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She has an American accent.
NGSL Rank: 1793
pilot
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Meanings
noun
- a person who operates the flying controls of an aircraft.E.g. a strike by local airline pilots
- a television or radio programme made to test audience reaction with a view to the production of a series.E.g. he returns to our TV screens in a pilot for a Channel 4 sitcom
- an unmodulated reference signal transmitted with another signal for the purposes of control or synchronization.
- another term for cowcatcher.
adjective
- done as an experiment or test before being introduced more widely.E.g. a pilot scheme for training workers
verb
- be the pilot of (an aircraft or ship).E.g. he piloted the helicopter from Paris to Deauville
- test (a scheme, project, etc.) before introducing it more widely.E.g. one-day workshops for part-time staff were piloted in June
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