Usually means: Gathering information on enemy positions.
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General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. recon: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. recon: Merriam-Webster
  3. recon: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. recon, recon: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. recon: Collins English Dictionary
  6. Recon, recon: Wordnik
  7. recon: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. recon: Wiktionary
  9. recon: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. recon: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. recon: Dictionary.com
  12. RECON, Recon (Lost), Recon (band), Recon (role-playing game), Recon: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. recon: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms (No longer online)

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. recon: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. RECON: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. recon: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Recon: Urban Dictionary

Tech (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. RECON: GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, CARTOGRAPHY, AND REMOTE SENSING
  2. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  3. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms: Joint Acronyms and Abbreviations (No longer online)
  4. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (recon)

▸ noun:  (chiefly US, military slang) reconnaissance.
▸ verb:  (chiefly US, military slang) reconnoiter.
▸ noun:  (genetics) The smallest genetic unit that is capable of undergoing recombination.

Similar:
recce, reconnoissance, reccy, reconnoiter, reconaissance, reconoiter, Rewson, photoreconnaissance, space reconnaissance, RAPCON, more...

Types:
direct action, human intelligence, signal intelligence, more...

Phrases:
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Frontline, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter, more...

Adjectives:
aerial, quick, little, further, first, satellite, visual, own, thorough, more, second

Colors:
    olive,     khaki,     camouflage green,     forest green,     desert sand, more...



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Similar:
recce, reconnoissance, reccy, reconnoiter, reconaissance, reconoiter, Rewson, photoreconnaissance, space reconnaissance, RAPCON, more...

Types:
direct action, human intelligence, signal intelligence, more...

Phrases:
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Frontline, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter, more...

Adjectives:
aerial, quick, little, further, first, satellite, visual, own, thorough, more, second

Colors:
    olive,     khaki,     camouflage green,     forest green,     desert sand, more...



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