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
Noun
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a station in a remote or sparsely populated location
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