reconnoiter
to inspect, observe, or survey (the enemy, the enemy's strength or position, a region, etc.) in order to gain information for military purposes.
to examine or survey (a region, area, etc.) for engineering, geological, or other purposes.
to make a reconnaissance.
Origin of reconnoiter
1Other words from reconnoiter
- re·con·noi·ter·er, noun
- un·re·con·noi·tered, adjective
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How to use reconnoiter in a sentence
Minutes after we entered the Air and Space Museum, we were standing beside the display of moon rocks reconnoitering the situation.
My father-in-law called him the "heavy artillery," bringing up the rear after the Jack Russell reconnoitering party.
Then I caught a whiff of burning wood and in ten minutes I was reconnoitering a tiny glade.
A Virginia Scout | Hugh PendexterThe third day after my arrival I went out with a reconnoitering expedition, under command of General M.
Nurse and Spy in the Union Army | S. Emma E. EdmondsTwo figures loomed through the white fog; paused, as if reconnoitering in the dim half-light.
Quicksilver Sue | Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards
Herbert Miller, too, was of considerable use, the four doing a lot of good work in the spying and reconnoitering line.
The Dare Boys in Virginia | Stephen Angus CoxIt remained in sight some time, and it was evident that the cautious scout was carefully reconnoitering the plain.
White Otter | Elmer Russell Gregor
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