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reconnaissance

or re·con·nois·sance

[ ri-kon-uh-suhns, -zuhns ]

noun

  1. the act of reconnoitering.
  2. Military. a search made for useful military information in the field, especially by examining the ground.
  3. Surveying, Civil Engineering. a general examination or survey of a region, usually followed by a detailed survey.
  4. Geology. an examination or survey of the general geological characteristics of a region.


reconnaissance

/ rɪˈkɒnɪsəns /

noun

  1. the act of reconnoitring
  2. the process of obtaining information about the position, activities, resources, etc, of an enemy or potential enemy
  3. a preliminary inspection of an area of land before an engineering survey is made


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Word History and Origins

Origin of reconnaissance1

1800–10; < French; Middle French reconoissance recognizance

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Word History and Origins

Origin of reconnaissance1

C18: from French, from Old French reconoistre to explore, recognize

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Example Sentences

In a Lynx, however, Harry could take part in reconnaissance missions and transport passengers.

The New York Times reported that Iran has deployed reconnaissance drones and military equipment to the Iraqi army.

This was a tethered reconnaissance balloon, as first used 220 years ago in the French Revolutionary War.

On August 18, an IED killed Private First Class Morris Walker and Staff Sergeant Clayton Bowen during a reconnaissance mission.

ASW assets and crews have been diverted to reconnaissance missions in overland and littoral wars.

At the date of Rose's first reconnaissance to this cellar, these cells were vacant and unguarded.

Finally, to conclude this preliminary reconnaissance, the attitude of Socialism to religion is wholly unjustifiable.

It appears somewhat strange that no reconnaissance was made of the Russian position by the generals.

During the diplomatic reconnaissance led by Caulaincourt, the statesmen of these countries had been busy at Fontainebleau.

During the various expeditions of our reconnaissance I came to employ two distinct methods of working the legs with the lungs.

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