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groundbreaking

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As an adjective, groundbreaking means being or producing something like nothing done or experienced or created before. As a noun, it means the ceremonial breaking of the ground to formally begin a construction project.

Meanings of groundbreaking

2 meanings

adjective

  1. Being or producing something like nothing done or experienced or created before

    “stylistically innovative works”

    “innovative members of the artistic community”

    “a mind so innovational, so original”

    Similar: innovative, innovational

noun

  1. The ceremonial breaking of the ground to formally begin a construction project

    Similar: groundbreaking ceremony

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

adjective: being or producing something like nothing done or experie…
innovativeinnovational
noun: the ceremonial breaking of the ground to formally begin a…
groundbreaking ceremony

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