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pathbreaking

pathbreaking adjective: opening a new path or approach.

Adjective

pathbreaking (not comparable)

  1. Opening a new path or approach
    • a pathbreaking article
    • To be a pathbreaking leader takes a certain type of personality.1986, Clark Kerr, Marian L. Gade, The Many Lives of Academic Presidents, page 69

Synonyms of pathbreaking

Forms of pathbreaking

alternative formpath-breaking

Origin of pathbreaking

From path + breaking.

Words formed from pathbreaking

Questions about pathbreaking

What does pathbreaking mean?
Pathbreaking means opening a new path or approach.
What part of speech is pathbreaking?
Pathbreaking is an adjective.

Words near pathbreaking in the dictionary

  1. Pathanamthitta
  2. Pathankot
  3. Pathans
  4. pathbreaker
  5. pathbreakers
  6. pathbreaking
  7. pathbreakingly
  8. pathe
  9. pathed
  10. Pathein
  11. pathematic

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