroughs are usually less severe than infections in unvaccinated people, indicating that the vaccine is still doing its job of combating the virus.



adjective

  1. constituting a breakthrough: Critics called it a breakthrough film.

    Their products are engineered with breakthrough technology.

    Critics called it a breakthrough film.

  2. Medicine/Medical.relating to or being an infection, disease, disorder, or condition that occurs as a breakthrough: She experienced disabling breakthrough pain despite the high dose of painkillers she was taking.

    In the original vaccine trial, 89% of breakthrough infections were with a particular family of virus strains.

    She experienced disabling breakthrough pain despite the high dose of painkillers she was taking.

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of breakthrough1

First recorded in 1915–20; noun use of verb phrase break through
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Maria immediately put Keys' huge serve under pressure, finding the breakthrough in the fourth game before securing the opening set in confident style.

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His ambitions were buoyed even further by The Beatles’ breakthrough LP "Rubber Soul."

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Still, Snell said after two months of lingering shoulder pain earlier this year, the breakthrough he has experienced in the last two weeks has renewed his confidence about how he’ll perform when he returns.

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It looked like the breakthrough the Sparks needed to finally close it out — but an easy layup on the other end tied it with 17.8 seconds remaining.

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On Monday morning, after the news broke, Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma complimented his state's police force, saying that they had achieved a "major breakthrough" in seven days.

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