pioneer

Object

• spirit: Everest is synonymous with bravery, determination and the pioneering spirit of adventure.
• concept: In 1986 Peter Baldwin pioneered the concept of offering fully mobile hire boilers in trailers.
• work: He is best remembered for his pioneering work in health reform.
• initiative: Last month, Legal Week reported a pioneering initiative in the US that reverses the traditional secondment model.
• approach: My company has pioneered this approach for many years.
• venture: This in itself is a pioneering venture, unique in Asia and most other parts of the world.

Converse of object

ordain: Ordained Pioneer Ministry guidelines The House of Bishops have approved new guidelines implementing the recommendations of the Mission-shaped Church Report for ordained pioneers.

Adjective modifier

• civic: To be recognized as a civic pioneer, a local authority need not take on new responsibilities.
• legendary: New album of electonic and digital dub and reggae from legendary post-punk pioneer Richard H. Kirk.
• early: He was one of the early pioneers of recording.
• true: By the late ' 90s Pulp were one of the most popular British groups, rising out of Sheffield to become true Britpop pioneers.

Modifies a noun

• missionary: John Paton was a great pioneer missionary who devoted himself to sharing the gospel with the cannibals of the New Hebrides in the Pacific.
• species: Silver Birch trees are known as a pioneer species, because they are often the first trees to become established in an area.
• photographer: There are two permanent galleries telling the story of Kingston and another dedicated to the life and work of pioneer photographer, Eadward Muybridge.
• specie: The dense, low forest that the pioneer species create is called a ' secondary forest ' .
• vegetation: However, over time other species of trees start to replace the pioneer vegetation.

Noun used with modifier

aviation: An exhibition explains the work of the famous Yorkshire aviation pioneer, Robert Blackburn.

Preposition: in

field: One of the earliest was from a pioneer in the field in the Second World War, General William J. Donovan.

Preposition: of

• aviation: Finally, there is a major collection of original letters and manuscripts from pioneers of aviation, including the Wright brothers.
• revival: The pairs pioneering of a revival in old-school sounds and arrangements, together with Digital and Reinforced, dominated drum & bass throughout 2001.