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reconnoitre

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reconnoitre US, reconnoiter [ˌrɛkəˈnɔɪtə]
vb
(Military) to survey or inspect (an enemy's position, region of land, etc.); make a reconnaissance (of)
n
(Military) the act or process of reconnoitring; a reconnaissance
[from obsolete French reconnoître to inspect, explore; see recognize]
reconnoitrer  US, reconnoiterer n
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Verb1.reconnoitre - explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody
observe - watch attentively; "Please observe the reaction of these two chemicals"

reconnoitre
verb inspect, investigate, make a reconnaissance (of), see how the land lies, case (slang), survey, observe, explore, patrol, scan, scout, scrutinize, recce (slang), spy out, get the lie of the land I left a sergeant in charge and rode forward to reconnoitre.
Translations
reconnoitre reconnoiter (US) [ˌrekəˈnɔɪtəʳ] (Mil)
A. VTreconocer, explorar
B. VIhacer un reconocimiento

reconnoitre [ˌrɛkəˈnɔɪtər] (British) reconnoiter (US)
vt (MILITARY)reconnaître
vi (MILITARY)faire une reconnaissance

reconnoitre, (US) reconnoiter
vt (Aviat, Mil) regionauskundschaften, erkunden, aufklären

reconnoitre reconnoiter (Am) [ˌrɛkəˈnɔɪtəʳ] (Mil)
1. vtfare una ricognizione di
2. vifare una ricognizione

reconnoitre reconnoiter (Am) [ˌrɛkəˈnɔɪtəʳ] (Mil)
1. vtfare una ricognizione di
2. vifare una ricognizione

reconnoitre
v reconnoitre [rekəˈnoitə]
to make a reconnaissance of (land, enemy troops etc). verken يَسْتَطْلِع، يَسْتَكْشِف разузнавам prozkoumávat rekognoscere; sondere auskundschaften κάνω αναγνώριση hacer un reconocimiento maad kuulama شناسایی کردن؛ بررسی کردن؛ اکتشاف کردن tiedustella reconnaître (le terrain) לְסַייֵר בְּשֶטָח הָאוֹיֵב टोह लेना izviđati, uhoditi felderít(ést végez) melakukan penyelidikan gera yfirlitskönnun, (for)kanna perlustrare, fare una ricognizione 偵察する 정찰하다, 답사하다 (iš)žvalgyti izlūkot kajian untuk peperangan verkennen sondere terrenget, rekognosere rozpoznać fazer um reconhecimento a mer­ge în recunoaştere производить разведку robiť prieskum, preskúmať poizvedovati izviđati rekognoscera, spana ลาดตระเวน keşif yapmak 偵察 проводити розвідку, рекогносцирувати دیکھ بھال کرنا do thám


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I only propose to reconnoitre the ground, to see what we can see.
The principal aim of his journey was to reconnoitre Lake Tchad, from which he was still three hundred and fifty miles distant.
So Grandfather told his auditors, that, on General Washington's arrival at Cambridge, his first care was to reconnoitre the British troops with his spy-glass, and to examine the condition of his own army.
 
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