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scouting

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scout·ing  (skoutng)
n.
1. The act of one that scouts.
2. often Scouting The activities of the Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts.

Scouting [ˈskaʊtɪŋ]
n
a.  the activities, programmes, principles, etc., of the Scout Association
b.  (as modifier) the international Scouting movement
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.scoutingscouting - exploring in order to gain information; "scouting in enemy territory is very dangerous"
reconnaissance, reconnaissance mission - the act of reconnoitring (especially to gain information about an enemy or potential enemy); "an exchange of fire occurred on a reconnaissance mission"
Translations
scouting [ˈskaʊtɪŋ] Nactividades fpl de los exploradores
scouting
n
Erkunden nt, → Auskundschaften nt; (Mil) → Aufklärung f; (= looking)Suche f(for nach); (for talent) → Talentsuche f
Scouting (= scout movement)Pfadfinderei f (inf), → Pfadfindertum nt
adj attr ScoutingPfadfinder-; Scouting organizationPfadfinderorganisation f
scouting [ˈskaʊtɪŋ] nscoutismo
scouting [ˈskaʊtɪŋ] nscoutismo


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This I, scouting alone, beheld, Once, twice and again!
He must on, and on, till somewhere, some time, he encountered another man, or other men, from the other side, scouting, as he was scouting, to make report, as he must make report, of having come in touch.
I was out with a small scouting party and found your body, full of bullet-holes and newly scalped-- somewhat mutilated otherwise, too, I am sorry to say--right where you say you made your fight.
 
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