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(pōst) 
n.
post2 (pōst)
n.
post3 (pōst)
n.
v., post·ed, post·ing, posts. v.tr.
n.
- A long piece of wood or other material set upright into the ground to serve as a marker or support.
- A similar vertical support or structure, as:
- A support for a beam in the framework of a building.
- A terminal of a battery.
- Sports. A goal post.
- The starting point at a racetrack.
- The slender barlike part of a stud earring that passes through the ear and is secured at the back with a small cap or clip.
- An electronic message sent to a newsgroup: ignored several inflammatory posts.
- To display (an announcement) in a place of public view.
- To cover (a wall, for example) with posters.
- To announce by or as if by posters: post banns.
- Computer Science. To send (an electronic message) to a newsgroup: posted a response to a question about car engines.
- To put up signs on (property) warning against trespassing.
- To denounce publicly: post a man as a thief.
- To publish (a name) on a list.
- Games. To gain (points or a point) in a game or contest; score.
[Middle English, from Old English, from Latin postis.]
post2 (pōst)
n.
- A military base.
- The grounds and buildings of a military base.
- A local organization of military veterans.
- Either of two bugle calls in the British Army, sounded in the evening as a signal to retire to quarters.
- An assigned position or station, as of a guard or sentry.
- Basketball. A position usually taken by the center, near either the basket or the foul line, serving as the focus of the team's offense.
- A position of employment, especially an appointed public office.
- A place to which someone is assigned for duty.
- A trading post.
- To assign to a specific position or station: post a sentry at the gate.
- To appoint to a naval or military command.
- To put forward; present: post bail.
[French poste, from Italian posto, from Old Italian, from Vulgar Latin *postum, from Latin positum, neuter past participle of pōnere, to place.]
post3 (pōst)
n.
- A delivery of mail.
- The mail delivered.
- Chiefly British.
- A governmental system for transporting and delivering the mail.
- A post office.
- Archaic. One of a series of relay stations along a fixed route, furnishing fresh riders and horses for the delivery of mail on horseback.
- Obsolete. A rider on such a mail route; a courier.
v., post·ed, post·ing, posts. v.tr.
- To mail (a letter or package).
- To send by mail in a system of relays on horseback.
- To inform of the latest news: Keep us posted.
- To transfer (an item) to a ledger in bookkeeping.
- To make the necessary entries in (a ledger).
- Computer Science. To enter (a unit of information) on a record or into a section of storage.
- To travel in stages or relays.
- To travel with speed or in haste.
- To bob up and down in the saddle in rhythm with a horse's trotting gait.
- By mail.
- With great speed; rapidly.
- By post horse.
[French poste, from Old French, relay station for horses, from Old Italian posta, from Vulgar Latin *posta, station, from Latin posita, feminine past participle of pōnere, to place.]
Accounting: to transfer from a journal of original entry detailed financial data, in the chronological order in which it was generated, into a ledger book. Banks post checking account deposits and withdrawals in a ledger, then summarize these transactions on the monthly bank statement.
Investments: horseshoe-shaped structure on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange where specialists trade specific securities.
Video screens surround the post, displaying the bid and offer prices available for stocks traded at that location. Also called trading post.
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Roget's Thesaurus:
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post1
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post2
noun
verb
- To appoint and send to a particular place: assign, set1, station. See place.
- To put up as a stake in a game or speculation: bet, gamble, lay1 (down), put, risk, stake, venture, wager. Informal go. See gambling.
verb
- To place on a list or in a record: enter, insert, record, register. See remember/forget.
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n
Definition: job, employment
Antonyms: unemployment
v
Definition: advise, inform
Antonyms: withhold
v
Definition: situate, position
Antonyms: displace
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?”
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IN BRIEF: adj. - Publicly announced; Supplied with information.
With eyes to see and ears to hear, nature keeps me posted.
— Alfred Montapert
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- Accounting - posting: transference of transactions from journal entry to ledger account
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Post or POST may refer to:
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- Mail, the postal system, especially in Commonwealth of Nations countries
- Hotel post, a service offered by remote Swiss hotels for the carriage of mail to the nearest official post office
- Local post, a mail service that operates only within a limited geographical area, typically a city or a single transportation route
- Parcel post, a service for sending parcels through the post
- Prague pneumatic post, the world's last preserved municipal pneumatic post system
- Wine post, also known as New Zealand Wine Post, is a privately owned postal service in New Zealand
- Post, an entry in a blog or internet forum – see posting style
- Anonymous post, an entry in a blog or internet forum without a screen name or more commonly by using a non-identifiable pseudonym
- Sponsored post, a post to any community-driven notification-oriented website which is explicitly sponsored as an advertisement
Newspapers and magazines
- New York Post, USA
- The Washington Post, USA
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, USA
- The Christian Post, USA
- The Jerusalem Post, Israel
- The Sunday Post, Scotland
- National Post, Canada
- The Sunday Business Post, Ireland
- Australasian Post, Australia
- Post Magazine, British magazine first published in 1840
- Post Newspapers, Australia
- South China Morning Post, Hong Kong
- The Kathmandu Post, Nepal
Music
- Post (Björk album), the third studio album by Icelandic singer-songwriter and musician Björk, released in June 1995
- Post (Paul Kelly album), the first solo album by Australian singer-songwriter rock musician, Paul Kelly
- Post Records, record label
Organisations and companies
- Post Foods, brand name
- Post University, a university in Connecticut USA
- Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology, UK
Places
- Post, Texas, the county seat of Garza County, US
- Post, Oregon, a community at the geographic center of the state of Oregon, US
- Post Lake, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community, US
Sports
- Posting system, transfer system for baseball players moving from a Japanese baseball team to a Major League Baseball team
- Post (route), route run by a receiver in American Football
Technology
- Structural post: Column (architecture)
- Power-on self-test, start-up routines on electronic devices, typically on computers
- POST (HTTP), an HTTP request method
- Pillar (car), structural element of a car body
- .post the internet top-level domain
Other
- Post, a way of riding a horse trot
- Military base, an assigned station or a guard post
- Post (surname)
- Part-of-speech tagging, the process of marking up a word in a text (corpus) as corresponding to a particular part of speech, based on both its definition, as well as its context—i.e. relationship with adjacent and related words in a phrase, sentence, or paragraph
- POST Certification (Peace Officer Standards and Training), a program nationwide for Law enforcement officers
See also
- Pole (disambiguation)
- Posting (laundering process), or postadh, a traditional Scottish method of washing clothes
- Hitching post (disambiguation)
- All pages beginning with "Post"
- All pages with titles containing "Post"
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Post
Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - post
v. tr. - postere
idioms:
- post up slå op
2.
n. - post
v. tr. - poste, bogføre
v. intr. - rejse hurtigt
adv. - med post, hurtigt
idioms:
- first post første post
- keep posted holde velunderrettet
- last post sidste post
- post bail betale kaution
- post haste i flyvende fart
- post off skynde sig af sted, afsende med posten
3.
n. - stilling
v. tr. - postere
4.
prep. - post
idioms:
- post meridiem efter middag
- post mortem obduktion, rivegilde
Nederlands (Dutch)
post, paal, stijl, pilaar, poststuk, postzending, postkantoor, wachtpost, legerplaats, betrekking, positie, diplomatieke standplaats, posten, op de post doen, posteren, aankondigen, aanplakken, detacheren, plaatsen, uitzenden, stationeren, gehaast reizen, overboeken, na
Français (French)
1.
n. - pilier, poteau
v. tr. - afficher
idioms:
- post up inscrire, passer une écriture dans (en comptabilité)
2.
n. - (GB, Postes) poste, courrier, distribution, (malle-)poste
v. tr. - poster ou expédier (par la poste)
v. intr. - (Hist) voyager par la poste
adv. - par poste, par avion, rapidement, à la hâte
idioms:
- first post premier poteau, premier poste
- keep someone posted informer qn, tenir qn au courant
- last post extinction des feux, sonnerie aux morts
- post bail payer une caution
- post haste en toute hâte
- post off (GB) mettre (qch) à la poste
3.
n. - (Admin) poste, emploi, (Mil) poste, (US) camp
v. tr. - (Mil) affecter (à), être affecté à (l'étranger), (gén, Mil) affecter (garde, sentinelle)
4.
prep. - post, après
idioms:
- post meridiem après-midi
- post mortem (Méd) autopsie, (fig) autopsie, analyse rétrospective
Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Pfahl, Pfosten
v. - übertragen, bekanntmachen, postieren
idioms:
- post up anschlagen
2.
n. - Post
v. - abschicken, einwerfen, übertragen
adv. - eilig
idioms:
- first post erste Postlieferung
- keep someone posted jmdn. über etwas auf dem laufenden halten
- last post letzte Postlieferung
- post bail Kaution bezahlen
- post haste schnellstens
- post off abschicken
3.
n. - Stelle, Posten
v. - postieren, aufstellen
4.
prep. - nach
idioms:
- post meridiem nachmittags
- post mortem nach dem Tode
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (Βρετ.) ταχυδρομείο, πάσσαλος, ιστός, κοντάρι, στύλος, κολώνα, θέση, στέκι, πόστο, πιάτσα, (στρατ.) φυλάκιο
v. - ταχυδρομώ, βάζω ανακοίνωση, τοιχοκολλώ, τοποθετώ (υπάλληλο κ.λπ.), εγκαθιστώ, ενημερώνω, (Η/Υ) κοινοποιώ στο Διαδίκτυο
adv. - ταχύτατα
pref. - μετά
idioms:
- first post ανακλητικό σάλπισμα
- keep posted κρατάω ενήμερο
- last post (στρατ.) σιωπητήριο, ανακλητικό (σάλπισμα)
- post bail καταθέτω εγγύηση
- post haste ολοταχώς, επειγόντως
- post meridiem μετά μεσημβρίαν
- post mortem νεκροψία, αυτοψία
- post off ταχυδρομώ, διώχνω με το ταχυδρομείο
- post up καταχωρώ, (λογιστ.) ενημερώνω, τοιχοκολλώ
Italiano (Italian)
imbucare, spedire per posta, affiggere, attaccare, distaccare, palo, posto, posizione, pilastro, posta, posto di guardia
idioms:
- first post primo posto
- keep posted tenere informato
- last post ultimo posto
- post haste in gran fretta
- post meridiem pomeridiano
- post mortem post mortem
- post off spedire
- post up esporre
Português (Portuguese)
n. - posto (m), correio (m), lugar (m), poste (m), emprego (m), função (f)
v. - colocar, enviar, anunciar, nomear
adv. - posteriormente, rapidamente
pref. - pós
idioms:
- first post primeira postagem, toque de alvorada
- keep posted manter informado
- last post última postagem, toque de recolher
- post haste à toda (velocidade)
- post meridiem pós-meridiano, à tarde
- post mortem autópsia
- post off transferir, adiar
- post up informar
Русский (Russian)
отправлять по почте, вывешивать, прикомандировать, столб, пост, почта
idioms:
- first post отбой, следующей почтой
- keep posted держать в курсе
- last post горна на военных похоронах
- post haste во всю мочь
- post meridiem после полудня
- post mortem вскрытие
- post off отправлять по почте
- post up вывешивать, объявлять
Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - poste, estaca, pilar, columna
v. tr. - pegar, fijar
idioms:
- post up fijar (carteles), poner al día
2.
n. - correo, cartas
v. tr. - mandar, enviar, enviar por correo
v. intr. - viajar repostando caballos
adv. - por correo, con urgencia
idioms:
- first post primer reparto
- keep someone posted tener al corriente, mantener a alguien al tanto
- last post toque de retreta
- post bail pagar fianza
- post haste con gran rapidez
- post off enviar, mandar, remitir
3.
n. - puesto, empleo
v. tr. - enviar a alguien a una cita o entrevista
4.
idioms:
- post meridiem postmeridiano, de la tarde
- post mortem después de la muerte
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - (dörr)post, stötta, stolpe, målstolpe (-linje), post (mil.), ställning, garnison, tapto, handelsstation, befattning, tjänst, post (brev), postkontor, brevpapper, bokföringspost
v. - offentliggöra, affischera, klistra upp anslag, postera, placera, förlägga, kommendera, posta,
adv. - skyndsamt
pref. - efter-, post-, senare än
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 邮政, 邮件, 邮寄, 投寄, 登入, 使熟悉, 使了解
idioms:
- first post 第一班收信
- keep posted 让...了解, 向...提供最新消息
- last post 末班收信
- post bail 押赌金, 向有关方面交付保释金
- post haste 特快的
- post meridiem 下午, 午后
- post mortem 死后的
- post off 匆匆出发
- post up 张贴于
2. 柱, 杆, 桩, 标杆, 贴出, 宣告, 发表, 把贴在...上
3. 岗位, 站, 哨所, 驻扎地, 布置, 分发, 快速旅行, 加速地
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 郵政, 郵件, 郵寄
v. tr. - 郵寄, 投寄, 登入, 使熟悉, 使瞭解
idioms:
- first post 第一班收信
- keep posted 讓...了解, 向...提供最新消息
- last post 末班收信
- post bail 押賭金, 向有關方面交付保釋金
- post haste 特快的
- post meridiem 下午, 午後
- post mortem 死後的
- post off 匆匆出發
- post up 張貼於
2.
n. - 柱, 桿, 樁, 標杆
v. tr. - 貼出, 宣告, 發表, 把貼在...上
3.
n. - 崗位, 站, 哨所, 駐紮地
v. tr. - 佈置, 分發
v. intr. - 快速旅行
adv. - 加速地
한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 기둥
v. tr. - (게시, 삐라 따위를) 붙이다
idioms:
- post up ~붙이다
2.
n. - 우편
v. tr. - 우송하다, 투항하다
v. intr. - 급히 여행하다, 서두르다
adv. - 파발마(편)으로, 부랴부랴
idioms:
- keep posted 근황을 계속 알리다, 마지막 편
- post off 급히 떠나다
3.
n. - 직위, 직, 부서, 최연소
v. tr. - (보초병 등을) 배치하다
4.
pref. - ~후에
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 柱, 標柱, 堅い岩層, 炭柱, 地位, 勤め口, ポスト, 部署, 軍隊駐屯地, 駐屯部隊, 郵便, 郵便物, 郵便局, 飛脚, ポースト
v. - 掲示する, 柱に貼る, 配置する, 配属する, 売りに出す, 郵送する, 投函する, 転記する, 情報を知らせる, 急行する, 早馬で旅行する
idioms:
- finishing post 決勝標柱
- pipped at/to the post 最後のところで打ち負かした
- post bail 保釈金の支払い
- post haste 大急ぎ, 大急ぎで
- post meridian 午後の, 午後に起こる
- post meridiem 午後の
- post mortem ポストモーテム
- post off 大急ぎで出発する
- post up 必要登録する, 仕分けする
- staging post 部隊集結地, 発達の一段階
- starting post 出発点
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) عمود, معلم, نصبه (فعل) يقيم, يرسل بالبريد (ظرف) بعجله, بسرعه (بادئه الكلمه) بادئه معناها : تال, متاخر, بعد ما
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - עמוד, קורת-השער, מזוזה
v. tr. - הדביק (מודעות), פרסם, סיפק מידע
n. - דואר, תיבת דואר, תחנת דואר
v. tr. - שלח בדואר, פרסם, סיפק מידע
v. intr. - נסע עם סוסי-דואר מתחלפים, נסע במהירות, סיפק מידע
adv. - בדואר, מהר
n. - עמדה, משרה, מוצב, תפקיד
v. tr. - הציב (בצבא), מינה למשרה
prep. - אחר (בזמן או בסדר), בתר, פוסט
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