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originally a military word and formerly a vogue word in its figurative use, is now commonplace. It is spelt as one word, is commonly qualified (especially in journalism) by words such as new and major, and is regularly followed by in, as in a breakthrough in cancer research.

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n

Definition: advance, progress
Antonyms: step back, step backward

See words rhyming with "breakthrough."

Common misspelling(s) of breakthrough

• breakthough

Dansk (Danish)
n. - gennembrud

Nederlands (Dutch)
doorbraak

Français (French)
n. - (Mil) percée, percée (technologique), invention révolutionnaire

Deutsch (German)
n. - Durchbruch

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - επαναστατική ανακάλυψη ή πρόοδος, διείσδυση, (στρατ.) ρήγμα, διάσπαση (εχθρικών γραμμών)

Italiano (Italian)
progresso rapido, svolta, (mil.) sfondamento

Português (Portuguese)
n. - descoberta (f) importante

Русский (Russian)
прорыв, открытие

Español (Spanish)
n. - adelanto, progreso, ruptura, penetración

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - genombrott, plötslig uppgång

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
突破

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 突破

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 돌파구, 타개, 눈부신 발전

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 敵陣突破, 突破, 躍進

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) اختراق, تطور هام‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮פריצת דרך, הבקעה‬

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