"groundbreaking" meaning in English

See groundbreaking in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈɡɹaʊndbɹeɪkɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-groundbreaking.ogg 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

IPA: /ˈɡɹaʊndbɹeɪkɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-groundbreaking.ogg 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
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  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': 10 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: break ground, cutting edge

Inflected forms

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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "innovative",
      "word": "innovativo"
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      "sense": "innovative",
      "word": "di rottura"
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      "sense": "innovative",
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      "word": "que rompe esquemas"
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      "sense": "innovative",
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      "roman": "pǎrva kopka",
      "sense": "a ceremony to mark the beginning of construction",
      "word": "първа копка"
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      "sense": "a ceremony to mark the beginning of construction",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "a ceremony to mark the beginning of construction",
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      "word": "Grundsteinlegung"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "a ceremony to mark the beginning of construction",
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      "sense": "a ceremony to mark the beginning of construction",
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      "word": "εγκαίνια"
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "a ceremony to mark the beginning of construction",
      "word": "skóflustunga"
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      "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",
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      "word": "wmurowanie kamienia węgielnego"
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