Sekirov Dictionary

inroad

UK /ˈɪnɹəʊd/US /ˈɪnˌɹoʊd/

noun 2
verb 2
forms 3

noun2

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An advance into enemy territory, an attempted invasion; an encroachment, an incursion.
- [A] child knowing the heate of fire, will as readely iudge of the perrill, as the wisest Senatour, of the inroad of a borderer, or the politick captaine, of the vnequall encoũter with his enimy, […] — 1586
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[usually plural] (figurative) Often followed by in, into, or on: initial progress made toward accomplishing a goal or solving a problem.
- Three weeks into it, I am finally beginning to make inroads on this project.

verb2

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(no longer used) To make advances or incursions.
- [Y]ou must not expect him to go with you, inroading or making incursions into Georgia; for he is an Armenian, true to his faith; and not a Georgian, false and distrustful! — 1792
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(no longer used) To make an inroad into (something).
- [Y]ea, the Saracens had lately wasted Italy, conquered Spain, inroded Aquitain, and possessed some islands in the mid-land-sea. — 1639

forms

inroaded · inroading · inroads

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