reconnaissancen.

Brit.

/rᵻˈkɒnᵻs(ə)ns/, U.S.

/riˈkɑnəs(ə)ns/,

/rəˈkɑnəs(ə)ns/,

/riˈkɑnəz(ə)ns/,

/rəˈkɑnəz(ə)ns/

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French reconnaissance.

Etymology: < French reconnaissance (in military contexts) action of examining the nature of the terrain or the dispositions of the enemy (1587 in Middle French; 1907 in sense ‘body of troops sent to reconnoitre’), naval reconnaissance (1771), action of examining objects in detail and with care in order to ascertain their type, number, etc. (1798), action of exploring a country or place (1812), spec. senses of reconnaissance recognition, etc. (see recognizance n.). Compare earlier recognizance n., reconnoissance n., reconnoitre v., reconnoitring n., and compare also reconnoitre n.

1. Military.

a. The action or an act of examining or surveying a tract of country with a view to ascertaining the position or strength of an enemy, or to discovering the nature of the terrain or resources of a district before making an advance. Also (Navy): a survey of a coast, etc., made for similar purposes. Cf. recce n.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military operations > [noun] > reconnaissance

scouringc1471

scry1523

discovery?1574

reconnaissance1779

reconnoitre1781

reconnoissance1802

outwatch1852

exploitation1871

recco1917

recon1918

photoreconnaissance1920

recce1941

photo-recce1946

1779 R. Coram et al. Affidavit 30 Oct. in B. Franklin Papers (1993) XXX. 628 Three Large Signal Lanthorns With proper Signal Wax Candles in them..had..been hung over the bow quarter and Wraist [i.e. waist] of the B. H. R. in a horisontal Line, which was the Signal of reconnaissance.

1810 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1836) VI. 209 When I went to Setuval, it was a dark and foggy day, and the reconnaissance which I was able to make of the place was very imperfect.

1845 Times 1 Jan. 5/5 I..sent M. de Lavoissiere, Lieutenant de Vaiscau, in reconnaissance with the first section of the marines.

1860 T. P. Thompson Audi Alteram Partem (1861) III. cxxxviii. 112 The force..is to be sent to make a reconnaissance on the road to Paris.

1913 Q. Rev. Apr. 471 For reconnaissance, the work is better done by hydroplanes costing a few hundreds apiece.

1930 Daily Express 8 Sept. 3/7 The light machines..will carry out protective reconnaissances, and when the mediums attack the destroyers will precede them as skirmishers, locating enemy anti-tank weapons and helping to neutralise them by machine-gun fire.

1942 Hutchinson's Pict. Hist. War 10 June–1 Sept. 135 (caption) A..high-wing monoplane..has proved useful for reconnaissance and air-to-ground co-operation by the British.

1988 K. Randle & R. Cornett Aldebaran Campaign 48 What, exactly, is my mission? If all you wanted was a reconnaissance, you could send down a bunch of drones to holomap the area without risking anybody.

2003 Pop. Sci. Feb. 28/1 Unmanned ground combat vehicles..can also conduct everything from armed reconnaissance to medical evacuation from the battlefield without risking soldiers' lives.

b. A body of troops sent to reconnoitre.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > group with special function or duty > [noun] > for reconnaissance

patrol1702

reconnaissance1811

reconnoissance1811

1811 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) VIII. 300 The enemy sent a reconnaissance of cavalry..consisting of about fourteen squadrons..of the Imperial Guard.

1863 Let. 23. Apr. in War of Rebellion (U.S. War Dept.) (1886) 1st Ser. XV. 324 I sent a reconnaissance, under Captain Hubbard, my assistant adjutant-general, consisting of Perkins' and Williamson's cavalry and a section of Bainbridge's battery.

1928 Jrnl. Afr. Soc. 27 56 Nero sent a reconnaissance to Meroe and the South, which reached Rejaf.

2001 J. M. Jok War & Slavery in Sudan i. iii. 68 Two weeks earlier, this force had sent a reconnaissance along the railway line to ensure that an SPLA attack on the train could be avoided.

c. reconnaissance in force n. an advance made with a considerable body of troops to discover the position of an enemy.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military operations > manoeuvre > [noun] > advance > specific

reconnaissance in force1847

1847 Times 15 May 6/4 I decided to make a reconnaissance in force against the enemy, chiefly for the purposes of destroying a redoubt which he had made in a position commanding the town.

1898 Overland Monthly July 78/2 On the 31st May a reconnaissance in force had been made by Commodore Schley, the Massachusetts and the Iowa and the New Orleans being brought within four miles of the forts at the entrance.

1914 Times 9 Aug. 1/1 At present the news is fragmentary and it is impossible to say whether what has taken place is one of the greatest battles in history or a reconnaissance in force on a large scale.

1944 Return to Attack (Army Board, N.Z.) 7 When he [sc. Rommel] attacked, Maryland bombers of the RAF caught his tanks... He withdrew, calling his attack a ‘reconnaissance in force’, a phrase which he was to use again.

1973 Economist 20 Oct. 37/1 This may have been more in the nature of a probe towards the Sinai passes—one of those infamous reconnaissances in force that produce nothing but casualties.

2006 Armor (Nexis) 1 Mar. 49 The brigade's mission was to conduct a reconnaissance in force in the vicinity of Irbil to demonstrate coalition resolve in Northern Iraq.

2. In non-military contexts.

a. A survey, inspection, etc., carried out in order to gain information of some kind; the action of carrying out such a survey.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > inspection, survey > [noun]

surveyancec1386

surveying1467

survey1548

reviewing1573

review1604

traverse1658

retrospection1661

surveyala1677

reconnaissance1815

reconnoissance1824

look-see1876

look-over1883

reconnoitre1891

poke round1901

traversal1903

recce1941

tour d'horizon1952

1815 R. Rylance Epicure's Almanack 209 We will postpone our reconnoissance of his establishment until we obtain an official letter of introduction to him, an honour of which we are by no means ambitious.

1885 R. Buchanan Annan Water xiv In your absence I took the liberty of making a reconnaissance.

1939 J. Pascoe Unclimbed N.Z. v. 67 A hurried reconnaissance, or in Colonial argot, a ‘look-see’.

1955 Sci. News Let. 6 Aug. 86/1 The continuous reconnaissance of people and traffic, preferably from the air for maximum scanning of ‘escape hatches’.

1984 A. Brink Wall of Plague I. 158 The first trip was intended as a sort of reconnaissance to establish contacts, that sort of thing.

2003 New Yorker 20 Jan. 91/3 This entertaining picaresque chronicles the author's mostly naked reconnaissance of the world's public baths.

b. The action or an act of surveying an area for practical or scientific purposes.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > inspection, survey > [noun] > of land, etc.

viewa1325

perambulation?a1500

surveying1577

reconnaissance1838

reconnoissance1856

1838 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 1 94/2 A reconnaissance, or examination of the country between the two points to be connected by the line [of road, canal, etc.].

1877 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 109 Some rapid reconnaissances were made by Professor Whitney and his assistants..of the most prominent points of Plumas County.

1887 Encycl. Brit. XXII. 712 If hills are numerous..a large area may be covered..by reconnaissance.

1950 Appraisal Terminol. & Handbk. (Amer. Inst. Real Estate Appraisers) (ed. 2) 79 Range survey, the science of range reconnaissance, or survey, the aim of which is to assemble data that lead to an estimate of grazing capacity.

1987 Antiquaries Jrnl. 67 239 Reconnaissance..shows that the wetlands and later Flandrian deposits of the estuary are both geomorphologically and stratigraphically complex.

2001 Oxoniensia 65 20 Reconnaissance..produced the first Neolithic causewayed enclosure for this area.

Compounds

General attributive (chiefly in sense 1).

ΚΠ

1898 Daily News 25 June 5/4 A small reconnaissance party of about forty men.

1899 United Services Mag. 19 668 The Zeiss range-finder is a good reconnaissance-glass.

1909 Rep. Chief Signal Officer U.S. Army (U.S. War Dept.) 24 These aeroplanes rendered most excellent service, some reconnaissance flights being as much as 140 miles over the enemy's country.

1950 ‘D. Divine’ King of Fassarai vii. 46 One of the big four-engined aeroplanes that came past them occasionally on reconnaissance flights.

1976 H. Tracy Death in Reserve xxi. 167 They should have a light aircraft going to take reconnaissance photographs.

1994 City Paper (Baltimore) 29 June 7/1 Reconnaissance missions by bicycle through Baltimore's lesser-traveled neighborhoods.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	reconnaissance
释义	reconnaissancen. Brit. /rᵻˈkɒnᵻs(ə)ns/, U.S. /riˈkɑnəs(ə)ns/, /rəˈkɑnəs(ə)ns/, /riˈkɑnəz(ə)ns/, /rəˈkɑnəz(ə)ns/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French reconnaissance. Etymology: < French reconnaissance (in military contexts) action of examining the nature of the terrain or the dispositions of the enemy (1587 in Middle French; 1907 in sense ‘body of troops sent to reconnoitre’), naval reconnaissance (1771), action of examining objects in detail and with care in order to ascertain their type, number, etc. (1798), action of exploring a country or place (1812), spec. senses of reconnaissance recognition, etc. (see recognizance n.). Compare earlier recognizance n., reconnoissance n., reconnoitre v., reconnoitring n., and compare also reconnoitre n. 1. Military. a. The action or an act of examining or surveying a tract of country with a view to ascertaining the position or strength of an enemy, or to discovering the nature of the terrain or resources of a district before making an advance. Also (Navy): a survey of a coast, etc., made for similar purposes. Cf. recce n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > [noun] > reconnaissance scouringc1471 scry1523 discovery?1574 reconnaissance1779 reconnoitre1781 reconnoissance1802 outwatch1852 exploitation1871 recco1917 recon1918 photoreconnaissance1920 recce1941 photo-recce1946 1779 R. Coram et al. Affidavit 30 Oct. in B. Franklin Papers (1993) XXX. 628 Three Large Signal Lanthorns With proper Signal Wax Candles in them..had..been hung over the bow quarter and Wraist [i.e. waist] of the B. H. R. in a horisontal Line, which was the Signal of reconnaissance. 1810 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1836) VI. 209 When I went to Setuval, it was a dark and foggy day, and the reconnaissance which I was able to make of the place was very imperfect. 1845 Times 1 Jan. 5/5 I..sent M. de Lavoissiere, Lieutenant de Vaiscau, in reconnaissance with the first section of the marines. 1860 T. P. Thompson Audi Alteram Partem (1861) III. cxxxviii. 112 The force..is to be sent to make a reconnaissance on the road to Paris. 1913 Q. Rev. Apr. 471 For reconnaissance, the work is better done by hydroplanes costing a few hundreds apiece. 1930 Daily Express 8 Sept. 3/7 The light machines..will carry out protective reconnaissances, and when the mediums attack the destroyers will precede them as skirmishers, locating enemy anti-tank weapons and helping to neutralise them by machine-gun fire. 1942 Hutchinson's Pict. Hist. War 10 June–1 Sept. 135 (caption) A..high-wing monoplane..has proved useful for reconnaissance and air-to-ground co-operation by the British. 1988 K. Randle & R. Cornett Aldebaran Campaign 48 What, exactly, is my mission? If all you wanted was a reconnaissance, you could send down a bunch of drones to holomap the area without risking anybody. 2003 Pop. Sci. Feb. 28/1 Unmanned ground combat vehicles..can also conduct everything from armed reconnaissance to medical evacuation from the battlefield without risking soldiers' lives. b. A body of troops sent to reconnoitre. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > group with special function or duty > [noun] > for reconnaissance patrol1702 reconnaissance1811 reconnoissance1811 1811 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) VIII. 300 The enemy sent a reconnaissance of cavalry..consisting of about fourteen squadrons..of the Imperial Guard. 1863 Let. 23. Apr. in War of Rebellion (U.S. War Dept.) (1886) 1st Ser. XV. 324 I sent a reconnaissance, under Captain Hubbard, my assistant adjutant-general, consisting of Perkins' and Williamson's cavalry and a section of Bainbridge's battery. 1928 Jrnl. Afr. Soc. 27 56 Nero sent a reconnaissance to Meroe and the South, which reached Rejaf. 2001 J. M. Jok War & Slavery in Sudan i. iii. 68 Two weeks earlier, this force had sent a reconnaissance along the railway line to ensure that an SPLA attack on the train could be avoided. c. reconnaissance in force n. an advance made with a considerable body of troops to discover the position of an enemy. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > manoeuvre > [noun] > advance > specific reconnaissance in force1847 1847 Times 15 May 6/4 I decided to make a reconnaissance in force against the enemy, chiefly for the purposes of destroying a redoubt which he had made in a position commanding the town. 1898 Overland Monthly July 78/2 On the 31st May a reconnaissance in force had been made by Commodore Schley, the Massachusetts and the Iowa and the New Orleans being brought within four miles of the forts at the entrance. 1914 Times 9 Aug. 1/1 At present the news is fragmentary and it is impossible to say whether what has taken place is one of the greatest battles in history or a reconnaissance in force on a large scale. 1944 Return to Attack (Army Board, N.Z.) 7 When he [sc. Rommel] attacked, Maryland bombers of the RAF caught his tanks... He withdrew, calling his attack a ‘reconnaissance in force’, a phrase which he was to use again. 1973 Economist 20 Oct. 37/1 This may have been more in the nature of a probe towards the Sinai passes—one of those infamous reconnaissances in force that produce nothing but casualties. 2006 Armor (Nexis) 1 Mar. 49 The brigade's mission was to conduct a reconnaissance in force in the vicinity of Irbil to demonstrate coalition resolve in Northern Iraq. 2. In non-military contexts. a. A survey, inspection, etc., carried out in order to gain information of some kind; the action of carrying out such a survey. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > inspection, survey > [noun] surveyancec1386 surveying1467 survey1548 view1569 reviewing1573 review1604 traverse1658 retrospection1661 surveyala1677 reconnaissance1815 reconnoissance1824 look-see1876 look-over1883 reconnoitre1891 poke round1901 traversal1903 recce1941 tour d'horizon1952 1815 R. Rylance Epicure's Almanack 209 We will postpone our reconnoissance of his establishment until we obtain an official letter of introduction to him, an honour of which we are by no means ambitious. 1885 R. Buchanan Annan Water xiv In your absence I took the liberty of making a reconnaissance. 1939 J. Pascoe Unclimbed N.Z. v. 67 A hurried reconnaissance, or in Colonial argot, a ‘look-see’. 1955 Sci. News Let. 6 Aug. 86/1 The continuous reconnaissance of people and traffic, preferably from the air for maximum scanning of ‘escape hatches’. 1984 A. Brink Wall of Plague I. 158 The first trip was intended as a sort of reconnaissance to establish contacts, that sort of thing. 2003 New Yorker 20 Jan. 91/3 This entertaining picaresque chronicles the author's mostly naked reconnaissance of the world's public baths. b. The action or an act of surveying an area for practical or scientific purposes. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > inspection, survey > [noun] > of land, etc. viewa1325 perambulation?a1500 surveying1577 reconnaissance1838 reconnoissance1856 1838 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 1 94/2 A reconnaissance, or examination of the country between the two points to be connected by the line [of road, canal, etc.]. 1877 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 109 Some rapid reconnaissances were made by Professor Whitney and his assistants..of the most prominent points of Plumas County. 1887 Encycl. Brit. XXII. 712 If hills are numerous..a large area may be covered..by reconnaissance. 1950 Appraisal Terminol. & Handbk. (Amer. Inst. Real Estate Appraisers) (ed. 2) 79 Range survey, the science of range reconnaissance, or survey, the aim of which is to assemble data that lead to an estimate of grazing capacity. 1987 Antiquaries Jrnl. 67 239 Reconnaissance..shows that the wetlands and later Flandrian deposits of the estuary are both geomorphologically and stratigraphically complex. 2001 Oxoniensia 65 20 Reconnaissance..produced the first Neolithic causewayed enclosure for this area. Compounds General attributive (chiefly in sense 1). ΚΠ 1898 Daily News 25 June 5/4 A small reconnaissance party of about forty men. 1899 United Services Mag. 19 668 The Zeiss range-finder is a good reconnaissance-glass. 1909 Rep. Chief Signal Officer U.S. Army (U.S. War Dept.) 24 These aeroplanes rendered most excellent service, some reconnaissance flights being as much as 140 miles over the enemy's country. 1950 ‘D. Divine’ King of Fassarai vii. 46 One of the big four-engined aeroplanes that came past them occasionally on reconnaissance flights. 1976 H. Tracy Death in Reserve xxi. 167 They should have a light aircraft going to take reconnaissance photographs. 1994 City Paper (Baltimore) 29 June 7/1 Reconnaissance missions by bicycle through Baltimore's lesser-traveled neighborhoods. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1779
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