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“Reconnoitered” or “Reconnoitred”

Language

Reconnoitered and reconnoitred are both English terms.

Usage

Reconnoitered is predominantly used in 🇺🇸 American (US) English (en-US) while reconnoitred is predominantly used in 🇬🇧 British English (used in UK/AU/NZ) (en-GB).

In terms of actual appearance and usage, here's a breakdown by country, with usage level out of 100 (if available) 👇:

Term US UK India Philippines Canada Australia Liberia Ireland New Zealand Jamaica Trinidad & Tobago Guyana
reconnoitered 100 39 72 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
reconnoitred 0 61 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • In the United States, there is a preference for "reconnoitered" over "reconnoitred" (100 to 0).
  • In the United Kingdom, there is a 61 to 39 preference for "reconnoitred" over "reconnoitered".
  • In India, there is a preference for "reconnoitered" over "reconnoitred" (72 to 28).
  • In the Philippines, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "reconnoitered" and "reconnoitred".
  • In Canada, there is a preference for "reconnoitered" over "reconnoitred" (100 to 0).
  • In Australia, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "reconnoitered" and "reconnoitred".
  • In Liberia, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "reconnoitered" and "reconnoitred".
  • In Ireland, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "reconnoitered" and "reconnoitred".
  • In New Zealand, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "reconnoitered" and "reconnoitred".
  • In Jamaica, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "reconnoitered" and "reconnoitred".
  • In Trinidad & Tobago, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "reconnoitered" and "reconnoitred".
  • In Guyana, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "reconnoitered" and "reconnoitred".
Examples

Below, we provide some examples of when to use reconnoitered or reconnoitred with sample sentences.

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Examples in Context

Examples of “reconnoitered”

  • Though Lee personally reconnoitered his left during the morning,
  • In 1862 Chernyaev reconnoitered the river as far as
  • She reconnoitered the river below the bar
  • a deelgemeente of Érezée), he reconnoitered the German lines alone, killed
  • and no one had personally reconnoitered the area.
  • Harder reconnoitered Tawi-Tawi anchorage 11 June and
  • It was reconnoitered by the New Zealand Antarctic
  • This section also reconnoitered new site and established the
  • of the peninsula, only recently reconnoitered by Gaspar de Portolá and
  • mouth of Archershape Creek and reconnoitered the then abandoned riverside artillery

Examples of “reconnoitred”

  • defensive position he had personally reconnoitred the previous year at Mont-Saint-Jean
  • think that if I had reconnoitred Aden first, I would not
  • direction and area to be reconnoitred are changed.
  • later records of the event, reconnoitred and reinforced a neighbouring spur
  • XXX Corps' armoured car regiment, reconnoitred the flanks.
  • approximately 23:00, an SAS team reconnoitred the roof of the embassy.
  • June, the 1st Rifle Brigade reconnoitred the first of the route.
  • Verudgo reconnoitred the position but found the
  • by a sniper as he reconnoitred the front line during an
  • “Sultan reconnoitred the opposing army from an


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