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inroadin‧road /ˈɪnrəʊd $ -roʊd/ noun [usually plural]   ADJECTIVE► significant· However, rehabilitation has made rather more significant inroads than is suggested by the formal description of the system. VERB► make· The focus of interest here is the extent to which the building societies are likely to make inroads into traditional banking business.· Fujimori argues that the recovery is on course and that he has made important inroads against the centuries-old blight of poverty.· The company was functioning well as a business entity and making inroads all the time creatively.· Indeed, the Cook Society has made some inroads.· The new Insolvent Act had made considerable inroads on the whimsical principles of those days.· Initially developed for the infirm or elderly, Ensure has made inroads among aging baby boomers, thanks to aggressive marketing.· Rodrigo and Motamid rapidly began to make inroads into the border territory separating the Caliphates of Saragossa and Lerida.· Buchanan had made inroads in Wisconsin, where one early poll had him tied with Dole. ► make inroads into/on something- In the first, the discursive, the secondary process makes inroads into the primary process.
- Meanwhile, the big construction companies are trying to grow by making inroads into turf traditionally held by medium-size builders.
- Rodrigo and Motamid rapidly began to make inroads into the border territory separating the Caliphates of Saragossa and Lerida.
- The focus of interest here is the extent to which the building societies are likely to make inroads into traditional banking business.
- With Obote making inroads into its power, Buganda attempts to secede.
- With six shoes under £37, Diadora is likely to make inroads into the budget end of the market.
make inroads into/on something a)to have an important effect or influence on something, especially by taking something away from it:  Video is making huge inroads into attendance figures at movie theaters (=taking away its customers). They have made significant inroads into the European market. The administrative workload is making massive inroads into our working day (=taking away time). b)to make some progress towards achieving something difficult: We haven’t made much of an inroad into the backlog of work. |