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verb · irregular · intransitive · rare

scout out

scout out · scouts out · scouted out · scouting out

To search, to look forTo search, to look for

» Igor scouted out a perfect tree for making a club.

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Meaning

2 senses

To search, to look for
To track down, to find by searching

Examples

1 sentences

Igor scouted out a perfect tree for making a club.
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Forms

scouts out, scouting out, scouted out, scouted out

Base form	scout out · to scout out
3rd person singular	scouts out
Present participle	scouting out
Past simple	scouted out
Past participle	scouted out

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	scout out
he, she, it	scouts out

Past simpleLesson

all persons

scouted out

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have scouted out
he, she, it	has scouted out

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will scout out

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

scourge scout scowl scrabble

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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