outpost
pronunciation
How to pronounce outpost in British English:
UK [ˈaʊtpəʊst]
How to pronounce outpost in American English:
US [ˈaʊtpoʊst]
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- Noun:
- a station in a remote or sparsely populated location
- a settlement on the frontier of civilization
- a military post stationed at a distance from the main body of troops
Word Origin
- outpost (n.)
- 1757, "military position detached from the main body of troops," from out + post (n.2). Originally in George Washington's letters. Commercial sense of "trading settlement near a frontier" is from 1802. Phrase outpost of Empire (by 1895) in later use often echoes Kipling.
Example
- 1. Vietnam itself began as a southern outpost of sinic culture .
- 2. Why is caijing -- long a lone outpost of daring chinese journalism -- suddenly censoring itself ?
- 3. The government says they carried out a car-bomb attack on an army outpost on june 24th .
- 4. The unmanned helicopter moved about 3500 pounds of food and supplies from camp dwyer to troops at combat outpost payne .
- 5. Until the russian revolution of 1917 , yakutsk remained an insignificant provincial outpost .