Usually means: Surveying area for gathering information.
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  1. reconnoitering: Merriam-Webster
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  5. reconnoitering: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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  7. reconnoitering: Dictionary.com
  8. reconnoitering: Rhymezone
  9. reconnoitering: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  10. reconnoitering: FreeDictionary.org
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▸ noun:  A reconnoiter of enemy land or position.

Similar:
scouting, exploratory survey, reconnoitre, reconnaissance, reconnaisance, reconquest, exploration, reconfrontation, reconscription, reconduction, more...

Opposite:
retreating, withdrawing, pulling back

Types:
scouting, exploring, investigating, surveying, more...

Adjectives:
little, careful, preliminary, more, personal, further, own, first, cautious, serious, considerable

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Similar:
scouting, exploratory survey, reconnoitre, reconnaissance, reconnaisance, reconquest, exploration, reconfrontation, reconscription, reconduction, more...

Opposite:
retreating, withdrawing, pulling back

Types:
scouting, exploring, investigating, surveying, more...

Adjectives:
little, careful, preliminary, more, personal, further, own, first, cautious, serious, considerable



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