MEANING
A small, relatively remote center maintained as an extension of a larger organization or community.
Use it for
Institutional reach; distant service centers; dependence on suppliesMake distance visible through the outpost's ties to its parent center.
Words that belong together
- trading outpost
- research outpost
- remote outpost
On the page
The research outpost received supplies from headquarters once a month.
A trading outpost became a village when workers brought their families.
At the administrative outpost, one clerk handled requests from dozens of settlements.
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Word forms
- Base
- outpost
Usage notes
Primary category: setting. Can be military, commercial, scientific, or administrative. Remoteness and connection to a parent center matter; not necessarily a fortification. Plural: outposts. No other inflection applies to this noun.
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