groundbreaking (redirected from groundbreakers)

ground·break·ing  (groundbrkng)

n.

The act or ceremony of breaking ground to begin a construction project.

adj.

1. Of, relating to, or being a ceremony of breaking ground.

2. Characterized by originality and innovation: a groundbreaking technology.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	groundbreaking - the ceremonial breaking of the ground to formally begin a construction project groundbreaking ceremony commencement, start, beginning - the act of starting something; "he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations" ceremony - the proper or conventional behavior on some solemn occasion; "an inaugural ceremony"
Adj.	1.	groundbreaking - 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" innovational, innovative original - being or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of; "a truly original approach"; "with original music"; "an original mind"

Translations

groundbreaking [ˈgraʊndˌbreɪkɪŋ] ADJ [research, work, book] → revolucionario

groundbreaking ground-breaking [ˈgraʊndbreɪkɪŋ] adj [work, study, book] → révolutionnaire
ground cloth n (US) = groundsheet
ground control n (at airport) → contrôle m au sol
ground crew n (at airport) → équipe f au sol
ground floor n (British) → rez-de-chaussée m
on the ground floor → au rez-de-chaussée
ground-floor [ˌgraʊndˈflɔː^r] modif [flat, room] → au rez-de-chaussée; [window] → du rez-de-chaussée
ground forces npl (MILITARY) → forces fpl terrestres
ground frost n → gelée f blanche