post
(noun, verb, adverb, preposition)
adverb
1. With the post, on post-horses; express, with speed, quickly
2. sent via the postal service
noun
1. the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand
- a soldier manned the entrance post
Similar word(s): station
Definition categories: location, place, position
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
Definition categories: man–made
3. a job in an organization
- he occupied a post in the treasury
Similar word(s): berth, billet, office, place, position, situation, spot
Definition categories: act, business, job, line, occupation
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
Definition categories: man–made, upright, vertical
5. any particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered
- is there any post for me?
- she was opening her post
Similar word(s): mail
Definition categories: group, accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection
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
Similar word(s): stake
Definition categories: communication
7. the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office
- in England they call mail `the post'
Similar word(s): mail
Definition categories: communication, communicating
8. the delivery and collection of letters and packages
- it came by the first post
- if you hurry you'll catch the post
Definition categories: act, bringing, delivery
Sentences with post as a noun:
- a stage or railway post
- sent via post; parcel post
- Two of the receivers ran post patterns.
preposition
1. after; especially after a significant event that has long-term ramifications
verb
1. affix in a public place or for public notice
- post a warning
Definition categories: contact, affix
2. publicize with, or as if with, a poster
- I'll post the news on the bulletin board
Definition categories: communication, announce, denote
3. assign to a post; put into a post
- The newspaper posted him in Timbuktu
Definition categories: social, assign, delegate, depute, designate
4. assign to a station
Similar word(s): place, send, station
Definition categories: competition, displace, move
5. display, as of records in sports games
Definition categories: communication, enter, record
6. enter on a public list
Definition categories: social, list
7. transfer (entries) from one account book to another
Similar word(s): carry
Definition categories: possession, transfer
8. ride Western style and bob up and down in the saddle in rhythm with a horse's trotting gait
Definition categories: motion
9. mark with a stake
Similar word(s): stake
Definition categories: contact, mark
10. place so as to be noticed
- post a sign
- post a warning at the dump
Definition categories: contact, instal, install
11. cause to be directed or transmitted to another place
Definition categories: communication, transfer
12. mark or expose as infamous
Similar word(s): brand
Definition categories: communication, call
Sentences with post as a verb:
- Post no bills.
- to post someone for cowardice
- Since Jim was new to the game, he had to post $4 in order to receive a hand.
- 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.
- I couldn't figure it out, so I posted a question on the mailing list.
- Post a sentinel in front of the door.