English-Thai Dictionary

reconnoiter

VI ลาดตระเวน  สอดแนม  สำรวจ  inspect observe survey lad-tra-wen

 

reconnoiter

VT ลาดตระเวน  สอดแนม  สำรวจ  inspect observe survey lad-tra-wen

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RECONNOITER

v.t. To view; to survey; to examine by the eye; particularly in military affairs, to examine the state of an enemy's army or camp, or the ground for military operations.

 

RECONNOITERED

pp. Viewed; examined by personal observation.

 

RECONNOITERING

ppr. Viewing; examining by personal observation.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

RECONNOITER; RECONNOITRE

Rec `on *noi "ter, Rec `on *noi "tre (rk `n *noi "tr ), v. t. Etym: [F.reconnoitre, a former spelling of reconnaître. See Recognize. ]

 

1. To examine with the eye to make a preliminary examination or survey of; esp. , to survey with a view to military or engineering operations.

 

2. To recognize. [Obs. ] Sir H. Walpole.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

reconnoiter

re con noi ter |ˌrēkəˈnoitər, ˌrek- ˌrɛkəˈnɔɪdər |(Brit. reconnoitre ) ▶verb [ with obj. ] make a military observation of (a region ): they reconnoitered the beach some weeks before the landing | [ no obj. ] : the raiders were reconnoitering for further attacks. ▶noun an act of reconnoitering: a nocturnal reconnoiter of the camp. ORIGIN early 18th cent.: from obsolete French reconnoître, from Latin recognoscere ‘know again ’ (see recognize ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

reconnoiter

reconnoiter verb two of our best pilots were sent in to reconnoiter the area: survey, make a reconnaissance of, explore; investigate, examine, scrutinize, inspect, observe, take a look at; patrol; informal check out, scope out, recon.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

reconnoiter

re con noi ter ｟英 ｠-tre /rìːkənɔ́ɪtə r |rèk -/動詞 自動詞 他動詞 1 〘軍 〙(〈敵地 〉を )偵察する .2 (〈土地 〉を )踏査する .名詞 ＝reconnaissance .