PILOT PROGRAM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pilot program mean? 

• PILOT PROGRAM (noun)
  The noun PILOT PROGRAM has 2 senses:

1. activity planned as a test or trial

2. a program exemplifying a contemplated series; intended to attract sponsors

  Familiarity information: PILOT PROGRAM used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PILOT PROGRAM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Activity planned as a test or trial

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

pilot program; pilot project

Context example:

they funded a pilot project in six states

Hypernyms ("pilot program" is a kind of...):

run; test; trial (the act of testing something)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A program exemplifying a contemplated series; intended to attract sponsors

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

pilot; pilot film; pilot program

Hypernyms ("pilot program" is a kind of...):

television program; television show; TV program; TV show (a program broadcast by television)