SCOUTING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does scouting mean? 

• SCOUTING (noun)
  The noun SCOUTING has 1 sense:

1. exploring in order to gain information

  Familiarity information: SCOUTING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCOUTING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Exploring in order to gain information

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

exploratory survey; reconnoitering; reconnoitring; scouting

Context example:

scouting in enemy territory is very dangerous

Hypernyms ("scouting" is a kind of...):

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

Derivation:

scout (explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody)

 Context examples 

I have just returned from a small scouting expedition, and everything is favourable.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Designated 2014 HQ124, the asteroid was discovered April 23, 2014, by NASA's NEOWISE mission, a space telescope adapted for scouting the skies for asteroids and comets.

(Asteroid discovered by NASA to pass Earth safely, NASA)