American English pronunciation
How to pronounce scout
IPA transcription: [s'kaʊt]
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Noun
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a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
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a Boy Scout or Girl Scout
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someone employed to discover and recruit talented persons (especially in the worlds of entertainment or sports)
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someone who can find paths through unexplored territory
Verb
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explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody
Usage examples
- He is a member of the World Scout Foundation.
- Both Scout associations were run by rival political parties.
- Extinct Mascouten was most likely another dialect, though it is scarcely attested.
- Girl Scout Junior and Cadette Troops meet weekly at the American English Academy.
- He was a Boy Scout and earned the rank of Star Scout.
- Sea Scouts often have distinctive uniforms.
- Boy Scout Eagle projects led to the installation of the picnic tables and bridges.
- A Scout learns the cornerstones of the Scout method, Scout Promise, and Scout Law.
- The Kootingal-Moonbi Scout group consists of Joey Scouts, Cub Scouts and Scouts.
- Each character has a role such as medic, sniper, scout, grenadier, soldier or engineer.