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/ˈɡɹaʊndˌbɹeɪkɪŋ/
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/ˈɡɹæɔndˌbɹæɪkɪŋ/
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G R AW1 N D B R EY2 K IH0 NG
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G R AW1 N B R EY2 K IH0 NG
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Innovative; new, different; doing something that has never been done before.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
The latest model includes several groundbreaking features and improvements.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
The point at which construction begins, by digging into the ground.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
A ceremony to mark the beginning of construction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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adjective satellite
Meaning 4
being or producing something like nothing done or experienced or created before
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
stylistically innovative works innovative members of the artistic community a mind so innovational, so original
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Synonyms: innovative, innovational
Antonyms: none provided
the ceremonial breaking of the ground to formally begin a construction project
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: groundbreaking ceremony
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: beginning, start, commencement, ceremony
From ground + breaking, in reference to the practice of breaking ground at the beginning of a new building or construction.
Across languages
Translations 40 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic :
رَائِد
(rāʔid)
— innovative
Bulgarian :
новаторски
(novatorski)
— innovative
Danish :
banebrydende
— innovative
Dutch :
baanbrekend
— innovative
Dutch :
grensverleggend
— innovative
Finnish :
uraauurtava
— innovative
French :
révolutionnaire
— innovative
German :
bahnbrechend
— innovative
German :
weltbewegend
— innovative
German :
innovativ
— innovative
Greek :
πρωτοποριακός
(protoporiakós)
— innovative
Greek :
νεωτεριστικός
(neoteristikós)
— innovative
Hebrew :
פורץ־דרך
— innovative
Italian :
rivoluzionario
— innovative
Italian :
innovativo
— innovative
Italian :
di rottura
— innovative
Norwegian :
banebrytende
— innovative
Norwegian :
nyskapende
— innovative
Norwegian :
epokegjørende
— innovative
Norwegian Nynorsk :
banebrytande
— innovative
Norwegian Nynorsk :
nyskapande
— innovative
Polish :
innowacyjny
— innovative
Polish :
pionierski
— innovative
Polish :
rewolucyjny
— innovative
Polish :
przełomowy
— innovative
Polish :
nowatorski
— innovative
Polish :
prekursorski
— innovative
Portuguese :
inovador
— innovative
Spanish :
rompedor
— innovative
Spanish :
romper esquemas
— innovative
Swedish :
banbrytande
— innovative
Bulgarian :
първа копка
(pǎrva kopka)
— a ceremony to mark the beginning of construction
Finnish :
peruskiven muuraus
— a ceremony to mark the beginning of construction
German :
Grundsteinlegung
— a ceremony to mark the beginning of construction
German :
Baubeginn
— a ceremony to mark the beginning of construction
Greek :
εγκαίνια
(egkaínia)
— a ceremony to mark the beginning of construction
Greek :
τελετή εγκαινίων
(teletí egkainíon)
— a ceremony to mark the beginning of construction
Icelandic :
skóflustunga
— a ceremony to mark the beginning of construction
Khmer :
បឋមសិលា
(paʼthɑmsəylaa)
— a ceremony to mark the beginning of construction
Polish :
wmurowanie kamienia węgielnego
— a ceremony to mark the beginning of construction
