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Noun: post  powst
  1. The position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand
    "a soldier manned the entrance post"
    - station
     
  2. Military installation at which a body of troops is stationed
    "this military post provides an important source of income for the town nearby"; "there is an officer's club on the post"
    - military post
     
  3. A job in an organization
    "he occupied a post in the treasury"
    - position, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situation
     
  4. An upright consisting of a piece of timber or metal fixed firmly in an upright position
    "he set a row of posts in the ground and strung barbwire between them"
     
  5. [Brit] Any particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered
    "is there any post for me?"; "she was opening her post"
    - mail
     
  6. A pole or stake set up to mark something (as the start or end of a race track)
    "a pair of posts marked the goal"
    - stake
     
  7. [Brit] The system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office
    - mail, mail service, postal service
     
  8. The delivery and collection of letters and packages
    "it came by the first post"; "if you hurry you'll catch the post"
     
  9. A message on an internet discussion forum, blog, newsgroup, mailing list, etc.
    - posting
Verb: post  powst
  1. Affix in a public place or for public notice
    "post a warning"
     
  2. Publicize with, or as if with, a poster
    "I'll post the news on the bulletin board"
     
  3. Assign to a post; put into a post
    "The newspaper posted him in Timbuktu"
     
  4. Assign to a station
    - station, send, place
     
  5. Display, as of records in sports games
     
  6. Enter on a public list
     
  7. Transfer (entries) from one account book to another
    - carry
     
  8. Ride Western style and bob up and down in the saddle in rhythm with a horse's trotting gait
     
  9. Mark with a stake
    - stake
     
  10. Place so as to be noticed
    "post a sign"; "post a warning at the dump"
    - put up
     
  11. [Brit] Cause to be directed or transmitted to another place
    - mail, send
     
  12. Mark or expose as infamous
    - brand
Prefix: post-
  1. After, later
Noun: Post
  1. United States aviator who in 1933 made the first solo flight around the world (1899-1935)
    - Wiley Post
     
  2. United States manufacturer of breakfast cereals and Postum (1854-1914)
    - C. W. Post, Charles William Post
     
  3. United States female author who wrote a book and a syndicated newspaper column on etiquette (1872-1960)
    - Emily Post, Emily Price Post

Derived forms: posting, posts, posted

See also: postage, postal, posted, poster, posting

Type of: accumulation, aeronaut, affix, aggregation, airman, announce, assemblage, assign, author, aviator, bringing, business, call, collection, communicating, communication, delegate, delivery, denote, depute, designate, displace, enter, flier, flyer, food manufacturer, instal, install, job, line, line of work, list, mark, military installation, move, occupation, place, position, put down, put in, record, ride horseback, set up, stick on, transfer, upright, vertical, visual signal, writer

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