different between breakthru vs breakthrough

English

Etymology

break +? thru

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?e?k??u?/

Adjective

breakthru (not comparable)

1. (US, nonstandard) Alternative spelling of breakthrough

   a breakthru technological advance

Noun

breakthru (plural breakthrus)

1. (US, nonstandard) Alternative spelling of breakthrough (advance through enemy lines).
2. (US, nonstandard) Alternative spelling of breakthrough (major progress, great innovation).

English

Alternative forms

• breakthru (US, nonstandard)

Etymology

From break +? through. Compare German Durchbruch and Dutch doorbraak (“breakthrough”, literally “through-break”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?e?k??u?/

Adjective

breakthrough (not comparable)

1. Characterized by major progress or overcoming some obstacle.

   a breakthrough technological advance

Translations

Noun

breakthrough (plural breakthroughs)

1. (military) An advance through and past enemy lines.
2. Any major progress; such as a great innovation or discovery that overcomes a significant obstacle.
3. (sports) The penetration of the opposition defence
4. (construction) The penetration of a separating wall or the remaining distance to an adjacent hollow (a crosscut in mining) or between two parts of a tunnel build from both ends; knockthrough.

Derived terms

• breakthrough pain

Translations