reconnoiter

verb

variants or reconnoitre
Definition of reconnoiternext
as in to explore
to go to (a place or area) in order to find out information especially about a military enemy; to do a reconnaissance of (a place) An expedition reconnoitered the coast to find out the exact location of enemy forces.

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Recent Examples of reconnoiter Some drones drop bombs, some serve as missiles, while others reconnoiter. — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2026 How Drones Challenge Snipers Unmanned Aircraft Systems, including fiber optic drones, can reconnoiter vast stretches of territory and can use a wide variety of sensors to perform surveillance. — Zita Ballinger Fletcher, Forbes.com, 1 Apr. 2026 What kind of action plan is visualized to reconnoiter that object? — Leonard David, Space.com, 16 Apr. 2025 The paddlers quickly pulled off to the right bank, secured the canoes and set up camp, while a scouting party hacked their way through the brush to reconnoiter. — Larry Rohter, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2023 Beginning in late 2026, Hera will reconnoiter both Dimorphos and Didymos to take measurements of the rocks and show how DART changed the system. — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 29 Mar. 2023 Along the way the spacecraft will scrutinize Saturn’s mysterious and spectacular rings and reconnoiter its many satellite worlds, especially Titan — the largest moon in the solar system and, it is believed, the only one with its own atmosphere. — Alex Orlando, Discover Magazine, 6 Aug. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reconnoiter
  1. explore
  2. scout
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  • That openness is the best thing about Cooked, a record that summons electric Miles and Popol Vuh and the Necks but mostly explores endless emotional ambiguity, offering a reminder that very few sensations are ever pure.
    — Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The move gives Victoria House access to Gersh’s international talent network and opportunities to explore new financing and co-production partnerships, while preserving the Spanish company’s creative independence.
    — Emiliano de Pablos, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of explore
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  • Herrera had scouted Celtic in their title-clinching appearance at Ibrox.
    — Michael Walker, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Hickel also described how the production used virtual reality to scout digital environments and simulate different seating positions inside an IMAX auditorium.
    — Davide Abbatescianni, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of scout

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“Reconnoiter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reconnoiter. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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