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- Dictionaryoutpost/ˈaʊtpəʊst/
noun
- 1. a small military camp or position at some distance from the main army, used especially as a guard against surprise attack: "troops in some outposts have surrendered"
- 2. a remote part of a country or empire: "a few scattered outposts along the west coast"
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The meaning of OUTPOST is a security detachment dispatched by a main body of troops to protect it from enemy surprise. How to use outpost in a sentence.
OUTPOST definition: 1. a place, especially a small group of buildings or a town, that represents the authority or…. Learn more.
An outpost is a camp or station that's somewhat isolated. A military outpost acts as a guard or defense against an enemy's attack on the larger military force.
Outpost definition: a station established at a distance from the main body of an army to protect it from surprise attack. See examples of OUTPOST used in a sentence.
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.
Outpost definition: a station established at a distance from the main body of an army to protect it from surprise attack. See examples of OUTPOST used in a sentence.
a place, especially a small group of buildings or a town, that represents the authority or business interests of a government or company that is far away: a police / military / colonial outpost. a rare example of something that is disappearing: Free jazz has been described as the last outpost of modernism.
An outpost is a small group of buildings used for trading or military purposes, either in a distant part of your own country or in a foreign country. ...a remote mountain outpost, linked to the outside world by the poorest of roads.
outpost definition: a small place that is far from large towns or cities, often where a government or company is…. Learn more.
a small town or group of buildings in a lonely part of a country. Definition of outpost noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
