English-Czech translations for breakthrough

• průlom
  Strategie EU 2020 musí znamenat průlom. The EU 2020 strategy must mark a breakthrough.
  Byl to důležitý průlom, pane předsedo. Now, that was a major breakthrough, Mr President.
  Energetický summit v únoru také přinesl skutečný průlom. The energy summit in February also brought a real breakthrough.
• přelom
  Domnívám se, že dnešek představuje přelom, protože se nám podařilo dosáhnout společného parlamentního postoje na základe širokého konsenzu. I believe today represents a breakthrough, as we have managed to hammer out a common parliamentary position on a broad consensual basis.

Definition of breakthrough

• Characterized by major progress or overcoming some obstacle
• An advance through and past enemy lines
• The penetration of the opposition defence
• The penetration of a separating wall or the remaining distance to an adjacent hollow or between two parts of a tunnel build from both ends; knockthrough

Examples

• a breakthrough technological advance
• [[w:Albert Einstein
• Albert Einstein]] is credited with making some of the greatest breakthroughs in [[w:modern physics
• modern physics]]

Related words

• break
• breakwater
• breakfast
• daybreak
• breakdown
• jailbreak
• jawbreaker
• ice-breaker
• windbreak