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PILOT PROJECT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pilot project mean? 

PILOT PROJECT (noun)
  The noun PILOT PROJECT has 1 sense:

1. activity planned as a test or trialplay

  Familiarity information: PILOT PROJECT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PILOT PROJECT (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 project" is a kind of...):

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


 Context examples 


To stimulate the development of resources and pilot projects in human cancer genetics.

(Cancer Center Supplements, NCI Thesaurus)



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