Definitions for reconnoiter

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reconnoiter re·con·noi·ter

Spelling: [ree-kuh-noi-ter, rek-uh-]

IPA: /ˌri kəˈnɔɪ tər, ˌrɛk ə-/

Reconnoiter is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 446 anagrams from letters in reconnoiter (ceeinnoorrt).

Definitions for reconnoiter

verb (used with object)

1. to inspect, observe, or survey (the enemy, the enemy's strength or position, a region, etc.) in order to gain information for military purposes.
2. to examine or survey (a region, area, etc.) for engineering, geological, or other purposes.

verb (used without object)

1. to make a reconnaissance.

Origin of reconnoiter

1700-10; French reconnoître (now obsolete) to explore, Middle French reconoistre. See recognize

Examples for reconnoiter

In an hour we halted, and the cavalry went forward to reconnoiter.

Presently a Persian on horseback rode up to reconnoiter the pass.

Yes, and I have come to ask if I may go and reconnoiter the British encampment.

Then Dick crept through the opening in the crumbling wall to reconnoiter.

We are to reconnoiter along this road and down toward that bridge (pointing).

Melendez immediately sent a detachment of men to reconnoiter.

There appeared to be no one on this side, and Lovejoy stepped forward to reconnoiter.

While the crew rested, he climbed the face of a rocky cliff to reconnoiter.

There was no cranny in the rocks too small for them to reconnoiter with caution.

A small boat with a pilot and midshipman was sent in to reconnoiter the harbor.