reconnaissance mission
5
6.8
- noun
- /rɪˈkɒnɪsəns ˈmɪʃən/
- Specialized
:
misión de reconocimiento
- The team embarked on a reconnaissance mission to gather intelligence on enemy troop movements.
OK, so Voyagers one and Two were our first reconnaissance mission of what was then considered the outer solar system.
- OK, so Voyagers one and Two were our first reconnaissance mission of what was then considered the outer solar system.
- But it was more of a just, you know, a occasional casual reconnaissance mission, just gathering, you know, Intel from different people and putting it together.
- I would call it more of a, more of a reconnaissance mission.
Examples
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By Kissinger's own testimony, all he asked them to do was to fly a reconnaissance mission over Jordan to report on the Syrian tanks.
Academic text (1990) -
The past few months have been characterized by the gathering of troops and supplies near the front lines, and all either side has dared is the occasional skirmish or reconnaissance mission.
Blog text (9) -
Consider this a reconnaissance mission.
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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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The jets were flying reconnaissance missions over us, and he wanted to stay.
Fiction book (1996) -
He sent her on a reconnaissance mission.
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He sent out a reconnaissance mission right before we pitched camp.
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During the Cold War, the base was pivotal to expanding US military power under the Strategic Air Command, and it was an essential base for fighter and reconnaissance missions.
Blog text (22) -
One of the most interesting meetings in history occurred when a group of scouts from Cyrus the Great's army arrived in Western Anatolia, lost and in search of food while on a reconnaissance mission to expand the empire westward.
Academic text (2007)
Synonyms
811
3.2
A planned action by a group to achieve a goal
103
5.8
A short trip to find information about an area, often before fighting
67
8.2
A search to find information about an area or enemy before an attack
56
3.7
A planned action by armed forces to achieve a goal
46
3.4
Exploring a place to find information, often to learn about the land or dangers
9
4.0
A task given to a group of soldiers to reach a clear goal
8
4.9
A secret activity by a government to gather information about an enemy or threat
1
3.9
Actions to collect and study information about threats for military or security services
1
3.7
A planned activity to find a missing person or thing
A short trip to look around an area and gather information
Exploring an area to find information, often before a military action
Watching enemy positions from the air using planes or drones
The detection and location of enemy radio and radar signals for military or spy work
How Thorough
- Specialized
- Specialized
526
6.2
- Specialized
5
6.8
46
3.4
253
3.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is fully compositional: 'reconnaissance' denotes surveying for intelligence and 'mission' denotes an assigned operation, so a 'reconnaissance mission' is simply a mission whose purpose is reconnaissance. This noun + noun combination follows a common, cross-linguistic pattern and would be immediately understandable to learners who know both constituent words.
Etymology
Reconnaissance mission comes from soldiers or scouts who went ahead of the main group to look at the area and the enemy, then tell others what they saw. The word reconnaissance is the act of looking and mission is a trip with a purpose, so it now means 'a mission to gather information about the enemy'.