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scouting

noun · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK, US: /ˈskaʊtɪŋ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -aʊtɪŋ
  • CMU ARPABET: S K AW1 T IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The act of one who scouts.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The Scout Movement.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The activities of boy scouts and girl scouts.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Alternative letter-case form of scouting.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

present participle and gerund of scout

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

exploring in order to gain information

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • scouting in enemy territory is very dangerous

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: exploratory survey, reconnoitering, reconnoitring

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: reconnaissance, reconnaissance mission

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

49 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: разве́дка (razvjédka) — act of one who scouts
  • Belarusian: рэкагнасцыро́ўка (rekahnascyrówka) — act of one who scouts
  • Catalan: escoltisme — act of one who scouts
  • Dutch: scouting — act of one who scouts
  • Finnish: partiolaisuus — act of one who scouts
  • Hebrew: גישוש (gishúsh) — act of one who scouts
  • Italian: esplorazione — act of one who scouts
  • Polish: skauting — act of one who scouts
  • Portuguese: reconhecimento — act of one who scouts
  • Russian: разве́дка (razvédka) — act of one who scouts
  • Russian: рекогносциро́вка (rekognosciróvka) — act of one who scouts
  • Spanish: scouting — act of one who scouts
  • Turkish: izcilik — act of one who scouts
  • Ukrainian: ро́звідка (rózvidka) — act of one who scouts
  • Ukrainian: розві́дка (rozvídka) — act of one who scouts
  • Ukrainian: рекогносциро́вка (rekohnoscyróvka) — act of one who scouts
  • Welsh: sgowtio — act of one who scouts
  • Catalan: escoltisme — the Scouting movement
  • Czech: skauting — the Scouting movement
  • Dutch: scouting — the Scouting movement
  • Esperanto: skoltismo — the Scouting movement
  • Finnish: partioliike — the Scouting movement
  • Franco-Provençal: escoutismo — the Scouting movement
  • French: scoutisme — the Scouting movement
  • German: Pfadfinderbewegung — the Scouting movement
  • Greek: προσκοπισμός (proskopismós) — the Scouting movement
  • Hebrew: תנועת הצופים (tnuát hatsofím) — the Scouting movement
  • Hindi: स्काउटिंग (skāuṭiṅg) — the Scouting movement
  • Hindi: बालचर (bālcar) — the Scouting movement
  • Hungarian: cserkészet — the Scouting movement
  • Italian: scoutismo — the Scouting movement
  • Japanese: スカウティング (sukautingu) — the Scouting movement
  • Korean: 스카우팅 (seukauting) — the Scouting movement
  • Macedonian: извидништво (izvidništvo) — the Scouting movement
  • Polish: skauting — the Scouting movement
  • Portuguese: escotismo — the Scouting movement
  • Punjabi: ਸਕਾਊਟਿੰਗ (sakāūṭiṅg) — the Scouting movement
  • Spanish: escultismo — the Scouting movement
  • Spanish: scoutismo — the Scouting movement
  • Spanish: escoutismo — the Scouting movement
  • Finnish: partio — activities of boy scouts and girl scouts
  • Finnish: partiotoiminta — activities of boy scouts and girl scouts
  • Hebrew: צופיות (tsofiyút) — activities of boy scouts and girl scouts
  • Polish: skauting — activities of boy scouts and girl scouts
  • Portuguese: escotismo — activities of boy scouts and girl scouts
  • Russian: ска́утинг (skáuting) — activities of boy scouts and girl scouts
  • Russian: ска́утство (skáutstvo) — activities of boy scouts and girl scouts
  • Ukrainian: ска́утінґ (skáuting) — activities of boy scouts and girl scouts
  • Ukrainian: ска́утство (skáutstvo) — activities of boy scouts and girl scouts
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