reccenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈrek.i/us/ˈrek.i/UK informalUS recon the process of getting information about enemy forces or positions by sending out small groups of soldiers or by using aircraft, etc.:
He sent three men on a recce.
the process of visiting and quickly looking around a place in order to find out information about it:
He did a little recce of the area before picking a spot to wait with his camera.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
The armed forces generally
- AWOL
- camouflage
- challenge
- civilian
- deploy
- French Foreign Legion
- march
- martial
- military
- mission
- mod
- paramilitary
- psych ops
- quick march! idiom
- regular
- sealed orders
- soldiering
- the armed forces
- the military-industrial complex
- the National Guard
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