Inroad

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim An advance into enemy territory, an attempted invasion; an encroachment, an incursion.

   “[…] That ſince that time he [Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus] was become the ſubject of King Henry [VIII] of England, his Majeſty's [James V of Scotland's] greateſt enemy; and was now the cauſe of all the Inroads made by the English into Scotland: […]”

2. isim 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.”

3. fiil 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!”

4. fiil 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.”

5. özel isim A barangay of Aurora, Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines.