Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Pertaining to pioneers; serving to pioneer: as, a pioneering expedition.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective groundbreaking; originating; -- of efforts that begin work in a field or on a topic not previously widely known.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb Present participle of pioneer.
  • noun activity of pioneering
  • noun A scoutcraft skill that involves building structures using staves and knots

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Examples

  • Back in the 70s (what I called my pioneering years), when the world was circuit switched and flat, and when the ARPAnet was running on minicomputers over 4. 8Kbps lines (not a typo), I was part of the team mandated to develop a carrier-grade packet switch that could support 56

    VoIP & Gadgets Blog 2009

  • Back in the 70s (what I called my pioneering years), when the world was circuit switched and flat, and when the ARPAnet was running on minicomputers over 4. 8Kbps lines (not a typo), I was part of the team mandated to develop a carrier-grade packet switch that could support 56

    VoIP & Gadgets Blog 2009

  • For a time I joined my Dad in pioneering the Evangelical anti-abortion Religious Right movement.

    Frank Schaeffer: "End Times" Election Results Biblical Republican Paranoia Frank Schaeffer 2010

  • For a time I joined my Dad in pioneering the Evangelical anti-abortion Religious Right movement.

    Frank Schaeffer: "End Times" Election Results Biblical Republican Paranoia Frank Schaeffer 2010

  • With over ten years of experience in pioneering genomic research and genome-wide mapping and association studies, Dr. Hakonarson had the intimate knowledge of the complexities of large-scale genomics projects and he has put together the necessary infrastructure and workflow processes to unravel these complexities in his role as the Director of the Center for Applied Genomics.

    Hakon Hakonarson, MD, PhD 2010

  • On Wednesday, Chief Executive Mike Duke touted Mr. Holley's strong role in pioneering the company's international expansion.

    Wal-Mart Picks New Finance Chief John Kell 2010

  • Secure Trading specialises in pioneering pay online technology, becoming one of the first independent suppliers in the UK to provide internet payment services.

    Archive 2008-11-01 2008

  • Secure Trading specialises in pioneering pay online technology, becoming one of the first independent suppliers in the UK to provide internet payment services.

    Welsh opportunities 2008

  • I'm afraid that the illegal drug distribution community is far ahead on pioneering the code word "babies" to represent kilograms.

    Under the Table: Baby Got Beard BikeSnobNYC 2010

  • It was Ray who first used the phrase "cultural creatives" to describe a significant segment of the American population that he identified as pioneering, or otherwise contributing to, a newly emergent integralist culture in the United States...

    Transmodernism Tusar N Mohapatra 2006

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