listening post

collocation in English

meaningsoflistenandpost

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listen
noun[S]
uk
/ˈlɪs.ən/us
/ˈlɪs.ən/
the act of listening ...
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post
noun
uk
/pəʊst/us
/poʊst/
mainly UK
letters, etc. that are delivered to homes or places ...
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(Definition oflistenandpostfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflistening post

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The development of an automatedlisteningpostis also being investigated.
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It is alisteningpostat the moment, not a sounding board.
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That means there has been a trebling of the number of lines from the centrallisteningpost.
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We know that the number of lines from the centrallisteningposthas increased from 23 to 72.
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He will be, in principle, little more than a messenger boy or at best alisteningpostwith limited powers.
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It was a pretty clumsy affair; the microphone was concealed in a flowerpot, with wires connecting it to alisteningpost.
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Therefore, if we are talking in terms of a communitylisteningpost, at what hours of the day would it be possible for people to listen?
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The completedlisteningpostcontained over 80,000 feet of wire 11 antennas and many advanced radio receivers.
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To-day, with tiny match-head transistors, one can have alisteningpostconcealed in a cocktail olive, fitted into a lamp socket, or concealed in the upholstery of a car.
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While manning alisteningpostforward of the main line of resistance, his position was attacked by a hostile force of reinforced company strength.
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Thelisteningpostactivities were so top secret that personnel on the base were instructed not to look at the building when they walked by it.
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Learning that a comrade on a friendlylisteningposthad been wounded he moved through the intense barrage, accompanied by a medical aid man, and rescued the wounded soldier.
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