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scouting

/ˈskaʊtɪŋ/

scouting noun: the act of one who scouts. Also the present participle and gerund of scout.

Noun (1)

scouting (countable and uncountable, plural scoutings)

  1. The act of one who scouts.
    • Careful scoutings by the State Department of Agriculture and Markets were made in 1935, to determine the limits of invasion[…]1935, State Publication, numbers 136-145, page 73
  2. The Scout Movement.
  3. The activities of boy scouts and girl scouts.

Noun (2) capitalized: Scouting

Scouting (uncountable)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of scouting.

Also used as

scouting is also the present participle and gerund of scout.

scouting meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

scouting in Hindi

the Scouting movement
स्काउटिंग skāuṭiṅg, बालचर bālcar

scouting in Tamil

ஸ்கவுட்டிங்

scouting in Marathi

स्काउटिंग, स्काउटिंग करण्यासाठी

scouting in Urdu

سکاؤٹنگ, اسکاؤٹنگ
More languagesFewer languages
scouting in Bengali
স্কাউটিং, স্কাউটিংগুলি
scouting in Telugu
స్కౌటింగ్, స్కౌటింగ్ చేయడం, స్కౌటింగ్ చెయ్యడానికి
scouting in Malayalam
സ്കൌട്ടിംഗ്, സ്കൌട്ടിങ്, സ്കൌട്ടിങ്ങ്
scouting in Kannada
ಸ್ಕೌಟಿಂಗ್, ಸ್ಕೌಟಿಂಗ್ ಮಾಡಲು
scouting in Punjabi
ਸਕਾਊਟਿੰਗ sakāūṭiṅg
scouting in Gujarati
સ્કાઉટિંગ, સ્કાઉટીંગ, સ્કૌટિંગ
scouting in Odia
ସ୍କାଉଟିଙ୍ଗ୍, ସ୍କାଉଟିଙ୍ଗ
scouting in Nepali
स्काउटिङ, स्काउटिङ्ग, स्काउटिङ्

Forms of scouting

pluralscoutings
alternative formScouting

Phrases with scouting

Words that rhyme with scouting

Questions about scouting

What does scouting mean?
Scouting means the act of one who scouts.
What is scouting in Hindi?
Scouting in Hindi is स्काउटिंग (skāuṭiṅg), बालचर (bālcar). See Scouting meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is scouting?
Scouting is a noun.
How do you pronounce scouting?
Scouting is pronounced /ˈskaʊtɪŋ/ (UK).
What is the plural of scouting?
The plural of scouting is scoutings.

Words near scouting in the dictionary

  1. Scoutesses
  2. scouthood
  3. scouthouse
  4. scouthouses
  5. scoutin'
  6. scouting
  7. scouting out
  8. scoutingly
  9. scoutings
  10. scoutlike
  11. scoutmaster

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: scouting (page history and authors); Scouting (page history and authors); scouting (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); scouting (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); scouting (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); scouting (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); scouting (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); scouting (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); scouting (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); scouting (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); scouting (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); scouting (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model 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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