The meaning of Scout

Scout – definition

noun
A soldier or other person sent out ahead of a main force so as to gather information about the enemy's position, strength, or movements.
Usage examples:
Forward scouts reported that the enemy were massing at two points ahead
Synonims:
Lookout Lookout man/woman Outrider Advance guard Vanguard Spy Avant-courier
noun
A ship or aircraft employed for reconnaissance, especially a small, fast aircraft.
Usage examples:
A single-seater scout
noun
A member of the scout association or a similar organization.
Usage examples:
A scout leader
noun
A honeybee that searches for a new site for a swarm to settle or for a new food source.
Usage examples:
When a honeybee colony requires a new hive site, honeybee scouts search for a cavity of suitable lo…
noun
A domestic worker at a college at oxford university.
noun
A man or boy.
Usage examples:
I've got nothing against old adrian—he's a good scout

verb
Make a search for someone or something in various places.
Usage examples:
I was sent to scout around for a place to park the camper
Synonims:
Search Look Hunt Cast about Cast round Cast around Ferret (about)Ferret (around)Root about Root around

verb
Reject (a proposal or idea) with scorn.
Usage examples:
He scouts the claim that the aristocrats cared much for the art treasures their ancestors had bought

verb
Explore, often with a goal of finding something or somebody

noun
A boy scout or girl scout
Usage examples:
[ i ] retired folks were scouting for homes in florida., [ i ] when not traveling worldwide to scou…

Scout translation into English

Scout: translate from English into Chinese

侦察, 侦察员, 探, 跟踪, 侦, 招致, 侦察兵

Scout: translate from English into Dutch

Verkenner, Verkennen, Verspieder, Padvinder, Verkenning, Spion, Verkenningsvliegtuig, Verkenningsvaartuig, Op verkenning uitgaan, Zeekoet, Duikerhoen, Oppasser, Vent, Verspieden, Verachtelijk afwijzen, Spieden, Verwerpen

Scout: translate from English into French

Scout, Éclaireur, Reconnaissance, Aller en reconnaissance, Domestique, Jeune homme, Avion de reconnaissance, Type

Scout: translate from English into German

Erkunden, Pfadfinder, Kundschafter, Späher, Auskundschaften, Erkundung, Aufklärer, Spähen, Aufklärung, Suche, Spion, Talentsucher, Pfadfinderin, Pannenhelfer

Scout: translate from English into Hindi

स्काउट, जासूस, दोस्त, तलाशी, भेदिया, सहवासी, खोज, मित्र, देख-भाल करनेवाला सिपाही, बालघर

Scout: translate from English into Italian

Esploratore, Esplorare, Ricognitore, Vedetta, Boyscout

Scout: translate from English into Korean

스카우트, 정찰병, 사환, 찾아 다니다, 찾다, 놈, 보이스카우트의 한 사람, 정찰하기, 정찰하다, 수색하다, 스카우트로서 일하다, 찾다가 발견하다, 딱 잘라 거절하다, 조롱하다, 조소하다

Scout: translate from English into Russian

Разведчик, Скаут, Лазутчик, Бойскаут, Разведка, Парень, Слуга, Отвергать, Производить разведку, Пренебрегать, Вести разведку, Малый, Служитель

Scout: translate from English into Spanish

Explorar, Explorador, Escucha, Reconocimiento, Observador, Criado, Hacer un reconocimiento, Tipo poco visto, Hacer una batida, Rechazar

Word origin

early 17th century: of Scandinavian origin; compare with Old Norse skúta, skúti ‘a taunt’.

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Scout – similar words

scouted

skaʊt

verb
Make a search for someone or something in various places.
Usage examples:
I was sent to scout around for a place to park the camper

verb
Reject (a proposal or idea) with scorn.
Usage examples:
He scouts the claim that the aristocrats cared much for the art treasures their ancestors had bought

noun
A soldier or other person sent out ahead of a main force so as to gather information about the enemy's position, strength, or movements.
Usage examples:
Forward scouts reported that the enemy were massing at two points ahead

All meanings and translations of Scouted

Scout synonims

hunt

verb
Pursue and kill (a wild animal) for sport or food.
Usage examples:
In the autumn they hunted deer

noun
An act of hunting wild animals or game.
Usage examples:
A bear-hunt

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look

verb
Direct one's gaze toward someone or something or in a specified direction.
Usage examples:
People were looking at him

noun
An act of directing one's gaze in order to see someone or something.
Usage examples:
Let me get a closer look

exclamation
Used to call attention to what one is going to say.
Usage examples:
‘look, this is ridiculous.’

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lookout

noun
A place from which to keep watch or view the landscape.
Usage examples:
A fortified lookout tower

noun
A person whose job is to watch for someone or something to appear
Usage examples:
Assign someone to be a lookout on the boat to keep an eye out for rocks., what kinds of behavior sh…

All meanings and translations of Lookout

outrider

noun
A person in a motor vehicle or on horseback who goes in front of or beside a vehicle as an escort or guard.
Usage examples:
More than 200 people gathered outside his home on the outskirts of bolton as a steam-powered cavalc…

noun
A person, especially a police officer, who rides on a motorcycle next to or in front of an official vehicle

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root about

phrasal verb
To search for something, especially by looking through other things
Usage examples:
She was rooting around in her drawer for a pencil.

All meanings and translations of Root about

root around

phrasal verb
To search for something, especially by looking through other things
Usage examples:
She was rooting around in her drawer for a pencil.

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search

verb
Try to find something by looking or otherwise seeking carefully and thoroughly.
Usage examples:
I searched among the rocks, but there was nothing

noun
An act of searching for someone or something.
Usage examples:
The police carried out a thorough search of the premises

verb
Look or seek

All meanings and translations of Search

spy

noun
A person employed by a government or other organization to secretly obtain information on an enemy or competitor.
Usage examples:
They served as clerks and couriers, telephone and telegraph operators, code and cipher analysts, an…

verb
Work for a government or other organization by secretly obtaining information about enemies or competitors.
Usage examples:
He agreed to spy for the west

verb
(military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors

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vanguard

noun
A group of people leading the way in new developments or ideas.
Usage examples:
The experimental spirit of the modernist vanguard

noun
The front part of a group of people who are moving forward, esp. an army
Usage examples:
These craftspeople are in the vanguard in the art of modern furniture design.

All meanings and translations of Vanguard

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