break new ground en · VERB
Meanings
- (literally) To begin excavating and levelling earth for a new building, or, originally, for cultivation.
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(broadly) To initiate a new venture, especially something never before attempted; to advance or innovate.
One of the Birmingham R.C.W. diesel multiple-units on the Calder Valley service broke new ground on August 12 when it was enployed for a works excursion from Halifax to Windermere, [...].
1962 October, “Motive Power Miscellany: London Midland Region: Central Lines”, in Modern Railways, page 280:Some of these things were possible to do with earlier A.I. models. But OpenAI has broken new ground, too. According to the company, GPT-4 is more capable and accurate than the original ChatGPT, and it performs astonishingly well on a variety of tests […]
2023 March 15, Kevin Roose, “GPT-4 Is Exciting and Scary”, in The New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| broken new ground | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| breaks new ground | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| breaking new ground | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| broke new ground | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Relateds
Translations (6)
pl być pionerem (To initiate a new venture) · pl rozpoczynać kopanie i wyrównywanie ziemi pod nowy budynek lub uprawę (To begin excavating and levelling earth for a new building) · es abrir brecha (To initiate a new venture) · pl rozpocząć kopanie i wyrównywanie ziemi pod nowy budynek lub uprawę (To begin excavating and levelling earth for a new building) · fr ouvrir de nouvelles voies (To initiate a new venture) · fr creuser un nouveau terrain (To begin excavating and levelling earth for a new building)