inroad

n.

1. A hostile invasion; a raid.
2. An advance, especially at another's expense; an encroachment. Often used in the plural: Foreign products have made inroads into the American economy.

[IN¹ + ROAD, riding, raid (obsolete).]

noun

An act of invading, especially by military forces: foray, incursion, invasion, raid. See attack/defend, enter/exit.

Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: an encroachment or intrusion

Meaning #2: an invasion or hostile attack

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - indgreb, indhug, beslag

idioms:

• make inroads    gøre indgreb i, lægge beslag på

Nederlands (Dutch)
bruggenhoofd, toegang, vaste voet

Français (French)
n. - avancée, (Mil) incursion

idioms:

• make inroads    (US) faire une avancée sur (un marché), entamer (des économies), réduire (l'avance)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Einfall, Eingriff

idioms:

• make inroads    überfallen, eingreifen, einfallen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - εισβολή, επιδρομή, ξόδεμα

idioms:

• make inroads    λεηλατώ, ξοδεύω

Italiano (Italian)
incursione, intromissione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - invasão (f)

Русский (Russian)
набег, вторжение

Español (Spanish)
n. - incursión, usurpación

idioms:

• make inroads    incursionar, usurpar

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - fientligt infall, plundringståg, intrång, inkräktande

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
侵入, 侵害, 侵略

idioms:

• make inroads    侵犯

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 侵入, 侵害, 侵略

idioms:

• make inroads    侵犯

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 침임, 잠식

idioms:

• make inroads    먹어 들어가다, 침입하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 侵略, 侵害, 食い込み

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) غزوة, غارة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮פשיטה, חדירה, פלישה, התקפה, הסגת גבול, ניצול משאבים‬

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