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recce

Syllables: rec·ce/ˈɹɛ.ki/

recce noun: reconnaissance.

Noun

recce (countable and uncountable, plural recces)

  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang) Reconnaissance.
    • Visiting the town on what in the more recent war we called a recce, she arranged a tennis-match with Dolly, guessing that the girl would be a bad loser.1953, J. (Julian) Maclaren-Ross, The Weeping and the Laughter: A Chapter of Autobiography
    • As he climbed into the car, his recce of the space behind the seats was still a little too obvious despite best efforts at subtlety.2006, Vincent Tuckwood, Karaoke Criminals

Verb

recce (third-person singular simple present recces, present participle recceing, simple past and past participle recced or recce'd or recceed)

  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang) Reconnoitre.
    • I told the boys to stock up with all they could, and went back to the village to recce for someone to pay as per orders.1961, John Sibly, You'll Walk to Mandalay: A Novel
    • Take him down there with Entry Two and recce first. If he can't confirm it, we pull out.2006, James Scott, The Sweaties
    Synonyms:
    recon

Examples of recce in a sentence

  • I'm afraid you two will have to go on a bit of a recce sometime soon.2006, Steve Farndon, Escape Inc.:
  • He'd be over at Christmas to do a proper sort-through of Velerie's things, but in the meantime could Shannon have a quiet recce and make sure everything was secure?2016, Laurence Fearnley, The Quiet Spectacular, →ISBN, page 92:
  • Rona disappeared into the little kitchenette and Nicol made a recce of the room.2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 279:
  • These record imagery from all three recce sensors - IR, EO and SAR.2006, Tony Holmes, US Marine Corps And RAAF Hornet Units of Operation Iraqi Freedom:

Synonyms of recce

Forms of recce

Noun
pluralrecces
alternative formrecco
alternative formreccy
Verb
third-person singular presentrecces
present participlerecceing
past participlerecced
pastrecced
past participlerecce'd
pastrecce'd
past participlerecceed
pastrecceed

Origin of recce

Clipping of reconnaissance.

Words that rhyme with recce

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Questions about recce

What does recce mean?
Recce means reconnaissance.
How do you use recce in a sentence?
I'm afraid you two will have to go on a bit of a recce sometime soon.
What part of speech is recce?
Recce can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce recce?
Recce is pronounced /ˈɹɛ.ki/.
What is the plural of recce?
The plural of recce is recces.

Words near recce in the dictionary

  1. recavitated
  2. recavitates
  3. recavitating
  4. Recaș
  5. recc
  6. recce
  7. recce'd
  8. recced
  9. recceed
  10. recceing
  11. reccer

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