What part of speech is reconnoitering?

Reconnoitering can be categorized as a verb.

Parts of speech

1. reconnoitering is a verb, gerund of reconnoiter (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

Infinitive

Present

Simple Past

Past Participle

Gerund
(to) reconnoiter

reconnoiter / reconnoiters

reconnoitered

reconnoitered

reconnoitering

Infinitive: (to) reconnoiter
Present: reconnoiter / reconnoiters
Simple Past: reconnoitered
Past Participle: (have) reconnoitered
Gerund: reconnoitering

What does reconnoitering mean?

Definitions

Verb
reconnoiter - explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody
Noun
reconnoitering - exploring in order to gain information; "scouting in enemy territory is very dangerous"

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