outstation

Thân thiện

The ranger checks the equipment at the remote outstation.

Definition

Noun: 1. A station in a remote or sparsely populated location: A base, office, or settlement established away from a central or main headquarters, often in an isolated area.

Usage

The word "outstation" is used to describe a subsidiary location that is geographically separate from a primary center of operations. It emphasizes the remoteness or isolation of the location.

Examples

• Noun:
  • The geologists were assigned to a remote outstation in the desert for six months.
  • Company employees working at the outstation receive a special allowance for the hardship.
  • Communication with the main office was difficult from the coastal outstation.

Advanced Usage

• "To be on outstation" / "To go on outstation": Phrases used, particularly in some Commonwealth countries like India, to mean being on or going on an official trip or assignment to a location away from one's usual place of work.
  • He is on outstation duty this week and will return to headquarters on Friday.

Variants and Related Words

• Outpost (n): A very similar synonym, often with a stronger connotation of being a small, isolated military or frontier settlement.
• Branch office (n): A subsidiary office, but without the necessary implication of remoteness; it can be in another city or part of town.
• Field station (n): A station set up in a natural environment for scientific observation.

Synonyms

• Outpost
• Remote station
• Satellite station
• Field office

Antonyms

• Headquarters
• Main office
• Central station
• Home base

Học thuật

Noun

1. a station in a remote or sparsely populated location

Từ đồng nghĩa

• outpost