post
What is the Definition of post?
Noun:
- the position where someone (as a guard or sentry)
- military installation at which a body of troops is stationed
- a job in an organization
- an upright consisting of a piece of timber or metal fixed firmly in an upright position
- United States aviator who in 1933 made the first solo flight around the world (1899-1935)
- United States female author who wrote a book and a syndicated newspaper column on etiquette (1872-1960)
- United States manufacturer of breakfast cereals and Postum (1854-1914)
- any particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered
- a pole or stake set up to mark something (as the start or end of a race track)
- the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office
- the delivery and collection of letters and packages
Verb:
- affix in a public place or for public notice
- publicize with, or as if with, a poster
- assign to a post; put into a post
- assign to a station
- display, as of records in sports games
- enter on a public list
- transfer (entries)
- ride Western style and bob up and down in the saddle in rhythm with a horse's trotting gait
- mark with a stake
- place so as to be noticed
- cause to be directed or transmitted to another place
- mark or expose as infamous
How can I use post in a sentence?
No post on Sundays, he reminded them cheerfully as he spread marmalade on his newspapers, no damn letters today — Something came whizzing down the kitchen chimney as he spoke and caught him sharply on the back of the head.
While Uncle Vernon made furious telephone calls to the post office and the dairy trying to find someone to complain to, Aunt Petunia shredded the letters in her food processor.
He sent a post about his recent travels on social media. - Он отправил пост о своих недавних путешествиях в социальных сетях.
I will post the letter tomorrow. - Я отправлю письмо завтра.
Other meanings of post (synonyms, cognates).
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post adjustment |
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post adjustments |
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post exchange |
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post plan |
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postage |
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postal |
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postal order |
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postal services |
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postcard |
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postdecrement addressing |
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posted |
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posted price |
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poster |
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posterior |
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posterity |
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postfix notation |
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postfix operator |
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postgraduate |
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posthaste |
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posthumous |
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posthypnotic |
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postincrement addressing |
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posting |
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postings |
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postman |
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postmark |
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postmaster |
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postmortem |
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postmortem dump |
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postmortem routine |
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postnatal |
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postoperative |
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postpartum |
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postpone |
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postponed |
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postponement |
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postscript |
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postulant |
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postulate |
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posture |
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postwar |
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