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Noun: reconnoitring
Usage: Brit, Cdn (=reconnoitering)
  1. Exploring in order to gain information
    - scouting, exploratory survey, reconnoitering [N. Amer]
Verb: reconnoitre  `reku'noytu(r)
Usage: Brit, Cdn (=reconnoiter)
  1. Explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody
    - scout, reconnoiter [US]

See also: reconnaissance

Type of: observe, recon [N. Amer], reconnaissance, reconnaissance mission

Encyclopedia: Reconnoitre