Scout - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |skaʊt|  American pronunciation of the word scout
Brit.  |skaʊt|  British pronunciation of the word scout

noun

- a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event (syn: lookout, picket, sentinel, sentry, spotter, watch)
- a Boy Scout or Girl Scout
- someone employed to discover and recruit talented persons (especially in the worlds of entertainment or sports)
- someone who can find paths through unexplored territory (syn: guide, pathfinder)

verb

- explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody (syn: reconnoiter, reconnoitre)

Extra examples

We trust you to scout out the best restaurant in town.

He sent three scouts ahead to take a look at the bridge.

He was spotted by a scout at the age of 13.

I'm scouting round for a place to stay.

American companies are keen to scout out business opportunities in Vietnam.

Scout out the land and see which is the best place for our battle lines.

...this may be your golden moment to impress a baseball scout, so don't blow it...

...a delegation from the local scout troop is being sent to the national jamboree...

...the decalogue for scouting known as the Scout Oath...

The Boy Scout motto is “Be prepared.”

...a scout was sent to have a look at this teenage pitcher who was supposed to be the latest portent of the baseball world...

...an autocratic Boy Scout leader who is under the delusion that he's still an army colonel...

He was spotted by a talent scout and signed up by Warner Brothers.

The scout was rewarded for courageous action

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: scout
he/she/it: scouts
present participle: scouting
past tense: scouted
past participle: scouted
noun
singular: scout
plural: scouts
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