scoutnoun [ C ]
uk/skaʊt/us/skaʊt/scout noun [ C ] (SOLDIER)
a person, especially a soldier, sent out to get information about where the enemy are and what they are doing
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International relations: spying and espionage
- agent
- agent provocateur
- counter-espionage
- counterintelligence
- debug
- deep state
- intelligence
- MI5
- MI6
- on the inside idiom
- operative
- phone tapping
- snoop
- spook
- spy
- spy on sb/sth
- tail
- tap
- the CIA
- wired up
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Soldiers & people who fight in wars
scout noun [ C ] (SEARCH)
a person employed to look for people with particular skills, especially in sport or entertainment:
a talent/modelling scout
Manchester United's chief scout spotted him when he was playing for his school team.
a scout around [ S ] informal UK also a scout round
a quick look around a place or area, especially in order to find something:
I had a quick scout around the house to check everything was okay.
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Applying for a job
- anoint
- applicant
- appoint
- appointed
- appointee
- appointment
- engage
- handpicked
- headhunt
- hiring
- intake
- job
- job centre
- set sb up
- step
- step into sth
- subcontract
- take sb on
- take sth on
- tender
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Spectators & commentators at sports events
Searching
scoutverb [ I or T, usually + adv/prep ]
uk/skaʊt/us/skaʊt/to go to look in various places for something you want:
He's scouting about/around for somewhere better to live.
She's visiting Connecticut to scout out (= discover information about) the east coast housing market.
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Searching
- a needle in a haystack idiom
- beachcomber
- bounty hunter
- burrow
- cast around
- dig
- drag
- nose
- once-over
- pick
- pick through sth
- poke
- poke around
- seek
- strip search
- trail
- turn a place inside out idiom
- turn sth upside down idiom
- wanted
- wild-goose chase
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