📚 Reconnoitre, verb. 🔉 /ˌrɛkəˈnɔɪtə/ 🇬🇧 ❓ Definition (with object): Make a military observation of (a region) ❗️ Examples: 1. They reconnoitred the beach some weeks before the landing. 2. The raiders were reconnoitring for further attacks. 3. This results in wasted effort as infantry battalion scouts conduct time-consuming reconnaissance of areas and routes already reconnoitered by recce troops. 4. March 25th, 1945 saw members reconnoitering the beaches at the southwest tip of Tokashika Shima, a dangerous job as the landing beach was in a cove surrounded by easily defensible high ground. 5. Early in the war Allied planners realized the value of scouts for reconnoitering enemy-held beaches. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌀 @cambridge_dic