Topic: MILITARY
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| Date: | 1700-1800 |
| Origin: | Early French reconnoître, from Old French reconoistre; RECOGNIZE |
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re‧con‧noi‧tre British English ; reconnoiter American English
[intransitive and transitive]
[intransitive and transitive]1PM to try to find out the position and size of your enemy's army, for example by flying planes over land where their soldiers are
2 to find out information about an area : All morning, the world's top cyclists have been reconnoitring the course.
All morning, the world's top cyclists have been reconnoitring the course.