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trailblazing

English translation: being first, being original, setting the trend for all the rest, laying new track, leading the pack

17:16 Oct 19, 2005
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Marketing / Market Research
English term or phrase: trailblazing
Innovation and Trailblazing
Maria Laura Terrone
Selected answer:being first, being original, setting the trend for all the rest, laying new track, leading the pack
Explanation:
These are some synonyms
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Mikhail Kropotov
Germany
Local time: 21:01
Grading comment
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +13being first, being original, setting the trend for all the rest, laying new track, leading the pack
Mikhail Kropotov
4 +8starting something completely new
Jack Doughty
5 +4the source
Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
5 +3a new and innovative product
Charlesp
5pioneering
Martin Perazzo


Discussion entries: 1





  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +13
being first, being original, setting the trend for all the rest, laying new track, leading the pack


Explanation:
These are some synonyms

Mikhail Kropotov
Germany
Local time: 21:01
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Russian
PRO pts in category: 20
Grading comment
Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Nick Lingris: Left out 'pioneering' :-}
1 min
  -> Right you are!
agree  Kim Metzger: pioneering, avant-garde
2 mins
  -> Discovering new territory, yep. Thanks!
agree  Kurt Porter: I'm going to wait for ninogulli's disertation 19 hours from now before I vote...oh, too late! :) :)
4 mins
  -> Did you see that he's a non-native speaker? I thought you had it... can't believe that grade.
agree  Charlesp
5 mins
  -> Thank you
agree  Balaban Cerit
33 mins
  -> Thank you so much
agree  RHELLER: hey Kurt, don't feel bad, it's happened to me oodles of times - askers are unpredictable (loose rockets :-))
1 hr
  -> Thank you so much
agree  Dave Calderhead: With Nick too.
1 hr
  -> Thank you
agree  Lori Utecht/Vívian M Alves
1 hr
  -> Thank you
agree  humbird: Yes, but do not forget the word origin is in the American West. A comment from a resident of the Nineteen Century Fronitier history ground of the American West.
7 hrs
  -> Certainly
agree  Rajan Chopra
8 hrs
  -> Thank you
agree  Saleh Chowdhury, Ph.D.
18 hrs
  -> Thank you
agree  Alfa Trans (X)
19 hrs
  -> Thank you so much
neutral  Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X): yes but you do not explain the answer..and I think that askers come here to explanations not synonyms..and explanations from people with native compentence...
23 hrs
  -> I think my answer explains the meaning, don't you? 12 other people have expressed their opinion. I am ready to argue the native competence point any time you feel like it. Thanks for your comment.
agree  Will Matter: I think this is a perfectly acceptable answer & hope that one day my Russian becomes as good MKs English. As far as "loose cannons/ rockets & non-native speakers" go i'll refrain from comment 'cause i got my lil' hands slapped extra hard elsewhere.
1 day 4 hrs
  -> Thank you so much Will
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +8
starting something completely new


Explanation:
Trailblazing originally meant marking out a route through new country, by one man going ahead and making marks, e.g. by laying "patterans" (twigs laid out as arrows) for others to follow.
It is now used to mean starting out to do something which no-one has ever done before (or as they say in Star Trek, "to boldly go where no man has gone before").

Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:01
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 72

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  RHELLER
58 mins
  -> Thank you.
agree  Dave Calderhead
1 hr
  -> Thank you.
agree  Lori Utecht/Vívian M Alves
1 hr
  -> Thank you.
agree  humbird: You being a Briton may not realize the origin of this expression being. from the Pioneering Westery movement in 19th century America! "The men who didn't follow trails but made them!" as one book puts it.
7 hrs
  -> Thank you. No, I didn't know that. But I now seem to recall that the "blaze" is the light-coloured patch on a tree where the bark has been scaped off to mark the trail.
agree  Rajan Chopra
8 hrs
  -> Thank you.
agree  Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X): I like explanations for this category. Not Synonyms from non-native speakers..thanx
23 hrs
  -> Thank you.
agree  Mikhail Kropotov
23 hrs
  -> Thank you.
agree  Will Matter: Yes. "Trailblazing" is both the process of leaving an identifiable mark that others can easily follow & by extension, the process of also leading the way/ going someplace new.
1 day 4 hrs
  -> Thank you. Tak tochno! (Exactly!)
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
a new and innovative product


Explanation:
is what trailblazing means in this context.

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Note added at 13 mins (2005-10-19 17:29:53 GMT)
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offering features and capabilities never seen before (or the marketers would have one believe)

Charlesp
Sweden
Local time: 21:01
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  sarahl (X)
19 mins
agree  Mikhail Kropotov
23 hrs
agree  Will Matter
1 day 4 hrs
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
the source


Explanation:
Trail blaze

1) if you go to a place where there are no trails [a forest area], you blaze a trail by cutting down/through the foliage with a machete or other cutting instrument

2) It also means to provide markings on trees with paint when existing trails are not clear, so people can follow the right path through the forest/wood or jungle.

cheers

by extension, it means to go where others have not gone before

like Startrek...:)

Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  humbird: Not to mention Pioneers in the American West. That is the historical origin of this expression.
3 hrs
  -> people want explanations not necessarily synonyms...I think
agree  Rajan Chopra
4 hrs
agree  Mikhail Kropotov
19 hrs
agree  Will Matter: Daniel Boone, Davey Crockett, Vasco de Gama, Neil Armstrong, Bill Gates and Henry are all "trailblazers". Whee.
1 day 17 mins
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1 day 1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
pioneering


Explanation:
Es otra forma de decirlo; algo que abre nuevos caminos, que es pionero.

Martin Perazzo
Spain
Local time: 21:01
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Mikhail Kropotov: Yes, this has been said before +++ Gee, I'm glad you didn't edit the question to be English->Spanish!
2 hrs
  -> Not in the answers; it's only been mentioned once in the comments to someone else's answer. Moreover, my answer is in verb form, and it's given in noun form in the comment.
neutral  Will Matter: Ingles, amigo, Ingles.
2 hrs
  -> Yes, but the asker asked for comments preferably in Spanish
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