pilot
noun
a person duly qualified to steer ships into or out of a harbor or through certain difficult waters.
piloted
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past participleof pilot.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof pilot.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
pilotnouna person duly qualified to steer ships into or out of a harbor or through certain difficult waters.
Example Sentences
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Alongside its longstanding classroom-in-residence program, in which fourth- through sixth-grade classes spend a week at the museum, the Hammer piloted its classroom partnership program under Ryan.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
DELHI—As an aviator, Smit Machchhar had piloted through an in-flight birth, turbulent monsoon skies and a high-wire landing in Greece that stretched his skills to the limit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
A teenager who piloted a dinghy carrying a then-record 165 migrants across the English Channel to the UK has been sentenced to two years and three months in prison.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
They had piloted the service with some of those users after securing permits to offer supervised robotaxi rides from London’s transport authority last month.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Since the Germans had a shortage of powered aircraft, the boys built and piloted gliders.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
