Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

break new ground

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.85 in modern English

Syllables: break new -ground
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To begin excavating and levelling earth for a new building, or, originally, for cultivation.

verb

To initiate a new venture, especially something never before attempted; to advance or innovate.

Example Sentences

"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, [...]."
"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 […]"

Inflected Forms

breaks new ground (present, singular) breaking new ground (participle, present) broke new ground (past) broken new ground (participle, past)

Phrases

break ground

Frequently Paired Words

break ground

Questions

What does break new ground mean?: To begin excavating and levelling earth for a new building, or, originally, for cultivation.

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