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pioneered

pioneered is the simple past and past participle of pioneer.

Meaning of pioneer

Verb

pioneer (third-person singular simple present pioneers, present participle pioneering, simple past and past participle pioneered)

  1. (transitive) To be the first to do or achieve (something), preparing the way for others to follow.
    • The young doctor pioneered a new life-saving surgical technique.

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Questions about pioneered

What is pioneered the simple past and past participle of?
Pioneered is the simple past and past participle of pioneer.

Words near pioneered in the dictionary

  1. pioneer scarves
  2. pioneer species
  3. pioneer sword
  4. pioneer swords
  5. pioneerdom
  6. pioneered
  7. pioneeress
  8. pioneeresses
  9. pioneering
  10. pioneeringly
  11. pioneers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pioneered (page history and authors); pioneer (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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