Pilot
pilot (adj, verb) - test
a pilot programme, a pilot project - to test the programme before launching it on a large scale.
a pilot episode - a single showing of a television programme to test the concept and see if it would be popular
Example sentences:
* The service will be expanded since the pilot programme was successful.
* The government will pilot a programme aimed at rural schools.
* The pilot episode of the new TV series has already been filmed.
* A five year pilot programme failed to prove that the business was viable.
* NGO financed projects have served as important examples and pilot schemes for other organisations and governments.
* We are currently conducting a pilot study to assess the future role of information technology.
* We launched a year-long pilot scheme to test the new service.
* The pilot project involves outreach to gifted high school students.
