Synonyms for reconnaissance

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ri-kon-uh-suh ns, -zuh ns

Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈkɒn ə səns, -zəns

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Définition of reconnaissance

Origin : 1810, from French reconnaissance "act of surveying," literally "recognition," from Old French reconoissance "recognition, acknowledgement" (see recognizance).

noun inspection

Example sentences :

It was already dusk when we returned from the reconnaissance.
Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill

No reconnaissance had been made in the direction of Tilly and Wavre.
Extract from : « Camps, Quarters and Casual Places » by Archibald Forbes

Call it a reconnaissance, call it suicide—one name's just as good as the other.
Extract from : « Two Thousand Miles Below » by Charles Willard Diffin

It was just then that Sir James rode back from his reconnaissance.
Extract from : « Two Sides of the Face » by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

I killed it with a stone, and cut off the rattles and continued my reconnaissance.
Extract from : « A Canyon Voyage » by Frederick S. Dellenbaugh

Your orders are simply to make a reconnaissance and to run no avoidable risks.
Extract from : « The Boy Scouts on the Trail » by George Durston

"They'll be alerted down there for a reconnaissance sally," he said.
Extract from : « Control Group » by Roger Dee

On this day we made a reconnaissance in force, but had no fighting.
Extract from : « A Yeoman's Letters » by P. T. Ross

He can do what there is to do himself, and would rather be alone, for it is only a reconnaissance.
Extract from : « The Kopje Garrison » by George Manville Fenn

You would then continue your reconnaissance further to the front.
Extract from : « Manual of Military Training » by James A. Moss

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