Définition anglaise de “scout”

Définition de "scout" - Dictionnaire Anglais

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scoutnoun [ C ]

uk /skaʊt/ us /skaʊt/

scout noun [ C ] (SEARCH)

a person employed to look for people with particular skills, especially in sport or entertainment:

Manchester United's chief scout spotted him when he was playing for his school team.
a scout around [ S ] informal UK also a scout round

a quick look around a place or area, especially in order to find something:

I had a quick scout around the house to check everything was okay.

scoutverb [ I or T, usually + adv/prep ]

uk /skaʊt/ us /skaʊt/

Scoutnoun [ C ]

uk /skaʊt/ us /skaʊt/

(Definition of “scout” from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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scoutnoun [ C ]

us /skɑʊt/

scout noun [ C ] (BOY/GIRL)

a Boy Scout or Girl Scout

scout noun [ C ] (PERSON WHO SEARCHES)

someone whose job is to look for people with particular skills, esp. in sports or entertainment

A scout is also a person, esp. a soldier, sent out to get information about the enemy.

scoutverb [ I/T ]

us /skɑʊt/

scout verb [ I/T ] (SEARCH)

to go to look in various places for something you want or to check for possible danger:

[ I ] Retired folks were scouting for homes in Florida.
[ I ] When not traveling worldwide to scout out ideas, they visit with their daughter Sarah.

In sports, to scout is to have the job of trying to find young players with the ability to play the sport well:

[ I ] I scouted for the Angels baseball team for about 15 years.

(Definition of “scout” from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)