Definition of Pioneering

1. Verb. (present participle of pioneer) ¹

2. Noun. activity of pioneering ¹

3. Noun. A scoutcraft skill that involves building structures using staves and knots ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pioneering

1. pioneer [v] - See also: pioneer

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pioneering

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pinxit
piny
pinyin
pinyon
pinyons
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piolet
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pioneer axon
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pioneering (current term)
pioneeringly
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pionium
pioniums
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Literary usage of Pioneering

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Preferential Treatment of the Actual Settler in the Primary Disposition by Henry Tatter (1979)
"A contemptuous and defamatory attitude towards the pioneering class was expressed in the Halls of Congress on numerous occasions. Equally numerous were the ..."

2. Surveying the Record: North American Scientific Exploration to 1930 by Edward Carlos Carter (1999)
"... one might bear in mind the pioneering investigation of the Gulf Stream undertaken by Benjamin Franklin, the founder of this distinguished organization. ..."

3. Christian Work in Latin America (1917)
"(i) In the Work of pioneering.—One value of a religious paper as a mission pioneering agency is very great. Many cases might be cited of persons who were ..."

4. The Great South: A Record of Journeys in Louisiana, Texas, the Indian by Edward King (1875)
"RAILROAD pioneering—INDIAN TYPES AND CHARACTER. AFTER leaving Chetopa, a pretty town, with nearly 2000 inhabitants, and a point of supply for territorial ..."

5. The Expansion of New England: The Spread of New England Settlement and by Lois Kimball Mathews Rosenberry (1909)
"... CHAPTER X TWO CENTURIES AND A HALF OF NEW ENGLAND pioneering 1620-1865 THE westward march of the Puritan and his descendants has now been traced for two ..."

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