verb · irregular · transitive · rare

reconnoiter

reconnoiter · reconnoiters · reconnoitered · reconnoitering

розвідувати, розвідати, рекогносцирувати

разведывать, разведать, рекогносцировать

erkunden, auskundschaften, aufklären

To perform a reconnaissanceTo perform a reconnaissance (of an area; an enemy position); to scout with the aim of acquiring information.

UK/ˌɹɛkəˈnɔɪtə/US/ˌɹɛkəˈnɔɪtɚ/

Meaning

1 senses

(US)To perform a reconnaissance (of an area; an enemy position); to scout with the aim of acquiring information.
Our scout will reconnoiter the path ahead of our troops.
erkunden, auskundschaften, aufklären
разве́дыватьrazvédyvatʹ, разве́датьrazvédatʹ, рекогносци́роватьrekognoscírovatʹ
розві́дуватиrozvíduvaty, розві́датиrozvídaty, рекогносцирува́тиrekohnoscyruváty

More definitions

explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody

Translations

6 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

perform a reconnaissance — see also scout, explore:

Русский

By meaning 1

perform a reconnaissance — see also scout, explore:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

perform a reconnaissance — see also scout, explore:

Origin

From French reconnoître (obsolete spelling of reconnaître), from Latin recognoscere (“to r

From French reconnoître (obsolete spelling of reconnaître), from Latin recognoscere (“to recognize”). Contrarily, there is also an obsolete 19th-century British English spelling reconnaitre (now reconnoitre).

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Forms

reconnoiters, reconnoitering, reconnoitered, reconnoitered

Base form	reconnoiter · to reconnoiter
3rd person singular	reconnoiters
Present participle	reconnoitering
Past simple	reconnoitered
Past participle	reconnoitered