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reconnoiter
[ ree-kuh-noi-ter, rek-uh- ]
verb (used with object)
- to inspect, observe, or survey (the enemy, the enemy's strength or position, a region, etc.) in order to gain information for military purposes.
- to examine or survey (a region, area, etc.) for engineering, geological, or other purposes.
verb (used without object)
- to make a reconnaissance.
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Other 51Թ Forms
- cDz·ԴǾt· noun
- ܲr·Dz·ԴǾt adjective
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of reconnoiter1
1700–10; < French DzԲԴîٰ (now obsolete) to explore, Middle French reconoistre. See recognize
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In 2013, in Vietnam, he reconnoitered the Danish embassy and distracted staffers as nine defectors, posing as South Korean tourists, entered and claimed asylum.
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“The troops are reconnoitered in the back parking lot.”
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When Liddy and Hunt go to reconnoiter the psychiatrist’s office, they wear terrible wigs by way of disguise.
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Top executives have shifted their attention to other countries that they can more easily reconnoiter.
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A week later, Chelsea Gerlach was sitting in a hotel room, preparing to reconnoiter a potential target, when she saw on TV that a pair of planes had crashed into the World Trade Center.
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