pioneeringpi‧o‧neer‧ing /ˌpaɪəˈnɪərɪŋ◂ $ -ˈnɪr-/ adjective [only before noun] 
the pioneering work of NASA scientists She played a pioneering role in opening higher education to women.
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- Pioneering research shows that the experiences of childhood help form the brain's circuits for music and maths, language and emotion.
- Cowley's pioneering development of modern emergency medicine helped save countless lives.
- Her pioneering work in the field of education will be remembered.
- Moore's pioneering work on semiconductors has made him perhaps the most famous figure in Silicon Valley.
- the pioneering jazz pianist Bud Powell
- the pioneering work of Caventou in drug research
- Edward Said's pioneering Orientalism offered a searching analysis of this phenomenon.
- In the event the experiment was perhaps one of the more useful of the pioneering experiments with controlled thermonuclear research.
- The award recognises Prof MacFarlane's pioneering work in computing and control theory.
- The book was a pioneering effort and has all the faults, as well as the merits, of such an enterprise.
- The canal engineer William Jessop was largely responsible for this pioneering work which had been in prospect ever since the Stuart period.
- Throughout his career Little continued his pioneering work.
- Vertical packages tend to be of a pioneering nature, whereas horizontal packages tend to result from the development of existing ideas.
Longman Language Activatorto do something that has never been done before
· The Spanish were the first to keep cattle in the American deserts.· She was the first to see the link between poverty and poor health.be the first person to do something · Yuri Gagarin became the first man to fly in space.
to be the first to do something, especially something good or successful, which may encourage others to do something similar: · Once the Japanese had shown the way, manufacturers in other countries soon began to use robots on a large scale.lead the way in doing something: · The company has led the way in developing environmentally friendly products.
use this about something someone does or tries to do that no-one has ever done before: · The special effects in the movie included things that had never been done before.· Because of advances in technology, we are able to try something that has never been attempted before.
to be the first to invent or find a new method of doing something, and make it possible or easier for others to do the same: · He pioneered techniques for photographing moving objects.· Heart-transplant surgery was pioneered by Professor Christiaan Barnard.
using new and better methods or ideas for the first time: · Her pioneering work in the field of education will be remembered.· Cowley's pioneering development of modern emergency medicine helped save countless lives.
if someone or their work breaks new ground , their work is completely new and different from anything that existed before: · Roosevelt's social reform program broke new ground.· The album is enjoyable, but breaks no new ground.· There's a lot of new ground being broken in the field of genetic research.
British /mold American to be the first to do something in a different way from the way it was usually done before: · The governor urged teachers to break the mold in establishing new ways of teaching.· The new party promised to break the mould of British politics.
new ideas or ways of doing things new ideas or ways of doing things that did not exist before or had not been thought of before: · Does anyone have any new ideas?new ways/methods of doing something: · The hospital is doing a lot of research into new ways of treating asthma.· It's vital that we find new methods of producing and conserving energy.
completely different from anything that has been thought of before: original idea/design/style: · My job is to think up creative and original advertising ideascompletely original: · Woolf's writing was completely original - nothing like it had ever been done before.· a jazz musician with a completely original stylehighly original: · I was impressed by the highly original design of the house.
a revolutionary idea, method, or invention is completely different from anything that existed before, and is likely to bring important changes or improvements: · Einstein's revolutionary theories made people look at the universe in a completely new way.· revolutionary technology for producing cheap, pollution-free energy· The new treatment for cancer is considered revolutionary.
an innovative design, idea, plan etc is new, different and better than those that existed before, and shows a lot of imagination: · The city has introduced an innovative system of traffic control.· When it was first introduced, the electric car was described as one of the ten most innovative products of the year.highly innovative: · The idea for the programme 'Big Brother' was highly innovative.
something such as a new idea, method, or system that has never been thought of before, especially one that is better than previous ones: · The kids-only Internet service is a great innovation which will help parents control their children's access to the Internet.technological innovations: · All the latest technological innovations of cinema were used to create the special effects.communication/software etc innovations: · What exactly will the impact of all these communication innovations be?
a fresh idea, approach etc is new and different from previous ones, and may help to deal with a problem: · We need a fresh approach to this problem.· The negotiations won't make any progress unless one of the sides puts forward fresh proposals.· Toy manufacturers are always on the lookout for fresh ideas.
a novel idea, method etc is new and interesting because it is unexpected and different from what has existed before: · Scientists have come up with a novel way of catching fish.· Tonight's TV news will be presented in a novel format.· I spent six months living in a monastery in northern India, which was a novel experience.
something that is interesting because it is new and unusual, especially when this makes people think it is not very serious: · Retail analysts say that electronic shopping remains a novelty for most peopleit is a novelty for somebody to do something: · It was a novelty for people at college to see a student with two kids.be something of a novelty (=seem new and unusual): · Fast-food restaurants like McDonald's are still something of a novelty in Moscow.
pioneering work, research, efforts etc introduce completely new ways of doing things, which are later followed and developed by other people: · Moore's pioneering work on semiconductors has made him perhaps the most famous figure in Silicon Valley.· Pioneering research shows that the experiences of childhood help form the brain's circuits for music and maths, language and emotion.
if a science or a new area of knowledge or study is in its infancy , people have just begun to find out more about it, to work with it etc: · The science of cybernetics is still in its infancy.· These rockets were built at a time when space technology was in its infancy.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY the pioneering work of NASA scientists She played a pioneering role in opening higher education to women.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
introducing new and better methods or ideas for the first timepioneering work/research/efforts etc the pioneering work of NASA scientists She played a pioneering role in opening higher education to women. (=research that produces completely new information)· Watson did pioneering research on the long-term effects of dieting.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN· Somehow it all seems a bit of an anticlimax after the bold legends of fax's pioneering days.· The pioneering days are all but over.
· The book was a pioneering effort and has all the faults, as well as the merits, of such an enterprise.· Both movements were to retain a considerable presence in West Ham, and influence pioneering efforts to develop labour representation.
· These pioneering studies suggested that biliary secretion might be regulated by both vagal and non-vagal neural mechanisms.
· To publicise his pioneering work Shearman produced an excellent leaflet on the scheme and its potentialities.· The award recognises Prof MacFarlane's pioneering work in computing and control theory.· The canal engineer William Jessop was largely responsible for this pioneering work which had been in prospect ever since the Stuart period.· Throughout his career Little continued his pioneering work.· Edwin Sutherland's famous pioneering work in 1940 produced evidence that white-collar crime might be substantially underestimated in official criminal statistics.· Critique followed hot on the heels of this pioneering work.· Jo's pioneering work has changed the way people view their own worlds, and articulate their own experiences.
the pioneering work of NASA scientists She played a pioneering role in opening higher education to women.