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econnaissance showed that the enemy forces had withdrawn.
reconnoitre
v. survey, examine, scout (out), scan, explore, investigate,
inspect, scrutinize, check out, check up (on), Slang Brit recce:
We reconnoitred the territory and reported the enemy troop
movements.
record v. 1 write (down), transcribe, document, register, note, make a
notation (of), take down, put or set down, log, chronicle,
report, itemize, list, enumerate: I recorded the events of the
day in my diary. 2 tell of, relate, recount, narrate, recite:
The chronicle records an eyewitness account of the battle.
--n. 3 recording, report, document, log, journal, memorandum,
note, notation, minute(s), transactions, archive(s), annal(s),
chronicle, diary, account, dossier, register, list, catalogue:
Patricia has kept a careful record of all the men whose books
she has ever read. 4 documentation, data, information, evidence;
memorial, memento, souvenir: There is no record of your birth
in the church archive. I took away a piece of the Berlin Wall as
a record of my visit. 5 (best) performance, track record,
accomplishment; time; distance; height: Her records for the
110-metre hurdles and the high jump still stand. 6
accomplishment(s), deed(s), history, reputation, curriculum
vitae, CV, Colloq track record: He has a record of being late
everywhere. His criminal record is none too savoury. 7 disc,
recording, album, release, LP (= 'long playing'), 78, 331/3, 45,
EP (= 'extended play'), maxisingle, compact disc, CD, Brit
gramophone record, US phonograph record, Colloq single, Slang US
platter: We put a jazz combo together and cut a few records
last year. 8 off the record. confidential(ly), private(ly), not
for publication, secret(ly), in confidence, unofficial(ly), sub
rosa: We cannot publish his statement, which was off the
record. Off the record, I'll tell you where Hazel is staying.
--adj. 9 record-breaking, extreme: Last week we had a record
snowfall.
recount v. 1 relate, narrate, tell, recite, report, communicate,
impart, unfold: The old man recounted for us the legend of the
two-headed lamb. 2 particularize, review, detail, describe,
enumerate, specify: Must I recount every particular all over