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Meanings of reconnaissance in English

Catalan
descoberta
Spanish
reconocimiento

The act of reconnoitring (especially to gain information about an enemy or potential enemy)

        descoberta
        Russian
        рекогносцировка
        Portuguese
        reconhecimento
        Spanish
        reconocimiento
        Catalan
        reconeixement

        Military exploration beyond the area occupied by friendly forces.

              рекогносцировка
              Usage of reconnaissance in English
              1
              Every morning the General himself made a personal reconnaissance in the neighbourhood.
              Sir John French: An Authentic Biography
              2
              Satellites will offer a far safer & better means of aerial reconnaissance.
              The new yorker
              3
              The report also said the Georgian reconnaissance flight violated a cease-fire agreement.
              Reuters
              4
              After all, fighter jets today are used mostly for surveillance and reconnaissance.
              Wired
              5
              Now, there's a new wave of reconnaissance bots being prepared for combat.
              Wired
              6
              A reconnaissance plane circled constantly overhead, identifying Soviet and Cuban military targets.
              One minute to midnight: kennedy, khrushchev, and castro on the b...
              7
              Sentinel drones are thought to use stealth technology for inconspicuous aerial reconnaissance.
              Wired
              8
              Lieutenant Gerald Coffee was on his second low-level reconnaissance mission over Cuba.
              One minute to midnight: kennedy, khrushchev, and castro on the b...
              9
              The cavalry reconnaissance again came in touch with the enemy at nightfall.
              The Story of the Malakand Field Force: An Episode of Frontier Wa...
              10
              Six German reconnaissance planes have arrived in the north of the country.
              Reuters
              11
              We were returning to Biloxi from a reconnaissance in the Chickasaw country.
              The Black Wolf's Breed / A Story of France in the Old World and ...
              12
              It funds projects in ocean technology, like shallow-water surveillance and underwater reconnaissance.
              Wired
              13
              Keyhole A class of satellites used to send back detailed photographic reconnaissance.
              BBC
              14
              Uncle Dan'l headed a cautious reconnaissance in the direction of the log.
              The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today
              15
              To our surprise, we found ourselves looking at two German reconnaissance planes.
              The forgotten soldier
              16
              The last three weeks, we concentrate on hydrographic reconnaissance and mission planning.
              The warrior elite: the forging of seal class 228
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              Portuguese
              reconhecimento
              Reconnaissance through the time
              Reconnaissance across language varieties
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              Common
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