"groundbreaking" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈɡɹaʊndbɹeɪkɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-groundbreaking.ogg [US] Forms: more groundbreaking [comparative], most groundbreaking [superlative]
Etymology: From ground + breaking, in reference to the practice of breaking ground at the beginning of a new building or construction. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|ground|breaking}} ground + breaking Head templates: {{en-adj}} groundbreaking (comparative more groundbreaking, superlative most groundbreaking)
  1. Innovative; new, different; doing something that has never been done before. Translations (innovative): новаторски (novatorski) (Bulgarian), banebrydende (Danish), baanbrekend (Dutch), grensverleggend (Dutch), uraauurtava (Finnish), révolutionnaire (French), bahnbrechend (German), weltbewegend (German), innovativ (German), πρωτοποριακός (protoporiakós) [masculine] (Greek), νεωτεριστικός (neoteristikós) [masculine] (Greek), פורץ-דרך (Hebrew), rivoluzionario [masculine] (Italian), innovativo (Italian), di rottura (Italian), banebrytende (Norwegian), nyskapende (Norwegian), epokegjørende (Norwegian), banebrytande (Norwegian Nynorsk), nyskapande (Norwegian Nynorsk), innowacyjny (Polish), pionierski (Polish), rewolucyjny (Polish), inovador [masculine] (Portuguese), rompedor [masculine] (Spanish), revolucionario [masculine] (Spanish), innovador [masculine] (Spanish), que rompe esquemas (Spanish), banbrytande (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-groundbreaking-en-adj-GWYPNkn9

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɡɹaʊndbɹeɪkɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-groundbreaking.ogg [US] Forms: groundbreakings [plural]
Etymology: From ground + breaking, in reference to the practice of breaking ground at the beginning of a new building or construction. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|ground|breaking}} ground + breaking Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} groundbreaking (countable and uncountable, plural groundbreakings)
  1. The point at which construction begins, by digging into the ground. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-groundbreaking-en-noun-AKoIpE4T Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 81 13
  2. A ceremony to mark the beginning of construction. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (a ceremony to mark the beginning of construction): първа копка (pǎrva kopka) (Bulgarian), peruskiven muuraus (Finnish), Grundsteinlegung [feminine] (German), Baubeginn [masculine] (German), εγκαίνια (egkaínia) [plural] (Greek), τελετή εγκαινίων (teletí egkainíon) [feminine] (Greek), skóflustunga (Icelandic), បឋមសិលា (paʼthɑmsəylaa) (Khmer), wmurowanie kamienia węgielnego [neuter] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-groundbreaking-en-noun-VvY7x-mB Disambiguation of 'a ceremony to mark the beginning of construction': 9 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: break ground, cutting edge

Inflected forms

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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d0/En-us-groundbreaking.ogg/En-us-groundbreaking.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d0/En-us-groundbreaking.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pǎrva kopka",
      "sense": "a ceremony to mark the beginning of construction",
      "word": "първа копка"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a ceremony to mark the beginning of construction",
      "word": "peruskiven muuraus"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a ceremony to mark the beginning of construction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Grundsteinlegung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a ceremony to mark the beginning of construction",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Baubeginn"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "egkaínia",
      "sense": "a ceremony to mark the beginning of construction",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "εγκαίνια"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "teletí egkainíon",
      "sense": "a ceremony to mark the beginning of construction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "τελετή εγκαινίων"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "a ceremony to mark the beginning of construction",
      "word": "skóflustunga"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "paʼthɑmsəylaa",
      "sense": "a ceremony to mark the beginning of construction",
      "word": "បឋមសិលា"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a ceremony to mark the beginning of construction",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "wmurowanie kamienia węgielnego"
    }
  ],
  "word": "groundbreaking"
}

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