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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD RECONNOITRE

From obsolete French reconnoître to inspect, explore.
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PRONUNCIATION OF RECONNOITRE

reconnoitre  [ˌrɛkəˈnɔɪtə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RECONNOITRE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Reconnoitre is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb reconnoitre in English.

WHAT DOES RECONNOITRE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

reconnoitre

Reconnaissance

Reconnaissance is a mission to obtain information by visual observation or other detection methods, about the activities and resources of an enemy or potential enemy, or about the meteorologic, hydrographic, or geographic characteristics of a particular area. “ ” Reconnaissance Reconnaissance is the military term for exploring beyond the area occupied by friendly forces to gain vital information about enemy forces or features of the environment for later analysis and/or dissemination. Often referred to as recce or recon, the associated verb is reconnoitre in British and Canadian English or reconnoiter in American English. Examples of reconnaissance include patrolling by troops, ships or submarines, manned/unmanned aircraft, satellites, or by setting up covert observation posts. Espionage normally is not reconnaissance, because reconnaissance is a military force's operating ahead of its main forces; spies are non-combatants operating behind enemy lines.

Definition of reconnoitre in the English dictionary

The definition of reconnoitre in the dictionary is to survey or inspect ; make a reconnaissance. Other definition of reconnoitre is the act or process of reconnoitring; a reconnaissance.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO RECONNOITRE

PRESENT

Present
I reconnoitre
you reconnoitre
he/she/it reconnoitres
we reconnoitre
you reconnoitre
they reconnoitre
Present continuous
I am reconnoitring
you are reconnoitring
he/she/it is reconnoitring
we are reconnoitring
you are reconnoitring
they are reconnoitring
Present perfect
I have reconnoitred
you have reconnoitred
he/she/it has reconnoitred
we have reconnoitred
you have reconnoitred
they have reconnoitred
Present perfect continuous
I have been reconnoitring
you have been reconnoitring
he/she/it has been reconnoitring
we have been reconnoitring
you have been reconnoitring
they have been reconnoitring
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I reconnoitred
you reconnoitred
he/she/it reconnoitred
we reconnoitred
you reconnoitred
they reconnoitred
Past continuous
I was reconnoitring
you were reconnoitring
he/she/it was reconnoitring
we were reconnoitring
you were reconnoitring
they were reconnoitring
Past perfect
I had reconnoitred
you had reconnoitred
he/she/it had reconnoitred
we had reconnoitred
you had reconnoitred
they had reconnoitred
Past perfect continuous
I had been reconnoitring
you had been reconnoitring
he/she/it had been reconnoitring
we had been reconnoitring
you had been reconnoitring
they had been reconnoitring
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will reconnoitre
you will reconnoitre
he/she/it will reconnoitre
we will reconnoitre
you will reconnoitre
they will reconnoitre
Future continuous
I will be reconnoitring
you will be reconnoitring
he/she/it will be reconnoitring
we will be reconnoitring
you will be reconnoitring
they will be reconnoitring
Future perfect
I will have reconnoitred
you will have reconnoitred
he/she/it will have reconnoitred
we will have reconnoitred
you will have reconnoitred
they will have reconnoitred
Future perfect continuous
I will have been reconnoitring
you will have been reconnoitring
he/she/it will have been reconnoitring
we will have been reconnoitring
you will have been reconnoitring
they will have been reconnoitring
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would reconnoitre
you would reconnoitre
he/she/it would reconnoitre
we would reconnoitre
you would reconnoitre
they would reconnoitre
Conditional continuous
I would be reconnoitring
you would be reconnoitring
he/she/it would be reconnoitring
we would be reconnoitring
you would be reconnoitring
they would be reconnoitring
Conditional perfect
I would have reconnoitre
you would have reconnoitre
he/she/it would have reconnoitre
we would have reconnoitre
you would have reconnoitre
they would have reconnoitre
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been reconnoitring
you would have been reconnoitring
he/she/it would have been reconnoitring
we would have been reconnoitring
you would have been reconnoitring
they would have been reconnoitring
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you reconnoitre
we let´s reconnoitre
you reconnoitre
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to reconnoitre
Past participle
reconnoitred
Present Participle
reconnoitring
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RECONNOITRE


administrator
ədˈmɪnɪˌstreɪtə
calculator
ˈkælkjʊˌleɪtə
creator
kriːˈeɪtə
data
ˈdeɪtə
editor
ˈɛdɪtə
exploiter
ɪkˈsplɔɪtə
generator
ˈdʒɛnəˌreɪtə
goitre
ˈɡɔɪtə
Greater
ˈɡreɪtə
later
ˈleɪtə
litter
ˈlɪtə
loiter
ˈlɔɪtə
Meta
ˈmeɪtə
monitor
ˈmɒnɪtə
Oita
ˈɔɪtə
quoiter
ˈkɔɪtə
reconnoiter
ˌrɛkəˈnɔɪtə
Reuter
ˈrɔɪtə
stoiter
ˈstɔɪtə
titre
ˈtaɪtə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RECONNOITRE

reconfirmation
reconnaissance
reconnaissance flight
reconnaissance patrol
reconnect
reconnection
reconnection fee
reconnoissance
reconnoiter
reconnoiterer
reconnoitrer
reconnoitring
reconquer
reconquest
reconsecrate
reconsecration
reconsider
reconsideration
reconsign
reconsole

WORDS THAT END LIKE RECONNOITRE

bishop´s mitre
centilitre
Chile nitre
decalitre
decilitre
dekalitre
exophthalmic goitre
hectolitre
kilolitre
litre
megalitre
microlitre
millilitre
mitre
nitre
soda nitre
unmitre

Synonyms and antonyms of reconnoitre in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «RECONNOITRE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «reconnoitre» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of reconnoitre

Translation of «reconnoitre» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RECONNOITRE

Find out the translation of reconnoitre to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of reconnoitre from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «reconnoitre» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

侦察
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

un reconocimiento
570 millions of speakers

English

reconnoitre
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

तलाश
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

باستطلاع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

разведку
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

reconnoitre
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রাথমিক নিরীক্ষণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

reconnaître
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Reconnoitre
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

recognosciren
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

偵察
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

답사
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Reconnoitre
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

do thám
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உளவு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निदान
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

keşif yapmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ricognizione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zwiady
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

розвідку
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

spiona
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κάνω αναγνώριση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verken
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

rekognoscera
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

rekognosere
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of reconnoitre

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RECONNOITRE»

The term «reconnoitre» is normally little used and occupies the 117.058 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RECONNOITRE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «reconnoitre» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «reconnoitre» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about reconnoitre

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RECONNOITRE»

Discover the use of reconnoitre in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to reconnoitre and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Royal Dictionary, French and English, and English and ...
RECONNOITRE, Vtrb. US. (se remettre dans l'Esprit l'Ide'e eu l'Image d'une chose, d'une Fer sonne) te knew, oi knew eegain, □ JO" Reconnoitre une Rente, (en faire une JLeconnoissance) te Ttajftkjt a T{in-. 10» Reconnoitre, (connojue ...
Abel Boyer, 1729
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A Military Dictionary: Or, Explaination of the Several ...
To reconnoitre the route of a column in advancing, to estimate the labor of opening the several communications, to calculate the number of artificers that are requisite, and the time that is necessary to clear the route for the march of a column, ...
William Duane, 1810
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Australian Mammal Society
As soon as the bats flew to these positions they were always "ready" for reconnoitre flights. On these perches, they "listened" to the prey and at first emitted very few pulses. The length of time spent on these perches depended mainly on the ...
4
Dictionnaire français-anglais et anglais-français, abrégé
oive, be satisfied ; (avouer) tp acknowledge , own or confess ; (recompenser) to acknowledge or consider , be thankful or grateful for; (observer connne a la guerre ) to reconnoitre , observe , view , take a view of. Reconnoitre une rente , to  ...
Abel Boyer, 1816
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Cyberarts 2000
Reconnoitre is part of an ongoing series of works con- cerned with our experience of the network as a "bizarre_scape" — an interlocking appendage to the urban environment with a high metabolism, whose boundaries are continuously ...
Hannes Leopoldseder, Christine Schöpf, 2000
6
Practical lessons in reconnoitring, outpost duty, etc., ...
(320) Cross roads, a corporal and file of men to the right to reconnoitre in the direction of Wishanger Common, with orders to proceed as far as the high ground , and having ascertained that there are no indications of the enemy in that direction, ...
Practical lessons, 1872
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Exercises to the Rules and Construction of French Speech: ...
He finds ouc | his horse. reconnoitre cbeval, m. J^We appear in the world. parottre dans monde, m.< You disappear immediately. iifparoitre aujitet. »» They grow visibly. . ensure A vuetseeiL ImperfeS. I did know him by nime. connoitre le de ...
Louis Chambaud, 1799
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A New and Enlarged Military Dictionary: Or, Alphabetical ...
RECONNOISSANCE, Fr. the act of reconnoiteiing. See Reconnoitre. RECONNOITRE, Fr. to reconnoitre. Reconnoitre une place, Fr. to reconnoitre a fortified town or place. Reconnoitre, in military affairs, implies to view and examine the state of ...
Charles James, 1805
9
Network Art: Practices and Positions
Reconnoitre. Mesh. Mesh. GamehoyUltraF_UK. GameboyUltraF_UK. Loop_reprise. Early wire frame experiments for Reconnoitre. Screen shot (1996 —97). Early wire frame experiments for Reconnoitre. Screen shot (1996—97). Reconnoitre ...
Tom Corby, 2013
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A new and enlarged military dictionary, or, Alphabetical ...
RECOMPENSES militaires, Fr. See Military Rewards. RECONNOITRE, Fr. To reconnoitre. • Reconnoitre unt place, Fr. To reconnoitre a fortified town or place. RECONNOITRE, in military as. fairs, implies to view and examine the state of things, ...
Charles James, 1802

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RECONNOITRE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term reconnoitre is used in the context of the following news items.
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Two houses, close neighbours, but utterly different in Ballinlough …
... to the Elysian tower) to the two uppermost bedrooms (the new buyers of No 6 might want to take notes, or even visit No 3 on the sly, for a reconnoitre. «Irish Examiner, Jul 15»
2
Research pays off as Dennis takes yellow
A 5AM reconnoitre of the route in May paved the way for Australia's Rohan Dennis to win the opening time-trial stage of the 2015 Tour de France. «Toowoomba Chronicle, Jul 15»
3
'We didn't really think we'd get away with it': The astonishing story of …
... staying at the Irish Club in Belgravia to allow them to reconnoitre the gallery - with the aid of a forged letter of introduction from the Dublin College of Art - and ... «The Independent, May 15»
4
Wanaka quake uncommon but understandable
A GNS landslide team had moved into the area quickly after the quake to reconnoitre the area before incoming rough weather. "It has interest for them to find out ... «The Southland Times, May 15»
5
Froome avoids serious injury in Fleche Wallonne crash
Chris Froome's (Team Sky) Tour de France reconnoitre nearly turned to disaster when he crashed just 10 kilometres from the finish of La Flèche Wallonne. «Cyclingnews.com, Apr 15»
6
Gilbert targets early pink jersey at Giro d'Italia
Philippe Gilbert may not be lining up at Strade Bianche this weekend but the BMC man spent time in Italy earlier this week to reconnoitre a pair of stages in the ... «Cyclingnews.com, Mar 15»
7
Top teams lining up as Tour of Yorkshire builds on success of the …
They were the first team to visit the county to reconnoitre the two stages from Leeds to Harrogate and York to Sheffield, and were rewarded with a victory for ... «Yorkshire Post, Dec 14»
8
Brigadier John Thornton - obituary
He sent two patrols forward to locate a Communist camp and reconnoitre ambush positions. One of the patrols reported that it had found the camp but it was ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Dec 14»
9
These Stasi-style outrages show just how low Britain's spies will stoop
... into a person's destiny, holding them hostage forever to the love of a child conceived as the byproduct of state reconnoitre. Nothing is too low for an authority ... «The Guardian, Oct 14»
10
​Jaunoms lietuvaitėms vėl atveriamos durys į pasaulio podiumus
Modelių agentūra ,,Reconnoitre Models'' organizuoja modelių paiešką ir naujų veidų ieškos uostamiestyje šį penktadienį, rugpjūčio 22 dieną, 14 val., ... «Alfa.lt, Aug 14»

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