Reconnoiter

//ˌɹɛkəˈnɔɪtə// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An act or instance of reconnoitering. US

    "The pilot reported the findings of his reconnoiter."

Verb
  1. 1
    To perform a reconnaissance (of an area; an enemy position); to scout with the aim of acquiring information. US, intransitive, transitive

    "Our scout will reconnoiter the path ahead of our troops."

  2. 2
    explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody wordnet

Synonyms

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scoutscoutbe vigilantbe watchfulbugcase

Example

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"Our scout will reconnoiter the path ahead of our troops."

Etymology

From French reconnoître (obsolete spelling of reconnaître), from Latin recognoscere (“to recognize”). Contrarily, there is also an obsolete 19th-century British English spelling reconnaitre (now reconnoitre).

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