groundbreaking
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5.1
- adjective
- /ˈɡraʊndˌbreɪkɪŋ/
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innovador
- The scientist's groundbreaking research opened new pathways in cancer treatment.
- a groundbreaking work
- a groundbreaking book
- groundbreaking research
But like, they were so groundbreaking and so brilliant.
- But like, they were so groundbreaking and so brilliant.
- And that's like a major groundbreaking piece of science fiction.
- I mean, it's, it's groundbreaking that we're seeing this.
- So that was groundbreaking for me personally.
- Now that that research then was was really groundbreaking.
- It's really becoming this like big revelation and groundbreaking information in science and medicine.
- This is from Derrida's, you know, early, really groundbreaking work in, in his career.
- Now they do an incredible setting spray, which you'll see, but they also do the most groundbreaking, incredible loose powder.
- We are so proud to have partnered with Human Rights Watch from this incredible, groundbreaking report.
Examples
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The culmination of his work along these lines was his groundbreaking book.
Academic text (1998) -
We, as librarians, are in the unique position of providing services that are as groundbreaking as these tools.
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But like, they were so groundbreaking and so brilliant.
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I mean, it's, it's groundbreaking that we're seeing this.
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And like, obviously that was a groundbreaking style of show.
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I know it's groundbreaking, but let me tell you changed my life.
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Working from the disciplines is a groundbreaking approach to art education.
Academic text (1995) -
Theories that sound groundbreaking on paper can, in practice, be problematic, if not impossible, to apply.
Academic text (1996) -
Explore the groundbreaking gene editing tool known as CRISPR with this video.
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His research is groundbreaking.
Synonyms
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5.5
Having new ideas or methods to do things better
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5.2
Causing a big change in how people do things
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5.6
Introducing new ideas or methods that change a field
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5.0
Showing new ideas or marking the start of building work
Causing big change with new important ideas or methods
Having new ideas or methods that make things better
Introducing new ideas or ways of doing things
Antonyms
Compounds
- Formal
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3.9
An event that marks the start of building work, often with people turning the first soil
How Innovative
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Morphology
Etymology
The word groundbreaking as an adjective comes from the image of 'breaking new ground', making space for something different, so to call work groundbreaking is to say it introduces new ideas or methods that change a field.