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/ |
- 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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