outpost

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a station in a remote or sparsely populated location
  2. noun a settlement on the frontier of civilization
  3. noun a military post stationed at a distance from the main body of troops

Etymology

From out- + post.

In classic literature

Synonyms

outstation

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