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ground-breaking

ground-break·ing
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [ground brey-king]
    • /graʊnd ˈbreɪ kɪŋ/
    • /ɡraʊnd breɪk/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ground brey-king]
    • /graʊnd ˈbreɪ kɪŋ/

Definitions of ground-breaking word

  • noun ground-breaking the act or ceremony of breaking ground for a new construction project. 1
  • adjective ground-breaking of or relating to such a ceremony. 1
  • adjective ground-breaking originating or pioneering a new endeavor, field of inquiry, or the like: Pasteur's groundbreaking work in bacteriology. 1
  • adjective ground-breaking innovative 0
  • adjective ground-breaking (Idiomatic) innovative, different than other things of its type. 0
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Origin of ground-breaking

First appearance:

before 1905
One of the 15% newest English words
First recorded in 1905-10; ground1 + break + -ing1, -ing2

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Parts of speech for Ground-breaking

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Ground-breaking

ground-breaking popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 59% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
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