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Meaning of Reconnaissance | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2
ɹiˈkɒnəsəns

Definitions

The act of scouting or exploring (especially military or medical) to gain information.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“The third member, Sergeant Pieter Rousseau, had been with the back-up teams at the Hub; he was an expert on space reconnaissance instrumentation, but on this trip he would have to depend on his own eyes and a small portable telescope.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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