pioneering

2 definitions • 6 examples

using ideas and methods that have never been used before:

pioneering techniques

a pioneering surgeon

being the first to do or use a particular new idea:

pioneering research/work/study

a pioneering technique/treatment/technology

a pioneering company/bank/firm a pioneering BioTech company

a pioneering approach/program/scheme The hospital developed a pioneering scheme to treat drug-using criminals in the community.