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Definition of pioneer verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

pioneer

verb
 
/ˌpaɪəˈnɪə(r)/
 
/ˌpaɪəˈnɪr/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they pioneer
 
/ˌpaɪəˈnɪə(r)/
 
/ˌpaɪəˈnɪr/
he / she / it pioneers
 
/ˌpaɪəˈnɪəz/
 
/ˌpaɪəˈnɪrz/
past simple pioneered
 
/ˌpaɪəˈnɪəd/
 
/ˌpaɪəˈnɪrd/
past participle pioneered
 
/ˌpaɪəˈnɪəd/
 
/ˌpaɪəˈnɪrd/
-ing form pioneering
 
/ˌpaɪəˈnɪərɪŋ/
 
/ˌpaɪəˈnɪrɪŋ/
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  1. pioneer something when somebody pioneers something, they are one of the first people to do, discover or use something new
    • a new technique pioneered by surgeons in a London hospital
    Word Originearly 16th cent. (as a military term denoting a member of the infantry): from French pionnier ‘foot soldier, pioneer’, Old French paonier, from paon, from Latin pedo, pedon- ‘foot soldier’, from Latin pes, ped- ‘foot’.
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