outpost

out·post  (outpst)

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

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	outpost - a station in a remote or sparsely populated location outstation post, 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 civilization frontier settlement 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

Translations

outpost [ˈaʊtpəʊst] N

1. (Mil) → avanzada f, puesto m avanzado

2. (fig) → avanzada f

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outpost [ˈaʊtpəʊst] n → avant-poste m

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outpost [ˈaʊtˌpəʊst] n (Mil) (fig) → avamposto

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outpost

n outpost [ˈautpoust]

a distant place The island was an outpost of the nation. voorpos, buitepos نُقْطَةٌ أمامِيَّه، مَكان بَعيد преден пост výspa forpost der Ausleger, der Vorposten ακριτική περιοχή avanzada, puesto avanzado eelpost کوچگاه دور افتاده etuvartio avant-poste בָּסִיס מְרוּחָק सीमा चौकी udaljeno mjesto előretolt bástya tempat terjauh útvarðarstöð avamposto 最先端 전초지, 변경의 식민지 atoki vieta, užkampis priekšpostenis kota kara buitenpost forpost, utpost wysunięta placówka posto avançado avan­post отдалённое поселение výbežok oporišče udaljeno mesto utpost ด่านหน้า ileri karakol 前哨 аванпост دور کا مقام tiền đồn 前哨