reconned; reconning; recons
: to conduct a preliminary and especially an exploratory survey of : to do a reconnaissance of (something)
In another village we sent an advance party to recon the place.—
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David Axe, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
The lead Ukrainian operative on the other side, a recon officer, began to approach them, triggering a mine.
—Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
Steven Dudash, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Bashir, Siedi, and the other leaders recon the target — a pair of shipping containers converted into a kitchen — as the Green Berets spread out to watch the action.
—Kevin Maurer, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2022
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Noun
F-16s fly recon missions, pinpoint Russian radars based on their emissions and then land so intelligence analysts can fold the fresh intelligence into strike planning.
—David Axe, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
The lead Ukrainian operative on the other side, a recon officer, began to approach them, triggering a mine.
—Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
Verb
However, while rhetoric and pro-US trade policies are encouraging, there are other issues that companies looking to manufacture in the US have to recon with.
—Steven Dudash, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Bashir, Siedi, and the other leaders recon the target — a pair of shipping containers converted into a kitchen — as the Green Berets spread out to watch the action.
—Kevin Maurer, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2022
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“Recon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/recon. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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