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
noun
military installation at which a body of troops is stationed
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military post
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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
noun
a job in an organization
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- he occupied a post in the treasury
noun
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
noun
United States aviator who in 1933 made the first solo flight around the world (1899-1935)
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Wiley Post
noun
United States female author who wrote a book and a syndicated newspaper column on etiquette (1872-1960)
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Emily Post
Emily Price Post
noun
United States manufacturer of breakfast cereals and Postum (1854-1914)
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C. W. Post
Charles William Post
noun
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?
- she was opening her post
noun
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
noun
the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office
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mail
mail service
postal service
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- the mail handles billions of items every day
- he works for the United States mail service
- in England they call mail `the post'
noun
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
verb
publicize with, or as if with, a poster
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- I'll post the news on the bulletin board
verb
assign to a post
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- put into a post
- The newspaper posted him in Timbuktu
verb
assign to a station
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verb
display, as of records in sports games
verb
enter on a public list
verb
transfer (entries) from one account book to another
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verb
ride Western style and bob up and down in the saddle in rhythm with a horse's trotting gait
verb
mark with a stake
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- stake out the path
verb
place so as to be noticed
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put up
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- post a sign
- post a warning at the dump
verb
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
verb
mark or expose as infamous
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- She was branded a loose woman