pioneernoun [ C ]
uk/ˌpaɪəˈnɪər/us/ˌpaɪəˈnɪr/C2 a person who is one of the first people to do something:
one of the pioneers of modern science
a pioneer heart surgeon
a person who goes to an area and builds a house, begins a farm, etc.:
The pioneers went west across North America, cutting down forests and planting new crops.
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Inventing, designing and innovation
- architect
- artificer
- authoring
- blueprint
- cad
- coin
- computer-aided design
- engineer
- ergonomics
- father
- founding father
- guinea pig
- improvisation
- innovate
- mint
- redesign
- research
- research and development
- robotics
- tech
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Travellers & visitors
pioneerverb [ T ]
uk/ˌpaɪəˈnɪər/us/ˌpaɪəˈnɪr/to be one of the first people to do something:
It was universities that pioneered these new industries.
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Causing things to happen
- -ization
- -ize
- actuation
- agent
- awaken (sth) in sb
- be associated with sth
- beget
- draw
- fuel
- instigate
- instigator
- introduce
- lie
- plant
- produce
- rise
- usher
- usher sth in
- wreak
- wrought
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