reconnoitre

[US]/ˌrɛkə'nɔɪtɚ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

v. scout, explore
Word Forms
Present Participlereconnoitring
Third Person Singularreconnoitres
Past Tensereconnoitred
Past Participlereconnoitred

Example Sentences

a nocturnal reconnoitre of the camp.

they reconnoitred the beach some weeks before the landing.

The Emperor detached Domon's division of light cavalry to reconnoitre in that quarter.

Real-world Examples

I shall reconnoitre and soon find out.

Source: Amateur Thief Rafiz

He went to reconnoitre the situation and find out the weight of the ladder.

Source: The Red and the Black (Part Three)

Venn resolved to reconnoitre somewhat carefully the lonely road which led along the vale from Wildeve's dwelling to Clym's house at Alderworth.

Source: Returning Home

On one occasion our dogs barked as she approached, which aroused Epps, and induced him to reconnoitre the premises.

Source: Twelve Years a Slave

Plainly this lay no longer in the direction of his inn; but the hope of a little more light tempted him forward to reconnoitre.

Source: The New Arabian Nights (Part Two)

At length the Marquis grew impatient: Beginning to fear that his second attempt would succeed no better than the first, He proposed to reconnoitre the Convent.

Source: Monk (Part 1)

'I am only sorry it has been so unsuccessful, ' replied he, with a quick glance towards Mr. Bell, as if reconnoitring how much he might say before him.

Source: The South and the North (Part 2)

As we approached the point, I begged him to remain in a sheltered place, while I went on to reconnoitre; for it was towards it that the men had passed in the night.

Source: Great Expectations (Original Version)

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