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# reconnoitre

verb (reconnoitres, reconnoitred, reconnoitring)

«reconnoitre» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

To go and look carefully at an area before doing anything, to find out what is there. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reconnoitre/#m1)

### In the lessons

in stories, a hero or a scout sent ahead to look around before the others move in; «I will jump down and reconnoitre»

### Examples

- The scouts went ahead to reconnoitre the valley. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reconnoitre/#x1)
- Before we enter the cave, let me reconnoitre. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reconnoitre/#x2)
- The spaniels were sent out to reconnoitre the snowy hill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reconnoitre/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «reconnoitre» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reconnoitre/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«reconnoitre» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/reconnoitre.html) on Mova free.