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SCOUT definition: 1. a person, especially a soldier, sent out to get information about where the enemy are and what…. Learn more.
The meaning of SCOUT is to explore an area to obtain information (as about an enemy). How to use scout in a sentence.
SCOUT meaning: 1. a person, especially a soldier, sent out to get information about where the enemy are and what…. Learn more.
verb (used with object) to examine, inspect, or observe for the purpose of obtaining information; reconnoiter: to scout the enemy's defenses. to seek; search for (usually followed by out or up ): to scout up a date for Friday night. to find by seeking, searching, or looking (usually followed by out or up ):
A scout is someone who is sent to an area of countryside to find out the position of an enemy army. They set off, with two men out in front as scouts. American English : scout / ˈskaʊt /
Scout. ( skaʊt) n. ( sometimes not capital) a boy or (in some countries) a girl who is a member of a worldwide movement (the Scout Association) founded as the Boy Scouts in England in 1908 by Lord Baden-Powell with the aim of developing character and responsibility.
When you explore or investigate an area, you scout. If your cat is missing, you might send your friends out to scout around the neighborhood. When you scout, you're searching for information; the word comes from the Old French escouter , "to listen for," and its Latin source, auscultare , "to listen attentively."
