Definitions
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- verb transitive, intransitive, military To perform a
reconnaissance (of an area; an enemy position); toscout with the aim of gaining information. - verb obsolete To
recognise . - noun An act or instance of reconnoitring.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody
Etymologies
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Examples
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But although they were groping in the right direction, the Americans had never really taken hold of the Panzer concept in its essence, as conceived by Liddell Hart and developed by Guderian — the heavy, balanced force, moving on tracks not to "reconnoitre" but to strike and to exploit.
Barbarossa Clark, Alan 1965
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"reconnoitre," Balla said "to open the gate and lead the way," -- and that Frank should bring up the rear.
Two Little Confederates Thomas Nelson Page 1887
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Before Mackay reached him, he said, the French sent a detachment to reconnoitre our camp to obtain intelligence of our strength & position; notice of which being given by the scouts.
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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Before Mackay reached him, he said, the French sent a detachment to reconnoitre our camp to obtain intelligence of our strength & position; notice of which being given by the scouts.
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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Before Mackay reached him, he said, the French sent a detachment to reconnoitre our camp to obtain intelligence of our strength & position; notice of which being given by the scouts.
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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He paused to reconnoitre, but not being driven back, came closer.
KEESH, SON OF KEESH 2010
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We landed in an eddy, and climbed directly into the trees to reconnoitre.
CHAPTER XII 2010
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Before Mackay reached him, he said, the French sent a detachment to reconnoitre our camp to obtain intelligence of our strength & position; notice of which being given by the scouts.
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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An early entrant to the club was Lionel "Buster" Crabb, an MI6 diver who in 1956 was dispatched into Portsmouth harbour to reconnoitre a Russian ship and was never seen again.
MI6 codebreaker's bizarre death provides fodder for conspiracy theories 2010
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If you have a consistent security system around the globe it is quite easy to reconnoitre that and predict it.
Airport security rules 'give terrorists an advantage' Dan Milmo 2010
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