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Definition: Reconnoitre |
ReconnoitreVerb1. Explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "reconnoitre" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
Synonyms: ReconnoitreSynonyms: reconnoiter (v), scout (v). (additional references) |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | Once or twice I saw a ripple where he approached the surface, just put his head out to reconnoitre, and instantly dived again. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Reconnoitre" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 75.86% of the time. "Reconnoitre" is used about 29 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 75.86% | 22 | 74,468 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 24.14% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Total | 100.00% | 29 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "reconnoitre"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | zbuloj (bare, belie, bewray, blurt out, bring out, bring to light, catch, contrive, descry, detect, develop, disclose, discover, disinter, distil, distill, divine, divulge, enucleate, explore, ferret, ferret about, ferret out, find, find out, hit, hunt down, invent, look out, open, proclaim, puzzle out, rat, reconnoiter, reveal, rummage, trace, uncloak, uncover, uncurtain, unearth, unlock, unveil), zbulim (detection, disclosure, discovery, divulge, exploration, exposure, eye opener, finding, guess, intelligence, invention, outcrop, prospection, reconnaissance, reconnoiter, reveal, strike, uncovering), njohje e terrenit (reconnaissance, reconnoiter), njoh terenin (reconnoiter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | خرج للإستطلاع (reconnoiter), إستكشف (explore, reconnoiter, scout, scout about, search), إستطلع (explore, probe, recognize, reconnoiter, spy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | разузнавам (inquire, reconnoiter, scout, sus out). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 侦察 (reconnaissance, Reconnoissance, reconnoiter, reconnoitering, reconnoitring, Scouted, scouting, Spied, spying). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | prozkoumat (analyse, examine, explore, go into, go through, inspect, look into, overlook, probe, scan, scrutinize, survey). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | vakoilla (spy), tiedustella (inquire, make inquiries, to inquire). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | effectuer une reconnaissance. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | spähen (peek, peer, reconnoiter, scout), kundschaften (reconnoiter), erkunden (ascertain, establish, explore, find out, glean, reconnoiter, scout, scouting), auskundschaften (explore, ferret out, find out, rake out, reconnoiter, scout, scout out, scouting, spy out, to explore), aufklären (clarify, clear, clear up, disabuse, elucidate, enlighten, explain, reconnoiter, resolve, shed light upon, solve, to clear up, to disabuse, undeceive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κάνω αναγνώριση. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | לסיר (scout, spy, tour, visit). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kikémlel (reconnoiter, to gumshoe, to spy out), felderít (brighten, exhilarate, explore, reconnoiter, to brighten, to enliven, to exhilarate, to explore, to reconnoiter, to reconnoitre, to retrace, to scour, to scout). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | perlustrare (comb, Hunt, reconnoiter, scour, search, sweep, to patrol), fare ricognizione (reconnoiter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 찰하십시" (reconnoiter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | jannoo speeikearys er (spy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | econnoitreray reconhecer (accredit, acknowledge, admit, ascertain, avouch, avow, cognize, concede, confess, establish, feel, halloween, honor, honour, identify, kennel, know, notice, own, place, place an embargo on, profess, recognize, reconnoiter, take note, to recognize), verificar (ascertain, check, confirm, control, establish, examine, find, hold up, inspect, muster, overhaul, reconnoiter, see, take note, test, to verify, verify), ir em reconhecimento (reconnoiter, scout), ir em exploração (reconnoiter), explorar (discover, examine, exploit, explore, flay, have to, investigate, milk, pioneer, probe, profiteer, prospect, reconnoiter, research, scan, utilize, vamp). (various references) spiona (intercept, poke one's nose into other people's affairs, spy), scruta (observe, scan, scrutinize), iscodi (fabricate, poke and pry, sift, spy), cerceta (analyse, analyze, anatomize, ask, canvass, case, consider, consult, cross-question, delve, dip into, examine, excogiate, explore, inspect, introspect, investigate, look at, look into, look over, look through, overlook, peer, pursue, question, research, screen, scrutinize, search, search into, seek, sift, sound, study, survey, test, try, visit). (various references) разведывать (explore, ferret, reconnoiter, scouted). (various references) izviđati (patrol, reconnoiter), izviđač (boy scout, pathfinder, scout). (various references) reconocer el terreno (reconnoiter), explorar el terreno (reconnoiter). (various references) spana (scout, search, spy, trace), rekognoscera (scout). (various references) keşif yapmak (reconnoiter, scout), inceleme yapmak (reconnoiter), araştırma yapmak (dredge for, reconnoiter, research, rummage about, shop, shop around). (various references) розвідувати (explore, feel out, inquire, prospect, prove, reconnoiter, scout), рекогносцирувати (reconnoiter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "reconnoitre": reconnoitred, reconnoitres. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: reconnoiter. | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-e-i-n-n-o-o-r-r-t" | |
-2 letters: nonerotic, nonrioter, rencontre. | |
-3 letters: cretonne, erection, incenter, neotenic, neoteric, reorient, rotenone, tricorne. | |
-4 letters: centner, cointer, connote, coontie, cornier, coroner, coronet, coterie, crooner, ecotone, enteric, enteron, enticer, erector, interne, intoner, noticer, onerier, reciter, reinter, rentier, rootier, tenoner, ternion, terrine, tricorn. | |
-5 letters: cenote, center, centre, cerite, citron, coiner, conine, conner, cooter, cootie, corner, cornet, corrie, cortin, cretin, croton, encore, enroot, entice, entire, erotic, intern, intone, intron, ionone, ironer, nocent, noetic, norite, notice, notion, octroi, orcein, orient, orrice, recent, recite, recoin, rector, rennet, renter, retine, retire, retore, retorn, rioter, ronion, rooter, tenner, tenrec, tierce, tinner, tonier, tonner, torero, triene. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-e-i-n-n-o-o-r-r-t" | |
+1 letter: reconnoiters, reconnoitred, reconnoitres. | |
+2 letters: reconnoitered. | |
+3 letters: neurosecretion, nonintercourse, nonretroactive, nonsecretories, reconnoitering, reconsecration, serotoninergic. | |
+4 letters: counterordering, counterreaction, interconversion, neurosecretions, nonintercourses, nonreproductive, reconcentration, reconsecrations, reconsideration. | |
+5 letters: counterreactions, enterochromaffin, incontrovertible, interconversions, intercorrelation, microenvironment, reconcentrations, reconsiderations, roentgenographic. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 65 63 6F 6E 6E 6F 69 74 72 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-. . -.-. --- -. -. --- .. - .-. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01100101 01100011 01101111 01101110 01101110 01101111 01101001 01110100 01110010 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R e c o n n o i t r e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0065 0063 006F 006E 006E 006F 0069 0074 0072 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5271698180808175868471 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Quotations: Fiction 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Derivations 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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