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query
If someone p_____ an aircraft or ship, they act as its pilot.If someone pilots an aircraft or ship, they act as its pilot.
He piloted his own plane part of the way to Washington.
word pilot
full-definition
noun
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.
A pilot is a person who steers a ship through a difficult stretch of water, for example the entrance to a harbour .
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.
...a ten-year pilot project backed by the trade and industry department.
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 has been shot and a full series has been ordered.
A pilot is the pilot light on a gas cooker or stove, boiler, or fire.
verb
If someone pilots an aircraft or ship, they act as its pilot.
He piloted his own plane part of the way to Washington.
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.
If a government minister pilots a new law or bill through parliament, he or she makes sure that it is introduced successfully.
His achievement in piloting the Bill through a querulous House of Commons was an outstanding parliamentary feat.
inflections pilotspilotingpiloted
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