pilot
Part of speech: noun
adj
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
broadcasting
business
communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
hobbies
lifestyle
media
mining
motor-racing
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
racing
rail-transport
railways
road
sports
telecommunications
television
transport
Etymology: From Middle French pilot, pillot, from Italian pilota, piloto, older also pedotta, pedot(t)o (the form in pil- is probably influenced by pileggiare (“to sail, navigate”)); ultimately from unattested Byzantine Greek *πηδώτης (*pēdṓtēs, “helmsman”), from Ancient Greek πηδόν (pēdón, “blade of an oar, oar”), hence also Ancient and Modern Greek πηδάλιον (pēdálion, “rudder”).
Inflected forms:
form: pilots
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: pylote
pos: noun
tags: alternative
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form: pylot
pos: noun
tags: alternative
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form: pylote
pos: adj
tags: alternative
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form: pylot
pos: adj
tags: alternative
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form: pilots
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: piloting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: piloted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: piloted
pos: verb
tags: past
form: pylote
pos: verb
tags: alternative
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form: pylot
pos: verb
tags: alternative
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Senses:
gloss: A person who steers a ship, a helmsman.
pos: noun
examples: They scud before the wind, and sail in open sea.
 Ahead of all the master pilot steers;
 And, as he leads, the following navy veers.
gloss: A person who knows well the depths, shoals, and currents of a harbor or coastal area, who is hired by a vessel to help navigate the harbor or coast.
pos: noun
gloss: A guide book for maritime navigation.
pos: noun
gloss: An instrument for detecting the compass error.
pos: noun
gloss: A pilot vehicle.
pos: noun
tags: Australia
informal
gloss: A person authorised to drive such a vehicle during an escort.
pos: noun
tags: Australia
gloss: A guide or escort through an unknown or dangerous area.
pos: noun
examples: So we mounted our horses, and put out for that town, under the direction of two friendly Creeks we had taken for pilots.
gloss: Something serving as a test or trial.
pos: noun
examples: We would like to run a pilot in your facility before rolling out the program citywide.
“I agreed with my husband when he said that to do the business properly we must do a pilot first.”
gloss: Something serving as a test or trial.
pos: noun
gloss: A tone or signal, usually a single frequency, transmitted over a communications system for control or synchronization purposes.
pos: noun
tags: attributive
often
gloss: A person who is in charge of the controls of an aircraft.
pos: noun
gloss: A sample episode of a proposed TV series produced to decide if it should be made or not. If approved, typically the first episode of an actual TV series.
pos: noun
examples: I think her biggest deal was she starred in a pilot.[…]Well, the way they pick TV shows is they make one show. That show's called a pilot. Then they show that one show to the people who pick shows, and on the strength of that one show, they decide if they wanna make more shows.
gloss: A cowcatcher.
pos: noun
gloss: A racing driver.
pos: noun
tags: Europe
gloss: A pilot light.
pos: noun
gloss: One who flies a kite.
pos: noun
examples: Julia has become quite a good kite pilot. She has learned how to repeatedly buzz her father's head, coming within two feet, and not hitting him.
gloss: A short plug, sometimes made interchangeable, at the end of a counterbore to guide the tool.
pos: noun
gloss: Made or used as a test or demonstration of capability.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: a pilot run of the new factory
The pilot plant showed the need for major process changes.
gloss: Used to control or activate another device.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: a pilot light
gloss: Being a vehicle to warn other road users of the presence of an oversize vehicle or combination.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: a pilot vehicle
gloss: To control (an aircraft or watercraft).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: I have visited more than half a dozen carrier training facilities, spent over 150 hours on jumpseats, piloted a Lockheed 1011 from MIA to LAX, visited numerous towers, rapcons, and centers, and discussed our commercial Air Transport System with everyone involved.
gloss: To guide (a vessel) through coastal waters.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To test or have a preliminary trial of (an idea, a new product, television show, etc.)
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To serve as the leading locomotive on a double-headed train.
pos: verb
examples: One of the Midland Lines' Birmingham R.C.W. Type 2 diesels, No. D5403, made the debut of its class in the Manchester area on July 28 when it appeared in the early hours on freight; after four days in the area it left for the south piloting B.R./Sulzer Type 4 diesel No. D88 on the 2.25 Manchester Central-St. Pancras.
gloss: To guide or conduct (a person) somewhere.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Thus it came about that, three days later, I descended from the train at Styles St. Mary, an absurd little station, with no apparent reason for existence, perched up in the midst of green fields and country lanes. John Cavendish was waiting on the platform, and piloted me out to the car.
Derived words: pilotability
pilotable
repilot
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: кормчи́я
roman: kormčíja
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 領航 /领航
roman: lǐngháng
lang: Danish
word: styrmand
lang: Esperanto
word: piloto
lang: Finnish
word: ruorimies
lang: Greek
word: πηδαλιούχος
roman: pidalioúchos
lang: Ancient Greek
word: κυβερνήτης
roman: kubernḗtēs
lang: Latin
word: gubernātor
lang: Māori
word: kaiurungi
lang: Marshallese
word: baiļat
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: styrmann
lang: Polish
word: sternik
lang: Russian
word: шту́рман
roman: štúrman
lang: Russian
word: ко́рмчий
roman: kórmčij
lang: Swedish
word: styrman
lang: Finnish
word: merkki-
lang: Spanish
word: piloto