transcription, транскрипция: [ paɪlət ]
( pilots, piloting, piloted)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
A pilot is a person who is trained to fly an aircraft.
He spent seventeen years as an airline pilot.
...fighter pilots of the British Royal Air Force.
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2.
A pilot is a person who steers a ship through a difficult stretch of water, for example the entrance to a harbour.
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3.
If someone pilots an aircraft or ship, they act as its pilot.
He piloted his own plane part of the way to Washington.
VERB : V n
4.
A pilot scheme or a pilot project is one which is used to test an idea before deciding whether to introduce it on a larger scale.
The service is being expanded following the success of a pilot scheme.
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5.
If a government or organization pilots a programme or a scheme, they test it, before deciding whether to introduce it on a larger scale.
The trust is looking for 50 schools to pilot a programme aimed at teenage pupils preparing for work.
VERB : V n
6.
If a government minister pilots a new law or bill through parliament, he or she makes sure that it is introduced successfully.
We are now piloting through Parliament a new strategy to tackle youth crime.
VERB : V n through n , also V n
7.
A pilot or a pilot episode is a single television programme that is shown in order to find out whether a particular series of programmes is likely to be popular.
A pilot episode of Nothing’s Impossible has already been filmed.
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see also automatic pilot , test pilot