n.

1. An act of overcoming or penetrating an obstacle or restriction.
2. A military offensive that penetrates an enemy's lines of defense.
3. A major achievement or success that permits further progress, as in technology.

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n

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

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The noun has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: a productive insight
  Synonyms: discovery, find

Meaning #2: making an important discovery

Meaning #3: a penetration of an enemy's defense in depth and strength

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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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