reconnoitring

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noun

An act of reconnaissance.

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scoutingexploratory surveyreconnoitering
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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of reconnoitre
nounreconnoitring (plural reconnoitrings)

plural reconnoitrings

  1. An act of reconnaissance.

    Circuits then are always made within the line of the troops, and it is in this particular, that circuits differ from discoveries and reconnoitrings.

    1809, William Duane, The American military library

Synonyms & antonyms

nounexploring in order to gain information

Similar
scoutingexploratory surveyreconnoitering
Broader
reconnaissancereconnaissance mission
Also see
reconnoiteringscouting

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

reconnoitring. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reconnoitring

MLA

“reconnoitring.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reconnoitring. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reconnoitring,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reconnoitring.

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