pathfinder Definition
☆ path·finder (pat̸h′fīn′dər)
noun
one who makes a path or way where none had existed, as in an unknown region, wilderness, etc.
pathfinder Synonyms
pathfinder Usage Examples
Possessives
child: This part of the evaluation built on the work of a baseline implementation survey of 35 children's trust pathfinders conducted in August 2004.
Preposition: in
area: It will provide a valuable pathfinder in an area of poor NHS dental service provision where recruitment is the key issue.
Adjective modifier
- rural: Central to this was the creation of a Rural Local Delivery Pathfinder in each region.
- local: Central to this was the creation of a Rural Local Delivery Pathfinder in each region.
- first: Bracknell Forest Boro Council became the first pathfinder, crossing the finish line in February 2001.
- other: The other pathfinders cover Newcastle and Gateshead, south Yorkshire, Hull and east Yorkshire, the Potteries, and Birmingham and Sandwell.
- new: The 12 new Pathfinders are being established in ten areas and in the Army and the Prison Service.
- regional: To test the effectiveness of National Enforcement Service framework a regional pathfinder will take place in 2006 with full implementation by 2008.
Modifies a noun
- project: A further 25 extended school pathfinder projects were then funded during the academic year 2002 to 2003.
- pilot: Nine pathfinder pilots are entering their final phase and are going well - a final report is due in September.
- status: Last November we invited authorities to apply for partnership pathfinder status.
- partnership: Rural pathfinders set out business plans The plans have been drawn up by eight regional pathfinder partnerships across England.
- area: Birmingham is a pathfinder area for the new national Adult Basic Skills Strategy launched on 1st March 2001.
- scheme: Those will provide, through the pathfinder schemes, various useful pointers for the wider roll-out of the program in future.
Noun used with modifier
- renewal: The current housing market renewal fund is providing over £ 500 million to the nine housing market renewal pathfinders.
- neighborhood: Stanley Green Corridor in Derwentside, County Durham, a neighborhood management pathfinder, has found the results can be dramatic.
- housing: The current housing market renewal fund is providing over £ 500 million to the nine housing market renewal pathfinders.
- market: The current housing market renewal fund is providing over £ 500 million to the nine housing market renewal pathfinders.
- enterprise: In the former Avon area there are five schools involved in the social enterprise pathfinder.
- trust: This part of the evaluation built on the work of a baseline implementation survey of 35 children's trust pathfinders conducted in August 2004.
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