post

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[[t]poʊst[/t]]

n.

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

2) fur one of the principal uprights of a piece of furniture, as one supporting a chair back

3) spo a pole on a racetrack indicating the point where a race begins or ends:

the starting post[/ex]

4) cmp

a) a message that is sent to a newsgroup

b) cmp text that is placed on a Web site

5) to affix (a public notice or bulletin) to a post, wall, or the like

6) to bring to public notice by means of a poster or bill:

to post a reward[/ex]

7) to denounce by a public notice or declaration

8) to enter the name of in a published list

9) to publish the name of (a ship) as missing or lost

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

11) cvb to put up signs on (land or other property) forbidding trespassing

12) cmp

a) to send (a message) to a newsgroup

b) to place (text) on a Web site

13) cmp

a) to send a message to a newsgroup

b) to place text on a Web site

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Etymology: bef. 1000; ME, OE < L postis a post, doorpost, whence also D post, G Pfosten II

post

[[t]poʊst[/t]] n.

1) a position of duty, employment, or trust to which one is assigned or appointed:

a diplomatic post[/ex]

2) the station or rounds of a person on duty, as a soldier or sentry

3) mil a military station with permanent buildings

4) the body of troops occupying a military station

5) a local unit of a veterans' organization

6) trading post

7) a place in the stock exchange where a particular stock is traded

8) mil Brit. Mil. either of two bugle calls signaling tattoo

9) mil to place or station at a post

10) cvb to provide or put up, as bail

11) to appoint to a military or naval command

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Etymology: 1590–1600; < F poste < It posto < L positum, neut. of positus, ptp. of pōnere to place, posit III

post

[[t]poʊst[/t]] n.

1) phi brit. Chiefly Brit.

a) a single dispatch or delivery of mail

b) the mail itself

c) an established mail system or service

d) archaic

post office

2) one of a series of stations along a route, for furnishing relays of men and horses

3) to supply with up-to-date information; inform:

Keep me posted on your activities[/ex]

4) phi brit. Chiefly Brit. to send by mail

5) Bookkeeping.

bus to transfer (an entry or item), from a journal to a ledger

6) spo to rise from and descend to the saddle in accordance with the rhythm of a horse at a trot

7) to travel with post horses

8) to travel with speed; hasten

9) with speed or haste; posthaste

10) by post or courier

11) with post horses

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Etymology: 1500–10; < F poste < It posta < L posita, fem. of positus, ptp. of pōnere to place, put. See post II