to scout
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3.3
- verb
- /skaʊt/
:
reconocer
- Come morning, they would scout the damage to the enemy and decide what to do next.
- scout the area
- scout the site
So we're going to scout out our best location to plant the system.
- So we're going to scout out our best location to plant the system.
- I wouldn't think they just ran up the hill to scout out what the route could look like on foot.
- We just started to prepare writing rooms open and then scouting a location or crew.
- And then we went scouting for locations and the location for this movie was very important.
- If it was football season, I'm out scouting, I'd run all over the Bay Area to scout every team and I got to say one thing.
- Most of the locations we scouted as far as LA and we knew, you know, the festival location.
- And ideally, you know, we'll pre scout or we'll yeah, do do everything that I can to not only have a plan, but pre vet it.
- Yeah, we we followed him, scouted him very intense.
- And so everyone's like, yeah, we'll go to scout.
- But in terms of scouting locations, it's who you appealing to.
- And now we're going to turn to how do we support the ability to be scout?
- But your tear talk of your the best, like scouted players you've seen in your years, in my years.
- You got to have your towers that you scout like it's.
Examples
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- I might have to send you down there to scout things out.
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But I felt like driving through some places and scouting them out for future reference.
Fiction book (1992) -
So we're going to scout out our best location to plant the system.
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I'll go and scout out a way in.
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Use the rest of the day to scout for picture locations.
Academic text (2003) -
So more production tips days before, make sure you scout your locations.
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You have to scout them differently.
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I've already scouted some apartments for you.
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The following day, Helen and Rimmer had scouted out the best places to set the traps.
Fiction book (1998) -
I need to scout the area before the event to ensure everything is safe.
Synonyms
346
2.6
To go to a new place to learn about it
190
1.2
To look carefully for something or someone
66
3.3
To search a place very carefully to find something
35
5.1
To ask careful questions to find hidden information
4
9.2
To look around and get information about an area before acting
To search carefully through things in a small place like a bag or box
To search through a place or container in a messy way
Antonyms
Compounds
15
2.8
A boy who belongs to a youth group that teaches outdoor skills and helps the community
- US
12
3.4
A Boy Scout who reached the highest rank by earning many badges and showing leadership and service
- Informal
1
7.6
A person who is too innocent about how the world works and trusts others easily
- Specialized
A fast, lightly armored four-wheel-drive military vehicle with an open top used to find where the enemy is
How Thoroughly
Surface Forms
Etymology
To scout comes from the old French escouter 'to listen' or 'watch', so to scout is to go ahead and look or listen for information, people, or places you need.