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to reconnoiter
01
to make a military observation or examination of an area to gather information, often in preparation for a future action
Transitive: to reconnoiter an area
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
reconnoiter
3rd person singular
reconnoiters
Present participle
reconnoitering
Past simple
reconnoitered
Past participle
reconnoitered
Examples
The soldiers were sent to reconnoiter the enemy's positions before the main assault.
Lexical Tree
reconnoitering
reconnoiter
