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GROUNDBREAKING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The ceremonial breaking of the ground to formally begin a construction project
Synonyms:
groundbreaking; groundbreaking ceremony
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("groundbreaking" is a kind of...):
beginning; commencement; start (the act of starting something)
ceremony (the proper or conventional behavior on some solemn occasion)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Being or producing something like nothing done or experienced or created before
Example:
a mind so innovational, so original
Synonyms:
groundbreaking; innovational; innovative
Classified under:
Similar:
original (being or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of)