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RECONNOITERING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Exploring in order to gain information
Example:
scouting in enemy territory is very dangerous
Synonyms:
exploratory survey; reconnoitering; reconnoitring; scouting
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("reconnoitering" is a kind of...):
reconnaissance; reconnaissance mission (the act of reconnoitring (especially to gain information about an enemy or potential enemy))
Derivation:
reconnoiter (explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb reconnoiter
