RECONNOITER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reconnoiter mean? 

• RECONNOITER (verb)
  The verb RECONNOITER has 1 sense:

1. explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody

  Familiarity information: RECONNOITER used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RECONNOITER (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they reconnoiter    ... he / she / it reconnoiters   
Past simple: reconnoitered   
Past participle: reconnoitered   
-ing form: reconnoitering   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Synonyms:

reconnoiter; reconnoitre; scout

Hypernyms (to "reconnoiter" is one way to...):

observe (watch attentively)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

reconnaissance (the act of reconnoitring (especially to gain information about an enemy or potential enemy))

reconnoitering (exploring in order to gain information)

 Context examples 

But the mulatto’s heart was with it, and he was driven back to it next day, when, on reconnoitering through the window, he found policeman Walters in possession.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)