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noun
The use of landmarks to guide a vessel or aircraft to its destination.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: pilotry, piloting
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The occupation of a pilot.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Synonyms: piloting, flying
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The fee paid to a pilot who guides a ship to its anchorage (a roadstead or wharf) or to its outbound channel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the occupation of a pilot
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: piloting
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: trade, craft
noun
the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: navigation, piloting
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: steering, guidance, direction
Narrower terms: instrument flying, celestial navigation, astronavigation, dead reckoning
History
Etymology tree English pilot Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh2tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English pilotage From pilot + -age.
Across languages
1 source translations are retained for this English entry.
