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reconnoitred

reconnoitred is the alternative spelling of reconnoitered.

reconnoitred is the simple past and past participle of reconnoitre.

Meaning of reconnoitered

Adjective

reconnoitered (comparative more reconnoitered, superlative most reconnoitered)

  1. Of a region or situation that has been surveyed (especially in a military situation).

Meaning of reconnoitre

Verb

reconnoitre (third-person singular simple present reconnoitres, present participle reconnoitring, simple past and past participle reconnoitred)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To perform a reconnaissance (of an area; an enemy position); to scout with the aim of gaining information.
    • Our scout will reconnoitre the path ahead of our troops.
  2. (obsolete) To recognise.
    • As to my person, it will not be so easy to reconnoitre it, for I question whether any of it will remain1765, Horace Walpole, The Correspondence of Horace Walpole, with George Montagu, Esq

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Words formed from reconnoitred

Questions about reconnoitred

What is reconnoitred the alternative spelling of?
Reconnoitred is the alternative spelling of reconnoitered.

Words near reconnoitred in the dictionary

  1. reconnoitering
  2. reconnoiteringly
  3. reconnoiterings
  4. reconnoiters
  5. reconnoitre
  6. reconnoitred
  7. reconnoitrer
  8. reconnoitrers
  9. reconnoitres
  10. reconnoitring
  11. reconnoitringly

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