"reconnaissance" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɹiˈkɒnəsəns/ Audio: En-reconnaissance.oga Forms: reconnaissances [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French reconnaissance (“recognition”). Doublet of recognizance. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|reconnaissance||recognition}} French reconnaissance (“recognition”), {{doublet|en|recognizance}} Doublet of recognizance Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} reconnaissance (countable and uncountable, plural reconnaissances)
  1. The act of scouting or exploring (especially military or medical) to gain information. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: recce [abbreviation], recon [abbreviation] Derived forms: reccy, recon, reconnaissance in force, space reconnaissance Related terms: reconnoiter, reconnoitre Translations (act of gathering information): اِسْتِطْلَاع (istiṭlāʕ) [masculine] (Arabic), հետախուզություն (hetaxuzutʻyun) (Armenian), kəşfiyyat (Azerbaijani), разве́дка (razvjédka) [feminine] (Belarusian), рэкагнасцыро́ўка (rekahnascyróŭka) [feminine] (Belarusian), разузна́ване (razuznávane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), рекогносциро́вка (rekognosciróvka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 偵察 [military, war, government, politics] (Chinese Mandarin), 侦察 (zhēnchá) (Chinese Mandarin), 選點 (Chinese Mandarin), 选点 (xuǎndiǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), ёпыԓӄэв (jopyḷqėv) (Chukchi), průzkum [masculine] (Czech), rekognoscering [common-gender] (Danish), verkenning [feminine] (Dutch), rekognosko (Esperanto), luure (Estonian), tiedustelu (Finnish), reconnaissance [feminine] (French), დაზვერვა (dazverva) (Georgian), Aufklärung [feminine] (German), Kundschaft [feminine] (German), Auskundschaftung [feminine] (German), Auskundschaften [neuter] (German), αναγνώριση (anagnórisi) [feminine] (Greek), סִיּוּר (si'úr) [masculine] (Hebrew), felderítés (Hungarian), információszerzés (Hungarian), pengintaian (Indonesian), penyelidikan (Indonesian), ricognizione [feminine] (Italian), 偵察 (teisatsu) (alt: ていさつ) (Japanese), 정찰 (jeongchal) (alt: 偵察) (Korean), rekognoscēšana [feminine] (Latvian), žvalgyba [feminine] (Lithuanian), žvalgymas [masculine] (Lithuanian), извидување (izviduvanje) [neuter] (Macedonian), rekognosering [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), rekognosering [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), rekonesans [masculine] (Polish), zwiad [masculine] (Polish), reconhecimento [masculine] (Portuguese), recunoaștere [feminine] (Romanian), cercetare [feminine] (Romanian), разве́дка (razvédka) [feminine] (Russian), рекогносциро́вка (rekognosciróvka) [feminine] (Russian), извиђање [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), ѝзвидница [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), izviđanje [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), ìzvidnica [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), prieskum [masculine] (Slovak), izvidništvo [neuter] (Slovene), reconocimiento [masculine] (Spanish), rekognosering [common-gender] (Swedish), การลาดตระเวน (gaan-lâat-dtrà-ween) (Thai), การสอดแนม (gaan-sɔ̀ɔt-nɛɛm) (Thai), การสำรวจ (gaan-sǎm-rùuat) (Thai), keşif (Turkish), ро́звідка (rózvidka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), розві́дка (rozvídka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), рекогносциро́вка (rekohnoscyróvka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), рекогносцирува́ння (rekohnoscyruvánnja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), razvedka (Uzbek)
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          "word": "розві́дка"
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        "Terms with Belarusian translations",
        "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
        "Terms with Chukchi translations",
        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Danish translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Esperanto translations",
        "Terms with Estonian translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Georgian translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "Terms with Hebrew translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Indonesian translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
        "Terms with Latvian translations",
        "Terms with Lithuanian translations",
        "Terms with Macedonian translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
        "Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Romanian translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
        "Terms with Slovak translations",
        "Terms with Slovene translations",
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      "sense": "act of gathering information",
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
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      "sense": "act of gathering information",
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
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    },
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "act of gathering information",
      "topics": [
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        "war",
        "government",
        "politics"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "act of gathering information",
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "xuǎndiǎn",
      "sense": "act of gathering information",
      "word": "选点"
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      "code": "ckt",
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      "sense": "act of gathering information",
      "word": "ёпыԓӄэв"
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      "sense": "act of gathering information",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "act of gathering information",
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      "sense": "act of gathering information",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "eo",
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      "code": "et",
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      "sense": "act of gathering information",
      "word": "luure"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "act of gathering information",
      "word": "tiedustelu"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "act of gathering information",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "reconnaissance"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "dazverva",
      "sense": "act of gathering information",
      "word": "დაზვერვა"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "act of gathering information",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Aufklärung"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "act of gathering information",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Kundschaft"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "act of gathering information",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "act of gathering information",
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      "code": "he",
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      "sense": "act of gathering information",
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      "sense": "act of gathering information",
      "word": "felderítés"
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "act of gathering information",
      "word": "információszerzés"
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      "sense": "act of gathering information",
      "word": "pengintaian"
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "act of gathering information",
      "word": "penyelidikan"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "act of gathering information",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ricognizione"
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      "alt": "ていさつ",
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      "roman": "teisatsu",
      "sense": "act of gathering information",
      "word": "偵察"
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jeongchal",
      "sense": "act of gathering information",
      "word": "정찰"
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      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "act of gathering information",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "rekognoscēšana"
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      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "act of gathering information",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "act of gathering information",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "izviduvanje",
      "sense": "act of gathering information",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "извидување"
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "act of gathering information",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
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      "word": "rekognosering"
    },
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      "code": "nn",
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      "sense": "act of gathering information",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "rekognosering"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "act of gathering information",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "rekonesans"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "act of gathering information",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "zwiad"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "act of gathering information",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "reconhecimento"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "act of gathering information",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "recunoaștere"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "act of gathering information",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cercetare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razvédka",
      "sense": "act of gathering information",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "разве́дка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rekognosciróvka",
      "sense": "act of gathering information",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "рекогносциро́вка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "act of gathering information",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "извиђање"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "act of gathering information",
      "tags": [
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "ѝзвидница"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "act of gathering information",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "neuter"
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      "word": "izviđanje"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "act of gathering information",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ìzvidnica"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "act of gathering information",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prieskum"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "act of gathering information",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "izvidništvo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "act of gathering information",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "reconocimiento"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "act of gathering information",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "rekognosering"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "gaan-lâat-dtrà-ween",
      "sense": "act of gathering information",
      "word": "การลาดตระเวน"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "gaan-sɔ̀ɔt-nɛɛm",
      "sense": "act of gathering information",
      "word": "การสอดแนม"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "gaan-sǎm-rùuat",
      "sense": "act of gathering information",
      "word": "การสำรวจ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "act of gathering information",
      "word": "keşif"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "rózvidka",
      "sense": "act of gathering information",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ро́звідка"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "rozvídka",
      "sense": "act of gathering information",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "розві́дка"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "rekohnoscyróvka",
      "sense": "act of gathering information",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "рекогносциро́вка"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "rekohnoscyruvánnja",
      "sense": "act of gathering information",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "рекогносцирува́ння"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "act of gathering information",
      "word": "razvedka"
    }
  ],
  "word": "reconnaissance"
}

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