breakthrough
🇺🇸
/ˈbreɪkθruː/
🇬🇧
/ˈbreɪkθruː/
noun
C1
an important new discovery or success
Scientists made a breakthrough in cancer research that could save many lives.
adjective
R
new and very successful for the first time
This breakthrough medicine helps patients in ways no other treatment can.
translation
an important new discovery or success
new and very successful for the first time
Word Forms
Plural
breakthroughs