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reconnaissance
| reconnaissance by fire
| reconnaissance in force
| reconnaissance mission
| reconnaissance plane
| reconnaissance vehicle
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reconnaissance
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun reconnaissance has 1 sense
- reconnaissance(n = noun.act) reconnaissance mission - the act of reconnoitring (especially to gain information about an enemy or potential enemy); "an exchange of fire occurred on a reconnaissance mission" is a kind of intelligence, intelligence activity, intelligence operation
has particulars: recce, recco, reccy, exploratory survey, reconnoitering, reconnoitring, scouting, air reconnaissance, reconnaissance by fire, reconnaissance in force, shufti, electronic reconnaissance
Derived forms verb reconnoiter1, verb reconnoitre1
CIDE DICTIONARY
reconnaissance, n. [F. See Recognizance.].
The act of reconnoitering; preliminary examination or survey. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
reconnaissance, n.
1 a survey of a region, esp. a military examination to locate an enemy or ascertain strategic features.
2 a preliminary survey or inspection.
1 a survey of a region, esp. a military examination to locate an enemy or ascertain strategic features.
2 a preliminary survey or inspection.
Etymology
F (earlier -oissance) f. stem of reconna{icirc}tre (as RECONNOITRE)
THESAURUS
reconnaissance
air cover, air raid, air support, bombing, cover, dry run, examination, exploration, inspection, investigation, milk run, mission, recce, recco, recon, reconnaissance mission, reconnoiter, reconnoitering, scouting, scramble, scrutiny, shuttle raid, sortie, strafing, survey, training mission, umbrellaROGET THESAURUS
reconnaissance
Vision
N vision, sight, optics, eyesight, view, look, espial, glance, ken, coup d'oeil, glimpse, glint, peep, gaze, stare, leer, perlustration, contemplation, conspection, conspectuity, regard, survey, introspection, reconnaissance, speculation, watch, espionage, espionnage, autopsy, ocular inspection, ocular demonstration, sight-seeing, point of view, gazebo, loophole, belvedere, watchtower, field of view, theater, amphitheater, arena, vista, horizon, commanding view, bird's eye view, periscope, visual organ, organ of vision, eye, naked eye, unassisted eye, retina, pupil, iris, cornea, white, optics, orbs, saucer eyes, goggle eyes, gooseberry eyes, short sight, clear sight, sharp sight, quick sight, eagle sight, piercing sight, penetrating sight, clear glance, sharp glance, quick glance, eagle glance, piercing glance, penetrating glance, clear eye, sharp eye, quick eye, eagle eye, piercing eye, penetrating eye, perspicacity, discernment, catopsis, eagle, hawk, cat, lynx, Argus, evil eye, basilisk, cockatrice, seeing, visual, ocular, optic, optical, ophthalmic, clear-eyesighted, eagle-eyed, hawk-eyed, lynx-eyed, keen- eyed, Argus-eyed, visible, visibly, in sight of, with one's eyes open at sight, at first sight, at a glance, at the first blush, prima facie, Int, look!, the scales falling from one's eyes, an eye like Mars to threaten or command, her eyes are homes of silent prayer, looking before and after, thy rapt soul sitting in thine eyes.Inquiry
N inquiry, request, search, research, quest, pursuit, examination, review, scrutiny, investigation, indagation, perquisition, perscrutation, pervestigation, inquest, inquisition, exploration, exploitation, ventilation, sifting, calculation, analysis, dissection, resolution, induction, Baconian method, strict inquiry, close inquiry, searching inquiry, exhaustive inquiry, narrow search, strict search, study, scire facias, ad referendum, trial, questioning, interrogation, interrogatory, interpellation, challenge, examination, cross-examination, catechism, feeler, Socratic method, zetetic philosophy, leading question, discussion, reconnoitering, reconnaissance, prying, espionage, espionnage, domiciliary visit, peep behind the curtain, lantern of Diogenes, question, query, problem, desideratum, point to be solved, porism, subject of inquiry, field of inquiry, subject of controversy, point in dispute, matter in dispute, moot point, issue, question at issue, bone of contention, plain question, fair question, open question, enigma, knotty point, quodlibet, threshold of an inquiry, inquirer, investigator, inquisitor, inspector, querist, examiner, catechist, scrutator scrutineer scrutinizer, analyst, quidnunc, inquiry, inquisitive, requisitive, requisitory, catechetical, inquisitorial, analytic, in search of, in quest of, on the lookout for, interrogative, zetetic, all searching, undetermined, untried, undecided, in question, in dispute, in issue, in course of inquiry, under discussion, under consideration, under investigation, sub judice, moot, proposed, doubtful, quaere?, what?, why?, wherefore?, whence?, whither?, where?, how comes it?, how happens it?, how is it?, what is the reason?, what's the matter?, nicht wahr?, what's in the wind?, what on earth?, when?, who?.
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