PILOTING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does piloting mean? 

• PILOTING (noun)
  The noun PILOTING has 2 senses:

1. the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place

2. the occupation of a pilot

  Familiarity information: PILOTING used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PILOTING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

navigation; pilotage; piloting

Hypernyms ("piloting" is a kind of...):

direction; guidance; steering (the act of setting and holding a course)

Domain member category:

barge (transport by barge on a body of water)

raft (transport on a raft)

ferry (transport from one place to another)

ferry (transport by ferry)

ferry (travel by ferry)

wear ship (turn away from the wind)

tack; wear round (turn into the wind)

outpoint (sail closer to the wind than)

rack; scud (run before a gale)

beat (sail with much tacking or with difficulty)

sail (travel on water propelled by wind)

yacht (travel in a yacht)

steam; steamer (travel by means of steam power)

boat (ride in a boat on water)

weather (sail to the windward of)

luff; point (sail close to the wind)

bear down on; bear down upon (sail towards another vessel, of a ship)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "piloting"):

instrument flying (navigation of an airplane solely by instruments)

astronavigation; celestial navigation (navigating according to the positions of the stars)

dead reckoning (navigation without the aid of celestial observations)

Derivation:

pilot (act as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan, direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance)

pilot (operate an airplane)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The occupation of a pilot

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

pilotage; piloting

Hypernyms ("piloting" is a kind of...):

craft; trade (the skilled practice of a practical occupation)

Derivation:

pilot (act as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan, direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance)

pilot (operate an airplane)

 Context examples 

The finding may eventually lead to therapies that could benefit people in occupations requiring long stretches of wakefulness, from military to airline piloting.

(Muscle, Not Brain, May Hold Answers to Some Sleep Disorders, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)