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    RECONNOITER

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     I. (verb) 

    Verb forms

    Present simple: I / you / we / they reconnoiter  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it reconnoiters  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past simple: reconnoitered  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past participle: reconnoitered  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    -ing form: reconnoitering  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebodyplay

    Synonyms:

    reconnoiter; reconnoitre; scout

    Classified under:

    Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

    Hypernyms (to "reconnoiter" is one way to...):

    observe (watch attentively)

    Sentence frames:

    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s something

    Derivation:

    reconnaissance (the act of reconnoitring (especially to gain information about an enemy or potential enemy))

    reconnoitering (exploring in order to gain information)

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