Scout
Definitions
- A swift sailing boat.
- The guillemot.
- A person sent out to gather and bring back information; especially, one employed in war to gain information about the enemy and ground.
- A member of any of various scouting organizations.
- A nickname, used for both genders.
- A member of one of several army units, such as the Selous Scouts or the Arunachal Scouts.
- An act of scouting or reconnoitering.
- A member of any number of youth organizations belonging to the international scout movement, such as the Boy Scouts of America or Girl Scouts of the United States.
- A person who assesses or recruits others; especially, one who identifies promising talent on behalf of a sports team.
- A person employed to monitor rivals' activities in the petroleum industry.
- A housekeeper or domestic cleaner, generally female, employed by one of the constituent colleges of Oxford University to clean rooms; generally equivalent to a modern bedder at Cambridge University.
- A domestic servant, generally male, who would attend (usually several) students in a variety of ways, including cleaning; generally equivalent to a gyp at Cambridge University or a skip at Trinity College, Dublin.
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A fielder in a game for practice. UK
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A fighter aircraft. UK, historical
- A preliminary image that allows the technician to make adjustments before the actual diagnostic images.
- A term of address for a man or boy.
Equivalents
Españolavanzadaavanzadillabatir el campobatir la campañacampearesculca (desus.)exploradorexploranteexplorarojeadorpartidapatrullarpatrulleroscoutscouter (skáuter)
Examples
“while the rat is on the scout”
“May 6, 1883 […] This camp, the finest on this scout, has not so much running water as some of the others; […] May 7, 1883 […] Colonel Aguerre was going today or tomorrow with four hundred regular troops for a scout in the Sierra Madre […]”
“At the crack of dawn on Wednesday four different groups of scouts will climb⟳ the highest peaks in England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales to light⟳ flames and officially mark⟳ the start⟳ of the Paralympic torch relay.”
“We have⟳ met twice this year and, during our first interview, Mata spoke evocatively when remembering how, having joined Real Oviedo aged 10 in 1998, he was given a previously unimaginable opportunity. Mata sat in a car park⟳ in 2003, when he was 14, and watched his father talking to a Real Madrid scout.”
“He has also been good enough to recommend⟳ to me many tradesmen who are ready to supply⟳ these articles in any quantities; each of whom has been here already a dozen times, cap in hand, and vowing that it is quite immaterial when I pay⟳—which is very kind of them; but, with the highest respect⟳ for friend Perkins (my scout) and his obliging friends, I shall make⟳ some enquiries before "letting in" with any of them.”
“A scout topogram is initially performed during continuous table motion, generating an anatomic overview image similar to a conventional radiograph at the locked projection.”
“It consisted of injecting an iodinated contrast agent while a breast was compressed in one projection after a scout film, taking several sequential films, and subtracting them from the scout film.”
“Because of this FOV limitation, several institutions use⟳ a weight cutoff or a scout radiograph lateral diameter cutoff, though the exact cutoff threshold varies from institution to institution.”
“"Listen⟳, old scout," Mr. Osborn said solemnly, "you think⟳ New York is heartless, but that's not what it is."”
“So we took a scout, very much pleased with the manner and conversation of the passengers.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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