Pronunciations (3)
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/pəʊst/
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/poʊst/
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[poːst]
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Noun
A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost.
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ram a post into the ground
A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost. A pole erected to mark a spot.
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The posts mark the boundaries of the property.
A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost. The stakes that mark the beginning or end of a horse race
A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost. The doorpost of a victualler's shop or inn, on which were chalked the scores of customers; hence, a score; a debt.
Usage- Obsolete
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when God ſends coyne, I will diſcharge your poaſt
A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost. A goalpost.
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But they marginally improved after the break as Didier Drogba hit the post.
A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost. A long, narrow piece inserted into a root canal to provide retention for a crown.
A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost. A stud; a two-by-four.
A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost. The wire-like core of metal in an earring.
A pole in a battery.
A prolonged final melody note, among moving harmony notes.
A printing paper size measuring 19.25 inches x 15.5 inches.
The vertical part of a crochet stitch.
Verb
To hang (a notice) in a conspicuous manner for general review.
Usage- Transitive
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Post no bills.
Martin Luther posted his ninety five theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenburg.
To announce publicly; to publish.
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The company posted record profits this quarter.
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Although New York City preceded many large cities in posting a drop in homicides and other violent offenses in the early 1990s, by the end of the decade it also seemed to be at the forefront of a possible cyclical rebound.
He’s saying if you can’t win, quitting is okay? What would the PGA say if golfers quit the tournament after posting a high score?
To hold up to public blame or reproach; to advertise opprobriously; to denounce by public proclamation.
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to post someone for cowardice
On Pain of being posted to your Sorrow Fail not, at Four, to meet me here To-morrow.
To carry (an account) from the journal to the ledger.
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You have not poſted your Books theſe Ten years; hovv is it poſſible for a Man of Buſineſs to keep his Affairs even in the VVorld at this rate?
To inform; to give the news to; to make acquainted with the details of a subject; often with up.
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thoroughly posted up in the politics and literature of the day
To deposit a payment that may or may not be returned. To pay (a stake or blind).
Usage- Transitive
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Since Jim was new to the game, he had to post $4 in order to receive a hand.
To deposit a payment that may or may not be returned. To pay bail.
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to post bail
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For example, if the police or court sets bail at $1,000, and a suspect owns a fancy watch worth at least that amount, the defendant may be able to use the watch to post bail.
Because wealthy defendants are better positioned to post bail or provide collateral, the American bail system has been criticized as being biased against the poor.
Carmen posted a $15,000 bond, and like the other Valenzuelas before her, failed to appear for trial. Morgan's scorecard for case 4: 4.4 pounds seized, 2 Valenzuelas arrested, 1 Valenzuela dismissed, 1 bail jump.
When you post bail, and the case is over, the court system will take 30 percent of that bail which, in this example, will be $3,000 of the original 10 percent that you posted. Hence, you will get $7,000 back.
Noun
Each of a series of men stationed at specific places along a postroad, with responsibility for relaying letters and dispatches of the monarch (and later others) along the route.
Usage- Obsolete
A station, or one of a series of stations, established for the refreshment and accommodation of travellers on some recognized route.
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a stage or railway post
A military base; the place at which a soldier or a body of troops is stationed; also, the troops at such a station.
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September 6th.—The English mail of the 10th of July arrived to-day, and while Mr. Hart was at the Foreign Office engaged on business with Wan-se-ang and Hang-Ki, he received his Shang-hai letters, one of which contained the news of the recapture by the Imperial forces of the cities of Woo-tu and Nan-ching, two important rebel posts.
Someone who travels express along a set route carrying letters and dispatches; a courier.
Usage- Historical
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I fear my Julia would not deign my lines, Receiving them from such a worthless post.
in certain ſet places there be alwaies fresh Poſts, to carry that further which is brought unto them by the others
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information was filtered through the counting-houses and warehouses of Antwerp; posts galloped along the roads of the Low Countries, while dispatches streamed through Calais, and were passed off the merchant galleys arriving in London from the Flanders ports.
An organisation for delivering letters, parcels etc., or the service provided by such an organisation.
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I sent a parcel via/by post.
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I take it too as an opportunity of sending you the fair copy of the poem on Dullness, which was not then finished, and which I should not care to hazard by the common post.
A single delivery of letters; the letters or deliveries that make up a single batch delivered to one person or one address.
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Royal Mail worker Evette Chapman gathered a team of 12 colleagues to deliver post in fancy dress and raise money for a nurses' charity and patients in Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton.
A message posted in an electronic or Internet forum, or on a blog, etc.
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Oli conceded defeat and, in a post on X Saturday, congratulated Shah. “Balen Babu, Congratulations to you for the victory! May your five-year tenure be smooth and successful—heartfelt best wishes!”
A moderate to deep passing route in which a receiver runs 10-20 yards from the line of scrimmage straight down the field, then cuts toward the middle of the field (towards the facing goalposts) at a 45-degree angle.
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Two of the receivers ran post patterns.
Haste or speed, like that of a messenger or mail carrier.
Usage- Obsolete
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And then in post he came from Mantua.
One who has charge of a station, especially a postal station.
Usage- Obsolete
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there he held the office of postmaster, or, as it was then called, post, for several years.
Verb
To travel with relays of horses; to travel by post horses, originally as a courier.
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Beyond Cologne we descended to the plain of Holland; and we resolved to post the remainder of our way […].
To travel quickly; to hurry.
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Post speedily to my lord your husband.
thousand at his bidding speed, And post o'er land and ocean without rest; They also serve who only stand and wait.
To send (an item of mail etc.) through the postal service.
Usage- Australia
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Mail items posted before 7.00pm within the Central Business District and before 5.00pm outside the Central Business District will be delivered the next working day.
To rise and sink in the saddle, in accordance with the motion of the horse, especially in trotting.
To publish (a message) to a newsgroup, forum, blog, etc.
Usage- Internet
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I couldn't figure it out, so I posted a question on the mailing list.
Adverb
With the post, on post-horses; by a relay of horses (changing at every staging-post); hence, express, with speed, quickly.
Usage- not-comparable
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His highness comes post from Marseilles,
In this posture were affairs at the inn when a gentleman arrived there post.
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We therefore determined to change Horses at the next Town and to travel Post the remainder of the Journey.
He prided himself on looking neat even when he was riding post.
Sent via the postal service.
Usage- not-comparable
Noun
An assigned station; a guard post.
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From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.
An appointed position in an organization, job.
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As hard as this may seem for some people to understand, my adamant stand in favor of President Clinton leaving his post was not personal.
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She was Nicolas Sarkozy's pin-up for diversity, the first Muslim woman with north African parents to hold a major French government post. But Rachida Dati has now turned on her own party elite with such ferocity that some have suggested she should be expelled from the president's ruling party.
Verb
To enter (a name) on a list, as for service, promotion, etc.
To assign to a station; to set; to place.
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Post a sentinel in front of the door.
[I]t might be to obtain a ship for a lieutenant that had passed as master and commander, or to get him "posted"— […]
Preposition
Synonym of after, particularly used with historical dating.
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The chronicle mentions the defenestration of the local bishop, indicating a composition sometime post 1327.
One of the most appealing things for me about Barack Obama has always been that he comes post the post-60s generation.
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Lew reckons he had three options for the cash-cow which was Premier post the Coles sale.
Noun
Post-production.
Usage- Informal
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We'll fix it in post.
Admittedly many of these can be fixed in post, but this may limit your flexibility in other areas.
Noun
A post mortem (an investigation of a body's cause of death).
Usage- Informal
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I gotta run. Yes, send the kid to the morgue. We'll do a post on Monday.
Noun
the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand
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a soldier manned the entrance post
a sentry station
military installation at which a body of troops is stationed
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this military post provides an important source of income for the town nearby
there is an officer's club on the post
a job in an organization
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he occupied a post in the treasury
an upright consisting of a piece of timber or metal fixed firmly in an upright position
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he set a row of posts in the ground and strung barbwire between them
any particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered
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your mail is on the table
is there any post for me?
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she was opening her post
a pole or stake set up to mark something (as the start or end of a race track)
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a pair of posts marked the goal
the corner of the lot was indicated by a stake
A message on a social media website
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the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office
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the mail handles billions of items every day
he works for the United States mail service
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in England they call mail ‘the post’
the delivery and collection of letters and packages
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it came by the first post
if you hurry you'll catch the post
Verb
affix in a public place or for public notice
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post a warning
publicize with, or as if with, a poster
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I'll post the news on the bulletin board
assign to a post; put into a post
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The newspaper posted him in Timbuktu
assign to a station
display, as of records in sports games
enter on a public list
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transfer (entries) from one account book to another
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ride Western style and bob up and down in the saddle in rhythm with a horse's trotting gait
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mark with a stake
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stake out the path
place so as to be noticed
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post a sign
post a warning at the dump
cause to be directed or transmitted to another place
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send me your latest results
I'll mail you the paper when it's written
mark or expose as infamous
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She was branded a loose woman
To post a message on a social media website