Scout
noun
A person who looks for information, usually for a group or organization.
He worked as a scout for the army, looking for any sign of the enemy.
Often appears as...
- army scout
- scout report
noun
A person who looks for talented individuals, such as athletes or actors.
The football scout was impressed with his performance and offered him a chance to try out for the team.
Often appears as...
- talent scout
- football scout
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Professional
noun
A member of the Scout Association, a worldwide youth organization.
He's a scout and goes camping with his troop at least once a month.
Often appears as...
- cub scout
- scout group
verb
To search for something or someone.
The producer is scouting for new acting talent.
Often appears as...
- scouting around
- scouting for talent
verb
To dismiss something as absurd or untrue.
He scouted the rumors of his resignation as pure speculation.
Often appears as...
- scout the idea
- scout the rumors
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Disapproving
noun
A person who looks for information, usually for a group or organization.
He worked as a scout for the army, looking for any sign of the enemy.
Often appears as...
- army scout
- scout report
noun
A person who looks for talented individuals, such as athletes or actors.
The football scout was impressed with his performance and offered him a chance to try out for the team.
Often appears as...
- talent scout
- football scout
Usage tips
Professional
noun
A member of the Scout Association, a worldwide youth organization.
He's a scout and goes camping with his troop at least once a month.
Often appears as...
- cub scout
- scout group
verb
To search for something or someone.
The producer is scouting for new acting talent.
Often appears as...
- scouting around
- scouting for talent
verb
To dismiss something as absurd or untrue.
He scouted the rumors of his resignation as pure speculation.
Often appears as...
- scout the idea
- scout the rumors
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/3Military Context
Often used in military or strategic settings, referring to someone gathering intelligence.
The military scouts reported potential threats in the area.
Pro Tip 2/3Information Gathering
Implies active seeking of detailed information, not just casual looking.
Scouts for the research team searched the archives for hours.
Pro Tip 3/3Essential for Groups
Used in contexts where the information is vital for their group's planning or success.
The event organizers had scouts check the venue suitability.
Pro Tip 1/3Military Context
Often used in military or strategic settings, referring to someone gathering intelligence.
The military scouts reported potential threats in the area.
Pro Tip 2/3Information Gathering
Implies active seeking of detailed information, not just casual looking.
Scouts for the research team searched the archives for hours.
Pro Tip 3/3Essential for Groups
Used in contexts where the information is vital for their group's planning or success.
The event organizers had scouts check the venue suitability.
Pro Tip 1/3Military Context
Often used in military or strategic settings, referring to someone gathering intelligence.
The military scouts reported potential threats in the area.
Pro Tip 2/3Information Gathering
Implies active seeking of detailed information, not just casual looking.
Scouts for the research team searched the archives for hours.
Pro Tip 3/3Essential for Groups
Used in contexts where the information is vital for their group's planning or success.
The event organizers had scouts check the venue suitability.
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Anne Milgram: Why smart...
that would help them win games, and they went from a system that was based on baseball scouts who used to go out and watch players and use their instinct and experience, the scouts' instincts and experience, to pick players, from one to use smart data and rigorous statistical analysis to figure out how to pick players that would help them win games.
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Chris Kluwe: How...
You take all that information, and you stream it to your players. The good teams stream it in a way that the players can use. The bad ones have information overload. That determines good teams from bad. And now, your I.T. department is just as important as your scouting department, and data-mining is not for nerds anymore.
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Crossing the Creek -...
not too deep but I definitely want to take my boots and pants off just so I don't get wet few snow flurries right now it's pretty cold out now so I want to stay dry if I can I'm in the habit of travel light for one thing when you're hunting you don't have a choice now today I'm just scouting but when I come
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E.O. Wilson: Advice to...
of science, the remaining large majority of basic applied scientists, including a large portion of those who could be said to be of the first rank, are the ones who map the terrain, they scout the frontiers, they cut the pathways, they raise the buildings along the way.
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Fence Jumpers PIPE National...
high fence so they needed some help you see him scouting you're getting stretched from the guy below this officer who asked not to be identified believe socks the suspected fence coyote is trying to catch agents off guard I still waiting for the instructions
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Will future spacecraft...
and magnetic signals that could help predict earthquakes. But imagine how much more we could learn if they could fly beyond Earth's orbit. That's exactly what organizations, like NASA, want to send microspacecraft to scout habitable planets
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Uncovering a radical...
additional cost when I say that prof. Scouts are the future of solar I don't mean in the distant future prof Scots are said to make their commercial debut this time next year the challenge we're facing now is the show they can reliably
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The story of 'Oumuamua,...
which means scout or messenger from the distant past reaching out to us. Now this discovery was important for many reasons, but to me the most significant is for what 'Oumuamua can tell us about the past of our solar system.
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Why you think you're...
reflexes rooted in a need to protect yourself and your side and to defeat the enemy. So now, I'd like you to imagine playing a very different role, that of the scout. The scout's job is not to attack or defend.
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Why Are These Fish...
Gulf grunion scout the beach.
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Anne Milgram: Why smart...
that would help them win games, and they went from a system that was based on baseball scouts who used to go out and watch players and use their instinct and experience, the scouts' instincts and experience, to pick players, from one to use smart data and rigorous statistical analysis to figure out how to pick players that would help them win games.
Video examples
Chris Kluwe: How...
You take all that information, and you stream it to your players. The good teams stream it in a way that the players can use. The bad ones have information overload. That determines good teams from bad. And now, your I.T. department is just as important as your scouting department, and data-mining is not for nerds anymore.
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Crossing the Creek -...
not too deep but I definitely want to take my boots and pants off just so I don't get wet few snow flurries right now it's pretty cold out now so I want to stay dry if I can I'm in the habit of travel light for one thing when you're hunting you don't have a choice now today I'm just scouting but when I come
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E.O. Wilson: Advice to...
of science, the remaining large majority of basic applied scientists, including a large portion of those who could be said to be of the first rank, are the ones who map the terrain, they scout the frontiers, they cut the pathways, they raise the buildings along the way.
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Fence Jumpers PIPE National...
high fence so they needed some help you see him scouting you're getting stretched from the guy below this officer who asked not to be identified believe socks the suspected fence coyote is trying to catch agents off guard I still waiting for the instructions
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Will future spacecraft...
and magnetic signals that could help predict earthquakes. But imagine how much more we could learn if they could fly beyond Earth's orbit. That's exactly what organizations, like NASA, want to send microspacecraft to scout habitable planets
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Uncovering a radical...
additional cost when I say that prof. Scouts are the future of solar I don't mean in the distant future prof Scots are said to make their commercial debut this time next year the challenge we're facing now is the show they can reliably
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The story of 'Oumuamua,...
which means scout or messenger from the distant past reaching out to us. Now this discovery was important for many reasons, but to me the most significant is for what 'Oumuamua can tell us about the past of our solar system.
Video examples
Why you think you're...
reflexes rooted in a need to protect yourself and your side and to defeat the enemy. So now, I'd like you to imagine playing a very different role, that of the scout. The scout's job is not to attack or defend.
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Why Are These Fish...
Gulf grunion scout the beach.
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Roy Clark
American Entertainer
So I'm going to tell you, it's going to be a good year. There are good players all over this country, and it is our job as a scouting department to find them, draft them, sign them, develop them, and help us to continue to win championships. So it's going to be a good year.
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Evangeline Lilly
Canadian Actress
I was fortunate enough to be one of those stories where I was scouted on the street by somebody and actually refused to go to the agency, and was approached on different occasions and finally kind of caved and said, 'OK, I'll try it and see what happens.
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Laura Harrier
American Actress
In high school, my mom's friend was a location scout, and there was a shoot at our house. I came home from school, and the photographer said, 'You should call my friend at this agency.
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Diane Ackerman
American Poet
When all is said and done, we exist only in relation to the world, and our senses evolved as scouts who bridge that divide and provide volumes of information, warnings and rewards.
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Asdrubal Cabrera
Venezuelan Athlete
A lot of scouts said I was not capable to play short. Every team that came to me, they wanted me to play third, and I wanted to show everybody that they were wrong.
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Jack Rodwell
English Athlete
I got scouted at six by Everton. My parents said it was maybe a bit too young. A year later, I went down to trials at Everton and have been there ever since.
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Danny Welbeck
English Athlete
Ever since I was a young kid, I've been playing for an academy with scouts all over the world that are looking for top players to come in.
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Terry Rozier
American Athlete
Scouting is important. You just want to know whom you are playing against and how to play them well within the team's defense.
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Annette Funicello
American Actress
Mr. Disney and his staff were constantly scouting for great stories to bring to life on film.
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Tony La Russa
American Coach
When you don't have the deepest pockets, you better have the best scouting and development.
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Roy Clark
American Entertainer
So I'm going to tell you, it's going to be a good year. There are good players all over this country, and it is our job as a scouting department to find them, draft them, sign them, develop them, and help us to continue to win championships. So it's going to be a good year.
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Evangeline Lilly
Canadian Actress
I was fortunate enough to be one of those stories where I was scouted on the street by somebody and actually refused to go to the agency, and was approached on different occasions and finally kind of caved and said, 'OK, I'll try it and see what happens.
Quote examples
Laura Harrier
American Actress
In high school, my mom's friend was a location scout, and there was a shoot at our house. I came home from school, and the photographer said, 'You should call my friend at this agency.
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Diane Ackerman
American Poet
When all is said and done, we exist only in relation to the world, and our senses evolved as scouts who bridge that divide and provide volumes of information, warnings and rewards.
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Asdrubal Cabrera
Venezuelan Athlete
A lot of scouts said I was not capable to play short. Every team that came to me, they wanted me to play third, and I wanted to show everybody that they were wrong.
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Jack Rodwell
English Athlete
I got scouted at six by Everton. My parents said it was maybe a bit too young. A year later, I went down to trials at Everton and have been there ever since.
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Danny Welbeck
English Athlete
Ever since I was a young kid, I've been playing for an academy with scouts all over the world that are looking for top players to come in.
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Terry Rozier
American Athlete
Scouting is important. You just want to know whom you are playing against and how to play them well within the team's defense.
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Annette Funicello
American Actress
Mr. Disney and his staff were constantly scouting for great stories to bring to life on film.
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Tony La Russa
American Coach
When you don't have the deepest pockets, you better have the best scouting and development.
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