Representatives made a major breakthrough in the trade talks.
Source: tatoeba (275395)
Breakthrough
//ˈbɹeɪk.θɹuː//
Synonyms for "breakthrough" (88 found)
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Related words (44)
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1 entriesderived from
2 entrieshas context
3 entriesis a
3 entriesrelated to
12 entriesTranslations
105 translations across 33 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- اِخْتِرَاق noun (military advance)
- اِخْتِرَاق noun (major progress)
Belarusian
2 entries- прарыўны́ adj (characterized by major progress)
- прары́ў noun (military advance)
Bulgarian
3 entries- пробивен adj (characterized by major progress)
- про́бив noun (military advance)
- пробив noun (major progress)
Catalan
2 entries- avenç noun (major progress)
- progrés noun (major progress)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 突破 noun (military advance)
- 突破 noun (major progress)
Czech
3 entries- průlomový adj (characterized by major progress)
- průlom noun (military advance)
- průlom noun (major progress)
Danish
3 entries- gennembrud noun (military advance)
- gennembrud noun (major progress)
- gennembrud noun ((engineering) penetration of a physical barrier)
Dutch
2 entries- doorbraak noun (military advance)
- doorbraak noun (major progress)
Estonian
3 entries- läbimurre adj (characterized by major progress)
- läbimurre noun (military advance)
- läbimurre noun (major progress)
Finnish
3 entries- läpimurto adj (characterized by major progress)
- läpimurto noun (military advance)
- läpimurto noun (major progress)
French
4 entries- capital adj (characterized by major progress)
- décisif adj (characterized by major progress)
- primordial adj (characterized by major progress)
- avancée noun (major progress)
Georgian
4 entries- გარღვევა noun (military advance)
- გარღვევა noun (major progress)
- გარღვევითი ინოვაცია noun (major progress)
- თავდაცვის ხაზის გარღვევა noun (military advance)
German
4 entries- bahnbrechend adj (characterized by major progress)
- durchschlagend adj (characterized by major progress)
- Durchbruch noun (military advance)
- Durchbruch noun (major progress)
Hebrew
3 entries- פורץ־דרך adj (characterized by major progress)
- פורצת־דרך adj (characterized by major progress)
- פריצת־דרך noun (major progress)
Hungarian
3 entries- áttörő adj (characterized by major progress)
- áttörés noun (military advance)
- áttörés noun (major progress)
Irish
1 entries- urfhuascailt noun (major progress)
Italian
3 entries- breccia noun (military advance)
- salto di qualità noun (major progress)
- svolta noun (major progress)
Japanese
2 entries- 突破 noun (military advance)
- 突破 noun (major progress)
Korean
1 entries- 돌파 noun (military advance)
Latvian
1 entries- pārrāvums noun (military advance)
Macedonian
4 entries- пробив noun (military advance)
- пробив noun (major progress)
- пробив noun ((sports) penetration of the opposition defence)
- пробив noun ((engineering) penetration of a physical barrier)
Navajo
2 entries- bibazhdooyá noun (major progress)
- bááhátis jííyá noun (major progress)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- gjennombrudd noun (military advance)
Polish
4 entries- przełomowy adj (characterized by major progress)
- przełom noun (military advance)
- przełom noun (major progress)
- przełom noun ((engineering) penetration of a physical barrier)
Portuguese
2 entries- avanço noun (major progress)
- brecha noun (military advance)
Russian
4 entries- прорывно́й adj (characterized by major progress)
- проры́в noun (military advance)
- проры́в noun (major progress)
- проры́в noun ((sports) penetration of the opposition defence)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- próboj noun (military advance)
- про́бој noun (military advance)
Slovak
1 entries- prelom noun (military advance)
Slovene
1 entries- preboj noun (military advance)
Spanish
4 entries- abrir brecha noun (major progress)
- brecha noun (military advance)
- gran avance noun (major progress)
- groso logro noun (major progress)
Swedish
2 entries- genombrott noun (military advance)
- genombrott noun (major progress)
Turkish
4 entries- atılımsı adj (characterized by major progress)
- atılım noun (major progress)
- delip geçme noun ((engineering) penetration of a physical barrier)
- delme noun ((engineering) penetration of a physical barrier)
Ukrainian
3 entries- проривни́й adj (characterized by major progress)
- прори́в noun (military advance)
- прори́в noun (major progress)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
Long has it been since the industry has encountered a technological breakthrough, nor even has taken a considerable step forward. This narrowed and shortened the view.
Source: tatoeba (1241285)
He badly exaggerated his ability to achieve a breakthrough.
Source: tatoeba (3299684)
A major breakthrough in our understanding of the universe took place in the 1920's thanks to American astronomer Edwin Hubble.
Source: tatoeba (3957948)
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