piloted
- 1Simple past and past participle of pilot.
The captain piloted the ferry through a narrow, fog-bound channel.
The new scheduling system was piloted in three offices before its full rollout.
Note
One spelling does double duty here: the simple past stands alone (she piloted the launch), while the participle follows have or be (it has been piloted, it was piloted). The t stays single, just as in pilot. The participle also works as an adjective, compared with more and most rather than -er and -est. The trial sense of pilot sits naturally in the passive: the course was piloted at two schools.
piloted is a form of pilot
pilot, verb: To test an idea, product, or program on a limited scale before launching it fully. Full entry
- Spelling
- pilot → piloted: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪd/, an extra syllable.
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