0 past simple and past participle of pilot
2 to test a new product before it is sold:
We shall pilot several new cosmetic products to selected potential purchasers.
3 to be responsible for introducing a new law or system and making certain it is established:
20 years ago he piloted a bill through Parliament on working conditions.
4 to direct a ship into a port or through an area of water
The questionnaire was piloted with 3 respondents and no alterations were made.
No previously validated questionnaires were available so draft versions were devised and piloted.
The service was first piloted in 1998 as a means of providing a telephone listening service for (primarily older) people who are lonely and isolated.
The stimuli were piloted on several adult speakers from a variety of dialectal backgrounds, and modified accordingly.
The revised version was piloted with four care-home managers in four different localities.
We piloted penultimate versions with 20 people to judge whether it was clear and unambiguous.
As a check on the difficulty levels of the two versions, they were piloted on the 20 learners mentioned earlier.
It was piloted with a sample of 10 nurses from another trust prior to distribution.
