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outpost
out·post O0165300 (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.outpost (ˈaʊtˌpəʊst) n1. (Military) military a. a position stationed at a distance from the area occupied by a major formationb. the troops assigned to such a position2. an outlying settlement or position3. a limit or frontierout•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] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  outpost - a station in a remote or sparsely populated locationoutstationpost, station - the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand; "a soldier manned the entrance post"; "a sentry station" | | 2. | outpost - a settlement on the frontier of civilizationfrontier settlementcolony, 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 troopsmilitary 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" |
outpostnoun frontier, border, borderline, borderland a remote mountain outpostTranslationsoutpost (ˈautpoust) noun a distant place. The island was an outpost of the nation. 前哨 前哨Outpost
Outpost (in Russian, zastava). (I) An element for the security of troops on the march (advance parties, flank parties, and rear parties) and for the security of troops at rest (outpost supports and detached outpost supports). The mission of the outpost is to prevent unexpected attacks by the enemy and deep penetration by its ground reconnaissance and to ensure the troops it protects favorable conditions for deployment and combat. (2) A border outpost is an organic unit of border troops protecting a specified sector of the state frontier. (3) In the 16th through the 19th centuries the entrance or exit point of a city that was guarded by sentries and where documents were checked and tariffs collected was called the zastava. AcronymsSeeOPoutpost
Synonyms for outpostnoun frontierSynonyms- frontier
- border
- borderline
- borderland
Synonyms for outpostnoun a station in a remote or sparsely populated locationSynonymsRelated Wordsnoun a settlement on the frontier of civilizationSynonymsRelated Wordsnoun a military post stationed at a distance from the main body of troopsRelated Words- military post
- post
- armed forces
- armed services
- military
- military machine
- war machine
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