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listening posts

listening posts is the plural of listening post.

Meaning of listening post

Noun

listening post (plural listening posts)

  1. A position established for the purpose of detecting the enemy's movements by means of listening.
  2. A facility established to monitor radio and microwave signals and analyse their content to secure information and intelligence for use by the security and diplomatic community and others.
    • Shepard: Why are you out here in the first place?
      Lieutenant Durand: There's been a lot of pirate activity in this cluster. We set up a chain of listening posts in the local systems in case they have a staging base.2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Nepmos
  3. Any location frequented by a journalist in search of stories or gossip.
    • He probably has "listening posts" which he visits regularly in search of stray items of news. These may be the general store, the barber shop, the ministers' homes, the Chamber of Commerce and the local or state police headquarters.1945, Elmo Scott Watson, Jobs in Rural Journalism, page 25

Questions about listening posts

What is listening posts the plural of?
Listening posts is the plural of listening post.

Words near listening posts in the dictionary

  1. listening devices
  2. listening fatigue
  3. listening in
  4. listening out
  5. listening post
  6. listening posts
  7. listening station
  8. listening stations
  9. listening up
  10. listening watch
  11. listening watches

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