reconnoitre
verb /ˌrekəˈnɔɪtə(r)/
/ˌrekəˈnɔɪtər/, /ˌriːkəˈnɔɪtər/
(US English reconnoiter)
[intransitive, transitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they reconnoitre | /ˌrekəˈnɔɪtə(r)/ /ˌrekəˈnɔɪtər/, /ˌriːkəˈnɔɪtər/ |
| he / she / it reconnoitres | /ˌrekəˈnɔɪtəz/ /ˌrekəˈnɔɪtərz/, /ˌriːkəˈnɔɪtərz/ |
| past simple reconnoitred | /ˌrekəˈnɔɪtəd/ /ˌrekəˈnɔɪtərd/, /ˌriːkəˈnɔɪtərd/ |
| past participle reconnoitred | /ˌrekəˈnɔɪtəd/ /ˌrekəˈnɔɪtərd/, /ˌriːkəˈnɔɪtərd/ |
| -ing form reconnoitring | /ˌrekəˈnɔɪtərɪŋ/ /ˌrekəˈnɔɪtərɪŋ/, /ˌriːkəˈnɔɪtərɪŋ/ |
- reconnoitre (something) to get information about an area, especially for military purposes, by using soldiers, planes, etc.Word Originearly 18th cent.: from obsolete French reconnoître, from Latin recognoscere ‘know again’, from re- ‘again’ + cognoscere ‘learn’.