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What (who) is outpost - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
The Outpost; The Outpost (Novel); Outpost (disambiguation); Outpost (album); Outpost (civilian); Out post; The Outpost (novel); The Outpost (the film); Outpost (film); Outpost (video game); The Outpost (film)
outpost
¦ noun
1. a small military camp at a distance from the main army.
2. a remote part of a country or empire.
an isolated or remote branch of something.
outpost
n. a military outpost
outpost
(outposts)
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.
N-COUNT: usu with supp, oft supp N, N of n
Examples of use of outpost
1. An adjacent building had been converted into an IDF outpost.
2. Downtown Boise is like a trendy Western outpost – think O.K.
3. Another police outpost on the Pune–Solapur Road, Hadapsar Traffic outpost, has been constructed on land belonging to the state Irrigation Department.
4. FINISHING THE OUTPOST NASA needs to fly at least 14 more station assembly missions to finish the outpost before the shuttle fleet is retired.
5. The Israel Defense Forces will lift a few roadblocks, perhaps even evacuate the Havat Maon outpost again, and maybe even evacuate another illegal outpost that is uninhabited.