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out·post
(out′pōst′)n.
1.
a. A detachment of troops stationed at a distance from a main force to guard against surprise attacks.
b. The station occupied by such troops.
c. A usually small military base established in another country.
2. An outlying settlement.
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outpost
(ˈaʊtˌpəʊst)n
1. (Military) military
a. a position stationed at a distance from the area occupied by a major formation
b. the troops assigned to such a position
2. an outlying settlement or position
3. a limit or frontier
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out•post
(ˈaʊtˌpoʊst)n.
1. a station established at a distance from an army to protect it from surprise attack.
2. the body of troops stationed there.
3. a post or settlement in a foreign environment.
[1750–60]
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Noun | 1. | outpost - a station in a remote or sparsely populated location |
2. | outpost - a settlement on the frontier of civilization colony, settlement - a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government; "the American colony in Paris" | |
3. | outpost - a military post stationed at a distance from the main body of troops military post, post - military installation at which a body of troops is stationed; "this military post provides an important source of income for the town nearby"; "there is an officer's club on the post" armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" |
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outpost
noun frontier, border, borderline, borderland a remote mountain outpost
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Translations
نُقْطَةٌ أمامِيَّه، مَكان بَعيد
аванпост
forpost
מאחזמוצב חוץ
elõretolt bástya
útvarîarstöî
atoki vieta
priekšpostenis
ileri karakol
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outpost
(ˈautpoust) noun a distant place. The island was an outpost of the nation.
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