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Definition of 'post'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) post
a piece of timber, metal, or the like, set upright as a support, a point of attachment, a place for displaying notices, etc.

2.  post
one of the principal uprights of a piece of furniture, as one supporting a chair back.

3.  post
a pole on a racetrack indicating the point where a race begins or ends:
the starting post.

4.  post
a message that is sent to a newsgroup.

5.  post
text that is placed on a Web site.

6. (v.t.) post
to affix (a public notice or bulletin) to a post, wall, or the like.

7.  post
to bring to public notice by means of a poster or bill:
to post a reward.

8.  post
to denounce by a public notice or declaration.

9.  post
to enter the name of in a published list.

10.  post
to publish the name of (a ship) as missing or lost.

11.  post
to placard (a wall, fence, etc.) with public notices or bills.

12.  post
to put up signs on (land or other property) forbidding trespassing.

13.  post
to send (a message) to a newsgroup.

14.  post
to place (text) on a Web site.

15.  post
to send a message to a newsgroup.

16.  post
to place text on a Web site.

17. (n.) post
a position of duty, employment, or trust to which one is assigned or appointed:
a diplomatic post.

18.  post
the station or rounds of a person on duty, as a soldier or sentry.

19.  post
a military station with permanent buildings.

20.  post
the body of troops occupying a military station.

21.  post
a local unit of a veterans' organization.

22.  post
a place in the stock exchange where a particular stock is traded.

23.  post
Brit. Mil. either of two bugle calls signaling tattoo.

24. (v.t.) post
to place or station at a post.

25.  post
to provide or put up, as bail.

26.  post
to appoint to a military or naval command.

27. (n.) post
Chiefly Brit.

28.  post
a single dispatch or delivery of mail.

29.  post
the mail itself.

30.  post
an established mail system or service.

31.  post
Archaic.

32.  post
one of a series of stations along a route, for furnishing relays of men and horses.

33. (v.t.) post
to supply with up-to-date information; inform:
Keep me posted on your activities.

34.  post
Chiefly Brit. to send by mail.

35.  post
Bookkeeping.

36.  post
to transfer (an entry or item), from a journal to a ledger.

37. (v.i.) post
to rise from and descend to the saddle in accordance with the rhythm of a horse at a trot.

38.  post
to travel with post horses.

39.  post
to travel with speed; hasten.

40. (adv.) post
with speed or haste; posthaste.

41.  post
by post or courier.

42.  post
with post horses.

43. (n.) Post
Emily Price, 1873?–1960, U.S. writer on social etiquette.

Definition of 'post'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) post, station
the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand
"a soldier manned the entrance post"; "a sentry station"

2. (noun) military post, post
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"

3. (noun) position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situation
a job in an organization
"he occupied a post in the treasury"

4. (noun) post
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. (noun) Post, Wiley Post
United States aviator who in 1933 made the first solo flight around the world (1899-1935)

6. (noun) Post, Emily Post, Emily Price Post
United States female author who wrote a book and a syndicated newspaper column on etiquette (1872-1960)

7. (noun) Post, C. W. Post, Charles William Post
United States manufacturer of breakfast cereals and Postum (1854-1914)

8. (noun) mail, post
any particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered
"your mail is on the table"; "is there any post for me?"; "she was opening her post"

9. (noun) post, stake
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"; "the corner of the lot was indicated by a stake"

10. (noun) mail, mail service, postal service, post
the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office
"the mail handles billions of items every day"; "he works for the United States mail service"; "in England they call mail `the post'"

11. (verb) post
the delivery and collection of letters and packages
"it came by the first post"; "if you hurry you'll catch the post"

12. (verb) post
affix in a public place or for public notice
"post a warning"

13. (verb) post
publicize with, or as if with, a poster
"I'll post the news on the bulletin board"

14. (verb) post
assign to a post; put into a post
"The newspaper posted him in Timbuktu"

15. (verb) station, post, send, place
assign to a station

16. (verb) post
display, as of records in sports games

17. (verb) post
enter on a public list

18. (verb) post, carry
transfer (entries) from one account book to another

19. (verb) post
ride Western style and bob up and down in the saddle in rhythm with a horse's trotting gait

20. (verb) stake, post
mark with a stake
"stake out the path"

21. (verb) post, put up
place so as to be noticed
"post a sign"; "post a warning at the dump"

22. (verb) mail, post, send
cause to be directed or transmitted to another place
"send me your latest results"; "I'll mail you the paper when it's written"

23. (verb) post, brand
mark or expose as infamous
"She was branded a loose woman"

Definition of 'post'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) post
a thick pole
Hammer the posts into the ground.

2.  post
a job or position
We're creating a new post in the department.

3.  post
a place where a soldier is sent or positioned
You must not leave your post.

4.  post
mail
a magazine that came in the post

5. (verb) post
to display information in a place where people can see it
They posted the picture on the Internet.; We posted signs around the neighborhood.

6.  post
to send an employee somewhere to work
He's being posted to Hong Kong.

7.  post
mail
When did you post the letter?

8.  post
keep sb posted
to tell sb about anything new that happens
Make sure you keep me posted about the wedding.

Definition of 'post'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) post
hired to do what is wrong; suborned

2. (adverb) post
with post horses; hence, in haste; as, to travel post

3. (noun) post
a piece of timber, metal, or other solid substance, fixed, or to be fixed, firmly in an upright position, especially when intended as a stay or support to something else; a pillar; as, a hitching post; a fence post; the posts of a house

4. (noun) post
the doorpost of a victualer's shop or inn, on which were chalked the scores of customers; hence, a score; a debt

5. (noun) post
the place at which anything is stopped, placed, or fixed; a station

6. (noun) post
a station, or one of a series of stations, established for the refreshment and accommodation of travelers on some recognized route; as, a stage or railway post

7. (noun) post
a military station; the place at which a soldier or a body of troops is stationed; also, the troops at such a station

8. (noun) post
the piece of ground to which a sentinel's walk is limited

9. (noun) post
a messenger who goes from station; an express; especially, one who is employed by the government to carry letters and parcels regularly from one place to another; a letter carrier; a postman

10. (noun) post
an established conveyance for letters from one place or station to another; especially, the governmental system in any country for carrying and distributing letters and parcels; the post office; the mail; hence, the carriage by which the mail is transported

11. (noun) post
haste or speed, like that of a messenger or mail carrier

12. (noun) post
one who has charge of a station, especially of a postal station

13. (noun) post
a station, office, or position of service, trust, or emolument; as, the post of duty; the post of danger

14. (noun) post
a size of printing and writing paper. See the Table under Paper

15. (verb) post
to attach to a post, a wall, or other usual place of affixing public notices; to placard; as, to post a notice; to post playbills

16. (verb) post
to hold up to public blame or reproach; to advertise opprobriously; to denounce by public proclamation; as, to post one for cowardice

17. (verb) post
to enter (a name) on a list, as for service, promotion, or the like

18. (verb) post
to assign to a station; to set; to place; as, to post a sentinel

19. (verb) post
to carry, as an account, from the journal to the ledger; as, to post an account; to transfer, as accounts, to the ledger

20. (verb) post
to place in the care of the post; to mail; as, to post a letter

21. (verb) post
to inform; to give the news to; to make (one) acquainted with the details of a subject; -- often with up

22. (verb) post
to travel with post horses; figuratively, to travel in haste

23. (verb) post
to rise and sink in the saddle, in accordance with the motion of the horse, esp. in trotting

Definitions of 'post'

The New Hacker's Dictionary

1. post
To send a message to a mailing list or newsgroup. Distinguished in context from mail; one might ask, for example: “Are you going to post the patch or mail it to known users?”

Translation of 'post'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a long piece of wood, metal etc, usually fixed upright in the ground The notice was nailed to a post; a gate-post; the winning-post.
Afrikaans: paal	Arabic: عَمود	Bulgarian: стълб
Brazilian: poste	Czech: sloup	German: der Pfosten
Danish: pæl; -pæl	Greek: στύλος	Spanish: poste
Estonian: post	Farsi: تیر	Finnish: pylväs
French: poteau	Hebrew: עַמוּד	Hindi: स्तंभ, खम्भा, खूंटा
Croatian: stup	Hungarian: oszlop	Indonesian: tonggak
Icelandic: stólpi, póstur, staur	Italian: palo	Japanese: 柱
Korean: 기둥, 말뚝	Lithuanian: stulpas	Latvian: stabs; pālis; miets
Malay: tiang	Dutch: paal	Norwegian: stolpe, målstrek
Polish: słup	Persian: تیر	Pashto: تير
Portuguese: poste	Romanian: stâlp	Russian: столб; шест
Slovak: stĺp, tyč	Slovenian: drog	Serbian: stub
Swedish: stolpe	Thai: เสา	Turkish: direk
Taiwanese: 柱	Ukrainian: стовп, стійка	Urdu: کھمبا
Vietnamese: cột	Chinese: 柱
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