outpost
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (America) IPA: /ˈaʊtˌpoʊst/
outpost (plural outposts)
- A military post stationed at a distance from the main body of troops.
- The outpost did not have enough ammunition to resist a determined assault.
- The body of troops manning such a post.
- Sgt. Smith fleeced most of the rest of the outpost of their earnings in their weekly game of craps.
- An outlying settlement.
- Beyond the border proper, there are three small outposts not officially under government protection.
- (chess) A square protected by a pawn that is in or near the enemy's stronghold.
- French: avant-poste
- German: Vorposten
- Italian: avamposto
- Portuguese: posto avançado
- Russian: форпо́ст
- Spanish: puesto, fortificación, presidio
- Spanish: posteros
- German: Außenposten
- Spanish: comunidad, aldea, finca, colonia
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