- scouting, exploratory survey, reconnoitering, reconnoitring - exploring in order to gain information; "scouting in enemy territory is very dangerous"
--1 is a kind of reconnaissance, reconnaissance mission
Derived form: verb reconnoitre1
- scout, reconnoiter, reconnoitre - explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody
--1 is one way to observe
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun reconnaissance1, noun reconnoitring1
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something