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Definition of revolutionary adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

revolutionary

adjective
 
 
/ˌrevəˈluːʃənəri/
 
/ˌrevəˈluːʃəneri/
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  1.  
    [usually before noun] connected with political revolution
    • a revolutionary leader
    • revolutionary uprisings
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  2.  
    involving a great or complete change
    • a revolutionary idea
    • a time of rapid and revolutionary change
    • revolutionary advances in medicine
    • The effects of technological development are revolutionary.
    • At the time this idea was revolutionary.
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