(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
A ~ is a person who is trained to fly an aircraft.
He spent seventeen years as an airline ~.
...fighter ~s of the British Royal Air Force.
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2.
A ~ 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 ~s an aircraft or ship, they act as its ~.
He ~ed his own plane part of the way to Washington.
VERB: V n
4.
A ~ scheme or a ~ 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 ~ scheme.
N-COUNT: usu N n
5.
If a government or organization ~s 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 ~ a programme aimed at teenage pupils preparing for work.
VERB: V n
6.
If a government minister ~s a new law or bill through parliament, he or she makes sure that it is introduced successfully.
We are now ~ing through Parliament a new strategy to tackle youth crime.
VERB: V n through n, also V n
7.
A ~ or a ~ 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 ~ episode of Nothing’s Impossible has already been filmed.
N-COUNT: oft N n
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see also automatic ~ , test ~