reconnaissance
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8.2
- noun
- /rɪˈkɒnɪsəns/
- Specialized
:
reconocimiento
- Civil and commercial applications of unmanned systems might include telecommunications, weather reconnaissance, border patrol, and civil emergency support.
- surveillance and reconnaissance
- reconnaissance aircraft
- intelligence and reconnaissance
Jen and Barry, let's just let's I would take us on a reconnaissance trip with you.
- Jen and Barry, let's just let's I would take us on a reconnaissance trip with you.
- An LZ could Before that we were doing visual reconnaissance.
- And Billy Wah, being Billy Wah who will go to any lengths to do the job, decides to conduct reconnaissance from inside the dumpster.
- It was single engine planes, reconnaissance flights over New Guinea being volunteered because someone couldn't make it.
- So that's kind of our reconnaissance and we when we find them.
- Another example is here we have this mission, our first reconnaissance of the outer solar system.
Examples
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After a brief reconnaissance a plan was devised.
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The army sent a team to conduct reconnaissance in the hilly terrain to gather crucial intelligence.
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What were you gonna do with them on a reconnaissance mission?
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I had a report from air reconnaissance on that village.
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Did you stay at your post long enough for a complete reconnaissance?
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But flying reconnaissance missions was dangerous.
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These new troops arrived in late September after conducting a personal reconnaissance mission around the area.
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Starting today, we will be sending out reconnaissance patrols on a daily basis.
Fiction book (1998) -
They got nervous when they saw a reconnaissance plane flying overhead.
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Howe's men stumbled into a French reconnaissance force and defeated it.
Fiction book (1999)
Synonyms
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3.4
Exploring a place to find information, often to learn about the land or dangers
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6.8
A military trip to find out where the enemy is and what they are doing
A short trip to look around an area and gather information
Exploring an area to find information, often before a military action
A short trip to check a place before an event
Compounds
- Specialized
5
6.8
A military trip to find out where the enemy is and what they are doing
- Specialized
3
6.5
A military plane that flies over areas to find out about the enemy
- Specialized
The detection and location of enemy radio and radar signals for military or spy work
A United States agency that builds and operates spy satellites to collect information for the government and military
- Specialized
An attack by a large group of soldiers to test the enemy and collect information
- Specialized
A fast vehicle with light armour that scouts and watches ahead
- Specialized
Shooting at a suspected enemy position to make them respond and show where they are
How Thorough
- Specialized
- Specialized
526
6.2
- Specialized
67
8.2
46
3.4
253
3.2
Surface Forms
Etymology
Reconnaissance comes from old French and Latin words that mean 'know again' and is the same root as recognize. So a reconnaissance is a mission to look and learn about a place or an enemy, which is why it means an exploratory or military survey.