reconnoitre
pronunciation
How to pronounce reconnoitre in British English:
UK [ˌrekəˈnɔɪtə(r)]
How to pronounce reconnoitre in American English:
US [ˌrekəˈnɔɪtər]
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- Verb:
- explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody
Word Origin
- reconnoitre
- reconnoitre: see recognize
Example
- 1. The platoon was sent to reconnoitre the village before the attack .
- 2. But states can combine the criminal hacker 's tricks , such as spear-phishing , with the intelligence apparatus to reconnoitre a target , the computing power to break codes and passwords , and the patience to probe a system until it finds a weakness-usually a fallible human being .
- 3. Reconnoitre and design liability insurance of construction project .
- 4. Killer sperm reconnoitre looking for the enemy .
- 5. Reconnoitre a soldier to chinese in striking back against war increasingly .