reconnoiter

(rē'kə-noi'tər, rĕk'ə-)

v., -tered, -ter·ing, -ters.

v.tr.
To make a preliminary inspection of, especially in order to gather military information.

v.intr.
To make a reconnaissance.

[Obsolete French reconnoître, from Old French reconoistre, to recognize. See recognize.]

reconnoiterer re'con·noi'ter·er n.

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verb

To go into or through for the purpose of making discoveries or acquiring information: delve, dig, explore, inquire, investigate, look into, probe, scout¹. See investigate.

[ܖrēkǝܒnoiṭǝr; ܖrek-] Brit.reconnoitre

ܖrēkǝˈnoiṭǝr; ܖrek- Brit.reconnoitre v. make a military observation of (a region): they reconnoitered the beach some weeks before the landing.

n. informal

an act of reconnoitering: a reconnoiter of the camp.

See the Introduction, Abbreviations and Pronunciation for further details.

For a list of words related to reconnoiter, see:

• Verbs of Sight - reconnoiter: appraise and examine so as to gain information

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See words rhyming with "reconnoiter."

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - rekognoscere, udspejde
v. intr. - tage på rekognoscering
n. - rekognoscering

Français (French)
v. tr. - (Mil, fig) reconnaître, faire une reconnaissance
v. intr. - faire une reconnaissance
n. - reconnaissance

Deutsch (German)
v. - erkunden, auskundschaften
n. - Erkundung

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - αναγνωρίζω (έδαφος), πραγματοποιώ αναγνώριση, εξερευνώ (εδαφικό χώρο)
n. - (στρατ.) αναγνώριση, αναγνωριστική πτήση κ.λπ.

Italiano (Italian)
perlustrare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - reconhecer, explorar
n. - reconhecimento (m)

Русский (Russian)
производить разведку, разведать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - reconocer, explorar
v. intr. - hacer un reconocimiento
n. - reconocimiento

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - rekognoscera, utforska
n. - utforskning

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
侦察, 勘察, 探勘

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 偵察, 勘察
v. intr. - 偵察, 探勘
n. - 偵察, 探勘

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 정찰하다, 답사하다
v. intr. - 정찰하다, 답사하다
n. - 정찰자

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 偵察する, 踏査する

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮סייר (בשטח אויב)‬
v. intr. - ‮סייר (בשטח אויב)‬
n. - ‮סיור (בשטח אויב)‬

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