Meaning & use
pilot
A person trained and licensed to fly an aircraft or navigate a ship through difficult waters.
See it in a sentence
The pilot announced that the flight would land twenty minutes ahead of schedule.
A local river pilot guided the cargo ship safely through the narrow, rocky channel.
A note on using this word
Pilot can also be a verb meaning to guide or steer, and an adjective for a trial version of something, as in a pilot program.
Words with a similar meaning
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Another way to use it
2. adjective
Describing a small-scale trial version of a project or program used to test its feasibility.
The school launched a pilot program to see whether the new curriculum improved test scores.
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