Outpost
Definitions
Equivalents
Examples
“The outpost did not have⟳ enough ammunition to resist⟳ a determined assault.”
“Sgt. Smith fleeced most of the rest⟳ of the outpost of their earnings in their weekly game of craps.”
“Beyond the border⟳ proper, there are three small outposts not officially under government protection.”
“On March⟳ 9, 1903, an extension, 50 miles in length, was opened from Letterkenny to the remote outpost of Burtonport, a small township on the shores of the Atlantic in the far north-west corner of Co. Donegal, running through some of the wildest and bleakest parts of the country.”
“[…] Colonel Moen was trying to make⟳ sense⟳ of the radio nets, which had never really been operational let⟳ alone secure; our numerous outposts were cobbled together with hand-held Motorolas and too few repeater stations […]”
“Francis, by contrast, was at pains to listen⟳ and act, going so far in 2023 as to call⟳ a curiously named synod on synodality in his anxiety to make⟳ the process⟳ work⟳ better as a conduit between the centre and the outposts of his global church.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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