| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| reconnaissance |
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| SYLLABICATION: | re·con·nais·sance |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  r -k n  -sns, -zns |
| VARIANT FORMS: | also re·con·nois·sance |
| NOUN: | An inspection or exploration of an area, especially one made to gather military information. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French, from Old French reconoissance, recognition, from reconoistre, reconoiss-, to recognize. See recognize.
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