pioneer
Definition
- n. someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art
- n. one the first colonists or settlers in a new territory
- v. open up an area or prepare a way
- v. open up and explore a new area
Word forms
- Past participle
- pioneered
- Past tense
- pioneered
- Present participle
- pioneering
- Third person singular
- pioneers
Example sentences
n.
Thomas Edison was a pioneer in the field of electricity.
vt.
She aims to pioneer new methods of teaching in her school.
vi.
They will pioneer into the uncharted territory of science.
a.
His pioneering spirit inspired many young inventors.