reconnoiter
UK/ˌɹɛkəˈnɔɪtə//ˌɹɛkəˈnɔɪtɚ/
reconnoiter verb: to perform a reconnaissance (of an area; an enemy position); to scout with the aim of acquiring information.
Verb
reconnoiter (third-person singular simple present reconnoiters, present participle reconnoitering, simple past and past participle reconnoitered)
- To perform a reconnaissance (of an area; an enemy position); to scout with the aim of acquiring information.
- Our scout will reconnoiter the path ahead of our troops.
- Not everything is exactly right on the Enterprise. Something is burning somewhere. People are firing guns. She's not entirely sure she wants to be there. As long as she is high up in the air, she reconnoiters the ship and confirms that there is no way off, no handy gangplanks or stairway thingies.1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 395
Noun
reconnoiter (plural reconnoiters)
- An act or instance of reconnoitering.
- The pilot reported the findings of his reconnoiter.
reconnoiter meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam
reconnoiter in Hindi
- perform a reconnaissance — see also scout, explore
- सर्वेक्षण sarvekṣaṇ
reconnoiter in Tamil
- வேவுபார், வேவுகாண்
reconnoiter in Bengali
- পর্যবেক্ষণ করা, তথ্য সংগ্রহ করা
reconnoiter in Malayalam
- make a reconnaissance of, survey, explore
- രംഗനിരീക്ഷണം നടത്തുക, രംഗപരിശോധന നടത്തുക, സമരരംഗ പരിശോധന നടത്തുക, പ്രാഥമിക പരിശോധന നടത്തുക, സെെനികാവശ്യപരിശോധന നടത്തുക, ആരായുക
Synonyms of reconnoiter
Forms of reconnoiter
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | reconnoiters |
| present participle | reconnoitering |
| past participle | reconnoitered |
| past | reconnoitered |
| alternative form | reconnoitre |
| Noun | |
| plural | reconnoiters |
Origin of reconnoiter
From French reconnoître (obsolete spelling of reconnaître), from Latin recognoscere (“to recognize”). Contrarily, there is also an obsolete 19th-century British English spelling reconnaitre (now reconnoitre).
Words formed from reconnoiter
Questions about reconnoiter
- What does reconnoiter mean?
- Reconnoiter means to perform a reconnaissance (of an area; an enemy position); to scout with the aim of acquiring information.
- What is reconnoiter in Hindi?
- Reconnoiter in Hindi is सर्वेक्षण (sarvekṣaṇ). See Reconnoiter meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is reconnoiter?
- Reconnoiter can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce reconnoiter?
- Reconnoiter is pronounced /ˌɹɛkəˈnɔɪtə/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of reconnoiter?
- The past tense of reconnoiter is reconnoitered.
Words near reconnoiter in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: reconnoiter (page history and authors); reconnoiter (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); reconnoiter (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); reconnoiter (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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