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rec·ce

(rĕk′ē)

n. Slang

Reconnaissance.

rec′ce adj.

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recce

(ˈrɛkɪ)

n, vb, -ces, -ceing, -ced or -ceed

(Military) a slang word for reconnaissance, reconnoitre

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recce

Past participle: recced/recceed
Gerund: recceing

Imperative
recce
recce

Present
I recce
you recce
he/she/it recces
we recce
you recce
they recce

Preterite
I recced/recceed
you recced/recceed
he/she/it recced/recceed
we recced/recceed
you recced/recceed
they recced/recceed

Present Continuous
I am recceing
you are recceing
he/she/it is recceing
we are recceing
you are recceing
they are recceing

Present Perfect
I have recced/recceed
you have recced/recceed
he/she/it has recced/recceed
we have recced/recceed
you have recced/recceed
they have recced/recceed

Past Continuous
I was recceing
you were recceing
he/she/it was recceing
we were recceing
you were recceing
they were recceing

Past Perfect
I had recced/recceed
you had recced/recceed
he/she/it had recced/recceed
we had recced/recceed
you had recced/recceed
they had recced/recceed

Future
I will recce
you will recce
he/she/it will recce
we will recce
you will recce
they will recce

Future Perfect
I will have recced/recceed
you will have recced/recceed
he/she/it will have recced/recceed
we will have recced/recceed
you will have recced/recceed
they will have recced/recceed

Future Continuous
I will be recceing
you will be recceing
he/she/it will be recceing
we will be recceing
you will be recceing
they will be recceing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been recceing
you have been recceing
he/she/it has been recceing
we have been recceing
you have been recceing
they have been recceing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been recceing
you will have been recceing
he/she/it will have been recceing
we will have been recceing
you will have been recceing
they will have been recceing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been recceing
you had been recceing
he/she/it had been recceing
we had been recceing
you had been recceing
they had been recceing

Conditional
I would recce
you would recce
he/she/it would recce
we would recce
you would recce
they would recce

Past Conditional
I would have recced/recceed
you would have recced/recceed
he/she/it would have recced/recceed
we would have recced/recceed
you would have recced/recceed
they would have recced/recceed

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Noun

recce - reconnaissance (by shortening)

recco, reccy

reconnaissance, reconnaissance mission - the act of reconnoitring (especially to gain information about an enemy or potential enemy); "an exchange of fire occurred on a reconnaissance mission"

Translations

recce

[ˈrekɪ] (Brit)

A. N ABBR (Mil) =reconnaissance → reconocimiento m

B. VT (Mil) =reconnoitre → reconocer

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