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Grammar : Verb |
Spell : pahy-uh-neer |
Phonetic Transcription : ˌpaɪ əˈnɪər |
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Définition of pioneering
Origin :- 1520s, "foot soldier who prepares the way for the army," from Middle French pionnier "foot-soldier, pioneer," from Old French paonier "foot-soldier" (11c.), from peon (see pawn (n.2)). Figurative sense of "person who goes first or does something first" is from c.1600. Related: Pioneers.
- verb invent; lay the groundwork
- But none of them ranked as a pioneering achievement in the world at large.
- Extract from : « All Afloat » by William Wood
- But this will be a pioneering expedition to open the way, at least, for the painter.
- Extract from : « The Heart of Nature » by Francis Younghusband
- And pioneering brings out his most characteristic qualities.
- Extract from : « Appearances » by Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson
- His pioneering is watched with interest abroad as well as here.
- Extract from : « Contemporary American Composers » by Rupert Hughes
- In your own community how many years past are the days of pioneering?
- Extract from : « Story Hour Readings: Seventh Year » by E.C. Hartwell
- Here, now, a kind of pioneering behind the lines was going on.
- Extract from : « A Son of the Middle Border » by Hamlin Garland
- This volume is, in part, a record of their adventures and pioneering efforts.
- Extract from : « Stanley in Africa » by James P. Boyd
- The early part of the Middle Ages had been an era of pioneering and of settlement.
- Extract from : « The Story of Mankind » by Hendrik Van Loon
- There had been, however, a measure of pioneering in several of these directions.
- Extract from : « America's Munitions 1917-1918 » by Benedict Crowell
- If we try to live in this excuse for a house, we shall be pioneering with a vengeance.
- Extract from : « Bruno » by Byrd Spilman Dewey
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