breakthru
/ˈbɹeɪkθɹuː/
breakthru is the alternative spelling of breakthrough.
Meaning of breakthrough
Adjective
breakthrough (not comparable)
- Characterized by major progress or overcoming some obstacle.
- a breakthrough technological advance
- Involving the contraction of a disease by a person with a decreased susceptibility, such as a person who has been vaccinated to help prevent that disease.
- Breakthrough infections (urine infections that develop in children on antibiotics) can occasionally occur, and if they do, different preventative antibiotics can be given or sometimes surgery to fix the leaky valve can be undertaken.a. 2005, “Brochure - Urinary Reflux”, in Renal Resource Centre, archived from the original on 30 Apr 2004
Forms of breakthru
| plural | breakthrus |
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Origin of breakthru
From break + thru.
Questions about breakthru
- What is breakthru the alternative spelling of?
- Breakthru is the alternative spelling of breakthrough.
- How do you pronounce breakthru?
- Breakthru is pronounced /ˈbɹeɪkθɹuː/.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: breakthru (page history and authors); breakthrough (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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