outpost

[ out-pohst ]

/ ˈaʊtˌpoʊst /

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noun

a station established at a distance from the main body of an army to protect it from surprise attack: We keep only a small garrison of men at our desert outposts.

the body of troops stationed there; detachment or perimeter guard.

an outlying settlement, installation, position, etc.

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Origin of outpost

First recorded in 1750–60; out- + post²

Words nearby outpost

outplacement, outplay, outpoint, outport, outporter, outpost, outpour, outpouring, out-process, outpull, output

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How to use outpost in a sentence

After all, local materials would be most practical if people ever build outposts on the Red Planet.
A soil-based ‘concrete’ could make buildings green, even on Mars|Kathiann Kowalski|December 22, 2020|Science News For Students
In reality, though, freezers likely won’t be the reason these more remote outposts don’t get vaccines.
Rural America may miss out on early COVID-19 vaccines|Tara Santora|December 18, 2020|Popular-Science
I heard someone ask about building the military outpost in the South China Sea.
The Trailer: Republicans build their own fan clubs in Iowa|David Weigel|October 29, 2020|Washington Post
Take in the live tunes along with the newest outpost of Union Pie, which slings crispy bar-style pizzas on the Wharf.
The best things to do — virtually and in person — while quarantined in the D.C. area|Going Out Guide Staff|October 29, 2020|Washington Post

The moves cast uncertainty over the future of the Everett, Washington, campus—the company’s largest outpost.
Boeing is preparing additional layoffs with new buyouts|Rachel King|August 18, 2020|Fortune
Today, the city is an Asian hipster outpost, with shopping malls, clothing boutiques, and mixologist-prepared cocktails.
Cambodia’s Smoke-and-Mirrors Democracy|David Shaftel|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The Cubans pulled up to the outpost and crammed the survivors into an open-body jeep and a pickup truck.
‘Argo’ in the Congo: The Ghosts of the Stanleyville Hostage Crisis|Nina Strochlic|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Zalwar Khan recalled he occasionally marched to the Korengal Outpost seeking the release of detained villagers.
Heart of Darkness: Into Afghanistan’s Taliban Valley|Matt Trevithick, Daniel Seckman|November 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A former store manager at a Malibu, California outpost filed a lawsuit in December of 2012.
His Reputation Precedes Him: Dov Charney’s Blacklist|Justin Jones|June 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
On July 4, 2009, a human wave of insurgents attacked the joint U.S./Afghan outpost at Zerok.
We Lost Soldiers in the Hunt for Bergdahl, a Guy Who Walked Off in the Dead of Night|Nathan Bradley Bethea|June 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
If the military situation permits, all troops are put into quarters, only the outpost troops bivouacking.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2|Various
I lost no time in crossing and had barely cleared the river-bank before I was held up by an outpost.
A Virginia Scout|Hugh Pendexter
For fifty years it was a kind of outpost of that part of the State.
Captains of Industry|James Parton
He might be a Boer outpost anxious to ascertain if we were Englishmen.
My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War|Ben Viljoen.
Before he was twenty he was learning outpost duty in the Austrian frontier cavalry.
Lord Ormont and his Aminta, Complete|George Meredith

British Dictionary definitions for outpost

outpost

/ (ˈaʊtˌpəʊst) /

noun

military

a position stationed at a distance from the area occupied by a major formation
the troops assigned to such a position

an outlying settlement or position

a limit or frontier

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