Word

reconnaissance, n.
(reconnaissances)

the act of reconnoitring (especially to gain information about an enemy or potential enemy)
<noun.act>

reconnaissance reconnaissance mission

sample sentences

"an exchange of fire occurred on a reconnaissance mission"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

reconnoitre reconnoiter

semantic pointers

hypernym

intelligence, intelligence activity, intelligence operation

hyponym

recce, recco, reccy scouting, exploratory survey, reconnoitering, reconnoitring air reconnaissance reconnaissance by fire reconnaissance in force shufti electronic reconnaissance