"pioneer" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌpaɪ.əˈnɪə(ɹ)/ [UK], /ˌpaɪ.əˈnɪɹ/ [US], /ˌpaɪ.əˈniɹ/ [Canada] Audio: en-us-pioneer.ogg [US] Forms: pioneers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle French pionnier (“originally, a foot soldier”), Old French peonier, from peon (“a foot soldier”) (modern French: pion). See pawn (in chess). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|frm|pionnier||originally, a foot soldier}} Middle French pionnier (“originally, a foot soldier”), {{uder|en|fro|peonier}} Old French peonier, {{m|fro|peon||a foot soldier}} peon (“a foot soldier”), {{m|fr|pion}} pion, {{m|en|pawn}} pawn Head templates: {{en-noun}} pioneer (plural pioneers)
  1. One who goes before, as into the wilderness, preparing the way for others to follow. Translations (one who goes before): ռահվիրա (ṙahvira) (Armenian), պիոներ (pioner) (Armenian), першапрахо́дзец (pjeršapraxódzjec) [masculine] (Belarusian), першаадкрыва́льнік (pjeršaadkryválʹnik) [masculine] (Belarusian), піяне́р (pijanjér) [masculine] (Belarusian), пионер (pioner) [masculine] (Bulgarian), pioner [masculine] (Catalan), pionera [feminine] (Catalan), 開拓者 (Chinese Mandarin), 开拓者 (kāituòzhě) (Chinese Mandarin), 先驅者 (Chinese Mandarin), 先驱者 (xiānqūzhě) (Chinese Mandarin), průkopník [masculine] (Czech), pioner [common-gender] (Danish), pionier [masculine] (Dutch), панжыця (panžića) (Erzya), pioniro (Esperanto), pioneeri (Finnish), pionnier [masculine] (French), pionnière [feminine] (French), pioneiro [masculine] (Galician), pioneira [feminine] (Galician), მოწინავე (moc̣inave) (Georgian), პიონერი (ṗioneri) (Georgian), დამწყები (damc̣q̇ebi) (Georgian), თაოსანი (taosani) (Georgian), ინიციატორი (iniciaṭori) (Georgian), ნოვატორი (novaṭori) (Georgian), Pionier [masculine] (German), Wegbereiter [masculine] (German), חלוץ (khalúts) [masculine] (Hebrew), मार्ग-निर्माता (mārg-nirmātā) [masculine] (Hindi), pionír (Hungarian), úttörő (Hungarian), pioniro (Ido), pioniere [masculine] (Italian), pioniera [feminine] (Italian), 先駆者 (senkusha) (alt: せんくしゃ) (Japanese), パイオニア (paionia) (Japanese), 開拓者 (kaitakusha) (alt: かいたくしゃ) (Japanese), 선구자 (seon'guja) (Korean), 개척자 (gaecheokja) (Korean), 파이어니어 (paieonieo) (Korean), pionieris [masculine] (Latvian), pioniere [feminine] (Latvian), perintis (Malay), پیشتاز (pištâz) (Persian), pionier [masculine] (Polish), apostoł [masculine] (Polish), apostołka [feminine] (Polish), pioneiro (Portuguese), pionier [masculine] (Romanian), deschizător [masculine] (Romanian), deschizător de drumuri [masculine] (Romanian), первопрохо́дец (pervoproxódec) [masculine] (Russian), первооткрыва́тель (pervootkryvátelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), пионе́р (pionér) [masculine] (Russian), priekopník [masculine] (Slovak), pionir [masculine] (Slovene), pionero [masculine] (Spanish), pionjär [common-gender] (Swedish), першопрохо́дець (peršoproxódecʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian), першовідкрива́ч (peršovidkryváč) [masculine] (Ukrainian), піоне́р (pionér) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-pioneer-en-noun-AFZahupu Disambiguation of 'one who goes before': 62 10 1 1 3 22
  2. A person or other entity who is first or among the earliest in any field of inquiry, enterprise, or progress.
    Sense id: en-pioneer-en-noun-po0l0q~i
  3. (obsolete, military) A soldier detailed or employed to form roads, dig trenches, and make bridges, as an army advances; a sapper. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Military Translations (soldier): сапьор (sapjor) [masculine] (Bulgarian), pioner [common-gender] (Danish), pioneer (Estonian), pioneeri (Finnish), Pionier [masculine] (German), pionír (Hungarian), utász (Hungarian), pionier [masculine] (Polish), pionier [masculine] (Romanian), пионе́р (pionér) [masculine] (Russian), pionir [masculine] (Slovene)
    Sense id: en-pioneer-en-noun-~NTSX1b3 Topics: government, military, politics, war Disambiguation of 'soldier': 0 0 100 0 0 0
  4. A member of any of several European organizations advocating abstinence from alcohol.
    Sense id: en-pioneer-en-noun-SNg~lqmG
  5. (communism) A member of a children’s organization operated by the Communist Party, typically in the second of three stages toward becoming an member of the Party itself. Categories (topical): Communism, People Categories (place): Soviet Union Translations (member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc): pionier [masculine] (Albanian), pioner [masculine] (Albanian), պիոներ (pioner) (Armenian), pioner (Azerbaijani), піяне́р (pijanjér) [masculine] (Belarusian), піяне́рка (pijanjérka) [feminine] (Belarusian), пионе́р (pionér) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 先鋒 (Chinese Mandarin), 先锋 (xiānfēng) (Chinese Mandarin), pionýr [masculine] (Czech), pioner [common-gender] (Danish), pioneer [masculine] (Dutch), pioneer (Estonian), pioneeri (Finnish), pionnier [masculine] (French), pioneiro [masculine] (Galician), პიონერი (ṗioneri) (Georgian), Pionier [masculine] (German), πιονιέρος (pioniéros) [masculine] (Greek), pionír (Hungarian), úttörő (Hungarian), pajtás (Hungarian), ピオネール (pionēru) (Japanese), パイオニア (paionia) (Japanese), пионер (pioner) (Kazakh), 파이오니어 (paionieo) (Korean), 피오네르 (pionereu) (Korean), пионер (pioner) (Kyrgyz), pionieris [masculine] (Latvian), pionierius [masculine] (Lithuanian), pionier [masculine] (Polish), pioneiro [masculine] (Portuguese), pionier [masculine] (Romanian), пионе́р (pionér) [masculine] (Russian), пионе́рка (pionérka) [feminine] (Russian), пионир [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), pionir [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), pionier [masculine] (Slovak), pionir [masculine] (Slovene), pionero [masculine] (Spanish), pionjär [common-gender] (Swedish), пионер (pioner) (Tajik), pioner (Turkmen), піоне́р (pionér) [masculine] (Ukrainian), піоне́рка (pionérka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), pioner (Uzbek), namviet (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-pioneer-en-noun-d5aI0Sec Disambiguation of People: 10 9 0 0 45 35 0 Disambiguation of Soviet Union: 1 1 3 4 68 23 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 5 2 7 43 17 13 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 8 4 3 5 54 19 7 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 13 7 5 8 36 18 13 Topics: communism, government, human-sciences, ideology, philosophy, politics, sciences Disambiguation of 'member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc': 2 6 5 15 63 9
  6. (Singapore) Alternative letter-case form of Pioneer (“A Singaporean born on or before 31 December 1949, who is entitled to various healthcare and social support schemes.”) Tags: Singapore, alt-of Alternative form of: Pioneer (extra: A Singaporean born on or before 31 December 1949, who is entitled to various healthcare and social support schemes.)
    Sense id: en-pioneer-en-noun-q8PcmWzs Categories (other): Singapore English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: pioneer axon, Pioneer Day, pioneer scarf, pioneer species, young pioneer

Verb

IPA: /ˌpaɪ.əˈnɪə(ɹ)/ [UK], /ˌpaɪ.əˈnɪɹ/ [US], /ˌpaɪ.əˈniɹ/ [Canada] Audio: en-us-pioneer.ogg [US] Forms: pioneers [present, singular, third-person], pioneering [participle, present], pioneered [participle, past], pioneered [past]
Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle French pionnier (“originally, a foot soldier”), Old French peonier, from peon (“a foot soldier”) (modern French: pion). See pawn (in chess). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|frm|pionnier||originally, a foot soldier}} Middle French pionnier (“originally, a foot soldier”), {{uder|en|fro|peonier}} Old French peonier, {{m|fro|peon||a foot soldier}} peon (“a foot soldier”), {{m|fr|pion}} pion, {{m|en|pawn}} pawn Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: transitive Synonyms: push the envelope, break new ground Translations (to be the first): aprire la strada (Italian)
    Sense id: en-pioneer-en-verb-buhOxWuJ

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "code": "myv",
          "lang": "Erzya",
          "roman": "panžića",
          "sense": "one who goes before",
          "word": "панжыця"
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          "_dis1": "62 10 1 1 3 22",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "one who goes before",
          "word": "pioniro"
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          "sense": "one who goes before",
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "one who goes before",
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "one who goes before",
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          "_dis1": "62 10 1 1 3 22",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "moc̣inave",
          "sense": "one who goes before",
          "word": "მოწინავე"
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          "_dis1": "62 10 1 1 3 22",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ṗioneri",
          "sense": "one who goes before",
          "word": "პიონერი"
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        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 1 1 3 22",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "damc̣q̇ebi",
          "sense": "one who goes before",
          "word": "დამწყები"
        },
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          "_dis1": "62 10 1 1 3 22",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "taosani",
          "sense": "one who goes before",
          "word": "თაოსანი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 1 1 3 22",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "iniciaṭori",
          "sense": "one who goes before",
          "word": "ინიციატორი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 1 1 3 22",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "novaṭori",
          "sense": "one who goes before",
          "word": "ნოვატორი"
        },
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          "_dis1": "62 10 1 1 3 22",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "one who goes before",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Pionier"
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          "_dis1": "62 10 1 1 3 22",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "one who goes before",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Wegbereiter"
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        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 1 1 3 22",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "khalúts",
          "sense": "one who goes before",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "חלוץ"
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          "_dis1": "62 10 1 1 3 22",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "mārg-nirmātā",
          "sense": "one who goes before",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "मार्ग-निर्माता"
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          "_dis1": "62 10 1 1 3 22",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "one who goes before",
          "word": "pionír"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 1 1 3 22",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "one who goes before",
          "word": "úttörő"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 1 1 3 22",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "one who goes before",
          "word": "pioniro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 1 1 3 22",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "one who goes before",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pioniere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 1 1 3 22",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "one who goes before",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pioniera"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 1 1 3 22",
          "alt": "せんくしゃ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "senkusha",
          "sense": "one who goes before",
          "word": "先駆者"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 1 1 3 22",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "paionia",
          "sense": "one who goes before",
          "word": "パイオニア"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 1 1 3 22",
          "alt": "かいたくしゃ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kaitakusha",
          "sense": "one who goes before",
          "word": "開拓者"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 1 1 3 22",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "seon'guja",
          "sense": "one who goes before",
          "word": "선구자"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 1 1 3 22",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gaecheokja",
          "sense": "one who goes before",
          "word": "개척자"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 1 1 3 22",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "paieonieo",
          "sense": "one who goes before",
          "word": "파이어니어"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 1 1 3 22",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "one who goes before",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pionieris"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 1 1 3 22",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "one who goes before",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pioniere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 1 1 3 22",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "one who goes before",
          "word": "perintis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 1 1 3 22",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "pištâz",
          "sense": "one who goes before",
          "word": "پیشتاز"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 1 1 3 22",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "one who goes before",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pionier"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 1 1 3 22",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "one who goes before",
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      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "pištâz",
      "sense": "one who goes before",
      "word": "پیشتاز"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "lang": "Romanian",
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      "code": "ro",
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      "code": "ro",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "deschizător de drumuri"
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        "masculine"
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      "code": "ru",
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      ],
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      "code": "ru",
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      ],
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      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "one who goes before",
      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      ],
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      "code": "es",
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      "code": "sv",
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      "code": "uk",
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
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      "code": "da",
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      "code": "et",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "soldier",
      "word": "utász"
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      "code": "ro",
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      "sense": "soldier",
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      "code": "sq",
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      "sense": "member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc",
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      "code": "hy",
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      "sense": "member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc",
      "word": "պիոներ"
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      "sense": "member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc",
      "word": "pioner"
    },
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "pijanjér",
      "sense": "member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc",
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc",
      "word": "先鋒"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiānfēng",
      "sense": "member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc",
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      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "pionýr"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "pioner"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "pioneer"
    },
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      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc",
      "word": "pioneer"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc",
      "word": "pioneeri"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "pionnier"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pioneiro"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ṗioneri",
      "sense": "member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc",
      "word": "პიონერი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Pionier"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "pioniéros",
      "sense": "member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "πιονιέρος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc",
      "word": "pionír"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc",
      "word": "úttörő"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc",
      "word": "pajtás"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "pionēru",
      "sense": "member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc",
      "word": "ピオネール"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "paionia",
      "sense": "member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc",
      "word": "パイオニア"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "pioner",
      "sense": "member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc",
      "word": "пионер"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "paionieo",
      "sense": "member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc",
      "word": "파이오니어"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "pionereu",
      "sense": "member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc",
      "word": "피오네르"
    },
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      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "pioner",
      "sense": "member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc",
      "word": "пионер"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "pionieris"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pionierius"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pionier"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "pioneiro"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "pionier"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pionér",
      "sense": "member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "пионе́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pionérka",
      "sense": "member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пионе́рка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "пионир"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc",
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      "word": "pionir"
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      "code": "sk",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "pionier"
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      "code": "sl",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pionir"
    },
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "pionero"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc",
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      "roman": "pioner",
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      "word": "пионер"
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      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
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      "word": "pioner"
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      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pionér",
      "sense": "member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "піоне́р"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "roman": "pionérka",
      "sense": "member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc",
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      "word": "піоне́рка"
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      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc",
      "word": "pioner"
    },
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      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc",
      "word": "namviet"
    }
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    "pioneer"
  ],
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}

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    {
      "word": "push the envelope"
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      "word": "break new ground"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "to be the first",
      "word": "aprire la strada"
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