outpost

English

Etymology

From out- +‎ post.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈaʊtˌpoʊst/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -əʊst

Noun

outpost (plural outposts)

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. An outlying settlement.

   Beyond the border proper, there are three small outposts not officially under government protection.

4. (chess) A square protected by a pawn that is in or near the enemy's stronghold.

Related terms

• outport
• reposting

Translations

A military post

• Bengali: থানা (bn) (thana)
• Bulgarian: ава́нпо́ст m (avánpóst)
• Danish: forpost (da) c
• Dutch: voorpost (nl) m, buitenpost (nl) m
• Finnish: etuvartio, etuvartioasema (fi)
• French: avant-poste (fr) m, poste avancé (fr) m
• German: Vorposten (de) m
• Greek: προφυλακή (el) f (profylakí)
• Hebrew: מוצב חוץ m
• Irish: urphost m
• Italian: avamposto (it) m
• Macedonian: пре́тстража f (prétstraža), ^{(please verify)} а́ванпост m (ávanpost)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: utpost m

  Nynorsk: utpost m

• Polish: czata (pl) f, forpoczta (pl) f
• Portuguese: posto avançado m
• Romanian: avanpost (ro) n
• Russian: аванпо́ст (ru) m (avanpóst), форпо́ст (ru) m (forpóst), заста́ва (ru) f (zastáva), кордо́н (ru) m (kordón)
• Spanish: avanzadilla (es) f, puesto avanzado m, puesto de avanzada m
• Turkish: ileri karakol (tr)
• Welsh: rhagorsaf f
• Yiddish: אַוואַנפּאָסט m (avanpost)

The troops themselves

• Finnish: etuvartio
• Greek: προφυλακή (el) f (profylakí)
• Polish: czata (pl) f, forpoczta (pl) f
• Spanish: avanzada (es) f, destacamento (es) m

An outlying settlement

• Dutch: buitenpost (nl) m
• Finnish: syrjäkylä (fi), syrjäasutus
• German: Außenposten (de) m
• Greek: προφυλακή (el) f (profylakí)
• Hebrew: מאחז m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: utpost m

  Nynorsk: utpost m

• Polish: oddalona osiedla f
• Romanian: avanpost (ro) n
• Spanish: colonia (es) f, comunidad (es) f
• Turkish: ileri karakol (tr)
• Welsh: rhagorsaf f

A chess square

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• Finnish: etuvartioasema (fi)
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• Polish: pole ochronione przez pion m
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• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can

See also

• provincial

Anagrams

• opt-outs, stop out, out-tops, topouts, pots out, top-outs, tops out, outtops, opts out, puttoos, stopout