recce
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9.7
- noun
- /ˈrɛki/
- Jargon
- The military team completed a thorough recce of the area before executing their plan.
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Watch on YouTubeI've been doing a recce up in Scotland for SAS, two days wins.
- I've been doing a recce up in Scotland for SAS, two days wins.
- They were doing long range patrols for, you know, they do month long patrols out in the field, not coming back, a lot of recce work and reconnaissance.
- So do a quick map recce thing like we're going to need to go make connections in this area.
- And so we went up there after we'd done a fucking been on a recce.
- So I became an air subject matter expert also on top of my recce sniper specialty, which is my primary.
- So there's a good chance I'm going to get to go and then my my warrant said your course loaded on recce.
Examples
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A quick recce of the grotto turned up nothing.
Fiction book (1998) -
I've been doing a recce up in Scotland for SAS, two days wins.
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He'll be doing the recce and the planning.
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We were out on a ''recce,'' you see.
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We did a recce on it.
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Let's have a little recce.
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We'd better do a quick recce.
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I've done some recce and now you're here we can get on with the job.
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It's just a recce.
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Before filming, the director wanted to conduct a recce of the location to determine the best angles.
Synonyms
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8.2
A search to find information about an area or enemy before an attack
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Exploring an area to find information, often before a military action
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A short trip to check a place before an event
A short trip to look around an area and gather information
How Thorough
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4.4
- Jargon
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Recce is a short, informal form of reconnaissance, a word meaning 'inspection' or 'survey' to gather information. It is related to the common word recognize, so a recce is like a quick trip to 'find out' what is there before you act.