piloting

American  

[pahy-luh-ting] / ˈpaɪ lə tɪŋ /

noun

1. the determination of the course or position of a ship or airplane by any of various navigational methods or devices.

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piloting British  

/ ˈpaɪlətɪŋ /

noun

1. the navigational handling of a ship near land using buoys, soundings, landmarks, etc, or the finding of a ship's position by such means

2. the occupation of a pilot

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Etymology

Origin of piloting

First recorded in 1710–20; pilot + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

His first piloting lesson came at 13; he flew solo just after his 16th birthday.

From The Wall Street Journal

"We're taking urgent action to improve maternity services across the country - investing over £130m to make units safer, rolling out programmes to reduce avoidable brain injury and piloting Martha's Rule in maternity services."

From BBC

They snuggled together, and before the scene where Commander Calvados wins over the respect of the crew by piloting the ship through a black hole, they’d both fallen asleep.

From Literature

"Their intention to bring automated passenger services to London under our proposed piloting scheme is a vote of confidence in our AV Act and could transform road safety and accessibility," she wrote on X.

From Barron's

“Additionally, multiple Copilot products are garnering attention as more respondents indicated Copilot piloting and production under way.”

From Barron's

Related Words

• boating
• exploration
• shipping