Our scout will reconnoiter the path ahead of our troops.
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Reconnoiter
//ˌɹɛkəˈnɔɪtə//
Synonyms for "reconnoiter" (65 found)
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Closest matches (13)
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Related words (32)
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1 entriesTranslations
50 translations across 21 languages.
Belarusian
2 entries- разве́дка noun (instance of reconnoitering)
- рэкагнасцыро́ўка noun (instance of reconnoitering)
Bulgarian
2 entries- разузна́ване noun (instance of reconnoitering)
- разузнавам verb (perform a reconnaissance — see also scout, explore)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 偵察 /侦察 verb (perform a reconnaissance — see also scout, explore)
Finnish
1 entries- tiedustella verb (perform a reconnaissance — see also scout, explore)
French
1 entries- reconnaître verb (perform a reconnaissance — see also scout, explore)
German
4 entries- Aufklären noun (instance of reconnoitering)
- Aufklärung noun (instance of reconnoitering)
- Auskundschaften noun (instance of reconnoitering)
- Auskundschaftung noun (instance of reconnoitering)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌱𐌹𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌷𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (perform a reconnaissance — see also scout, explore)
Hindi
1 entries- सर्वेक्षण verb (perform a reconnaissance — see also scout, explore)
Hungarian
1 entries- felderít verb (perform a reconnaissance — see also scout, explore)
Irish
2 entries- taiscéalaíocht noun (instance of reconnoitering)
- taiscéalaíocht a dhéanamh verb (perform a reconnaissance — see also scout, explore)
Japanese
1 entries- 偵察する verb (perform a reconnaissance — see also scout, explore)
Korean
1 entries- 정찰(偵察)하다 verb (perform a reconnaissance — see also scout, explore)
Latin
1 entries- speculor verb (perform a reconnaissance — see also scout, explore)
Māori
4 entries- hunuhunu verb (perform a reconnaissance — see also scout, explore)
- hūhunu verb (perform a reconnaissance — see also scout, explore)
- torohē verb (perform a reconnaissance — see also scout, explore)
- torotoro verb (perform a reconnaissance — see also scout, explore)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- rekognosering noun (instance of reconnoitering)
Polish
2 entries- badać teren verb (perform a reconnaissance — see also scout, explore)
- przeprowadzać rekonesans verb (perform a reconnaissance — see also scout, explore)
Russian
4 entries- разве́дка noun (instance of reconnoitering)
- рекогносциро́вка noun (instance of reconnoitering)
- разве́дать verb (perform a reconnaissance — see also scout, explore)
- разве́дывать verb (perform a reconnaissance — see also scout, explore)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- ìzvidnica noun (instance of reconnoitering)
- ѝзвидница noun (instance of reconnoitering)
- izviđati verb (perform a reconnaissance — see also scout, explore)
Spanish
3 entries- campear verb (perform a reconnaissance — see also scout, explore)
- conocer verb (perform a reconnaissance — see also scout, explore)
- correr la campaña verb (perform a reconnaissance — see also scout, explore)
Ukrainian
4 entries- рекогносциро́вка noun (instance of reconnoitering)
- ро́звідка noun (instance of reconnoitering)
- розві́дка noun (instance of reconnoitering)
- рекогносцирува́ти verb (perform a reconnaissance — see also scout, explore)
Welsh
1 entries- rhagchwilio verb (perform a reconnaissance — see also scout, explore)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
Not everything is exactly right on the Enterprise. Something is burning somewhere. People are firing guns. She's not entirely sure she wants to be there. As long as she is high up in the air, she reconnoiters the ship and confirms that there is no way off, no handy gangplanks or stairway thingies.
Source: wiktionary
The pilot reported the findings of his reconnoiter.
Source: wiktionary
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