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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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