scout

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. A person sent out to gain and bring in tidings; especially, one employed in war to gain information about the enemy and ground.
2. An act of scouting or reconnoitering.
3. A member of any number of youth organizations belonging to the international scout movement, such as the Boy Scouts of America or Girl Scouts of the United States.
4. A person who assesses or recruits others; especially, one who identifies promising talent on behalf of a sports team.
5. A person employed to monitor rivals' activities in the petroleum industry.
6. (modern) A housekeeper or domestic cleaner, generally female, employed by one of the constituent colleges of Oxford University to clean rooms; generally equivalent to a modern bedder at Cambridge University.
7. (historical) A domestic servant, generally male, who would attend (usually several) students in a variety of ways, including cleaning; generally equivalent to a gyp at Cambridge University or a skip at Trinity College, Dublin.
8. (UK) A fielder in a game for practice.
9. (UK, historical) A fighter aircraft.
10. A preliminary image that allows the technician to make adjustments before the actual diagnostic images.
11. (informal) A term of address for a man or boy.

Verb

1. (intransitive, transitive) To explore a wide terrain, as if on a search.
2. (transitive) To observe, watch, or look for, as a scout; to follow for the purpose of observation, as a scout.

Verb

1. (transitive) To reject with contempt.
2. (transitive) To reject the ideas or beliefs of (a person).
3. (intransitive) To scoff.

Verb

To pour forth a liquid forcibly, especially excrement; to cause a liquid to gush.

Concepten

padvinder

verkenner

scout

verspieder

verkenning

spion

wacht

oppasser

verkennen

op verkenning uitgaan

verkenningsvliegtuig

zeekoet

aflopen

talentenjager

gids

schildwacht

💂

spieden

⌚

verspieden

verwerpen

Synoniemen

spy

watch

⌚

sentinel

sentry

reconnoiter

talent scout

lookout

spotter

boy scout

watchman

observe

reconnoitre

picket

guide

patrol

girl scout

guard

💂

lookout man

pathfinder

spy at

spy upon

headhunter

reconnoitering party

explorer

inquire

keeper

lead

look after

look into

overrule

patroller

perceiver

pioneer

precede

probe

prospector

pry

reconnaissance

refuse

reject

reporter

road sign

screener

search out

security guard

seek

🔍

shed

sightseeing

sleuth

snitch

Vertalingen

éclaireur

scout

Pfadfinder

Späher

explorador

esploratore

πρόσκοπος

ανιχνευτής

Kundschafter

boy-scout

ricognitore

esplorare

erkunden

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/skaʊt/

Etymologie (Engels)

Verwant aan Oudnoors: skúta

Verwant aan Middelengels: scoute

Verwant aan Engels: shout

Overgenomen van Middelengels: scoute

In summary

From Middle English scout, scoult, from Old French escoute (“action of listening”), verbal noun from escouter (“to listen, heed”), from Latin auscultō (“to listen”). The verb comes from the noun.