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 Definitions of Outpost  [ˈaʊtˌpoʊst]  

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Definition of 'Outpost' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) outpost
a station established at a distance from an army to protect it from surprise attack.

2.  outpost
the body of troops stationed there.

3.  outpost
a post or settlement in a foreign environment.

Etymology:  (1750–60)

Definition of 'Outpost' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) outstation, outpost
a station in a remote or sparsely populated location

2. (noun) frontier settlement, outpost
a settlement on the frontier of civilization

3. (noun) outpost
a military post stationed at a distance from the main body of troops
Translation of 'Outpost' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a distant place
The island was an outpost of the nation.
Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: voorpos, buitepos Arabic flag Arabic: نُقْطَةٌ أمامِيَّه، مَكان Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: преден пост
Brazilian flag Brazilian: posto avançado Czech flag Czech: výspa German flag German: der Ausleger, der Vorpost
Danish flag Danish: forpost Greek flag Greek: ακριτική περιοχή Spanish flag Spanish: avanzada, puesto avanzado
Estonian flag Estonian: eelpost Farsi flag Farsi: کوچگاه دور افتاده Finnish flag Finnish: etuvartio
French flag French: avant-poste Hebrew flag Hebrew: בָּסִיס מְרוּחָק Hindi flag Hindi: सीमा चौकी
Croatian flag Croatian: udaljeno mjesto Hungarian flag Hungarian: előretolt bástya Indonesian flag Indonesian: tempat terjauh
Icelandic flag Icelandic: útvarðarstöð Italian flag Italian: avamposto Japanese flag Japanese: 最先端
Korean flag Korean: 전초지, 변경의 식민지 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: atoki vieta, užkampis Latvian flag Latvian: priekšpostenis
Malay flag Malay: kota kara Dutch flag Dutch: buitenpost Norwegian flag Norwegian: forpost, utpost
Polish flag Polish: wysunięta placówka Persian flag Persian: کوچگاه دور افتاده Pashto flag Pashto: لرى پرته سيمه
Portuguese flag Portuguese: posto avançado Romanian flag Romanian: avan­post Russian flag Russian: отдалённое поселение
Slovak flag Slovak: výbežok Slovenian flag Slovenian: oporišče Serbian flag Serbian: udaljeno mesto
Swedish flag Swedish: utpost Thai flag Thai: ด่านหน้า Turkish flag Turkish: ileri karakol
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 前哨 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: аванпост Urdu flag Urdu: دور کا مقام
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: tiền đồn Chinese flag Chinese: 前哨

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