Post

Post [pəʊst]
Noun
Similar to: Postulate
== Origin ==
#Latin: Ponere
#Latin: Positum
#Italian: Posto
#French: Posté
#Then: Post
== Meanings ==
#A long, sturdy piece of timber or metal set upright in the ground and used as a support or marker.
##A goalpost.
##A starting post or winning post.
#A piece of writing, image, or other item of content published online, typically on a blog or social media website or application.
#Display a notice in a public place.
##Put notices in or on.
#Announce or publish something, especially a financial result.
##Publish the name of a member of the armed forces as missing or dead.
##Publish a piece of writing, image, or other item of content online, typically on a blog or social media website or application.
#Achieve or record a particular score or result.
#[British] The official service or system that delivers letters and parcels.
##Letters and parcels delivered.
##A single collection or delivery of mail.
##Used in names of newspapers.
#[Historical] Each of a series of couriers who carried mail on horseback between fixed stages.
##[Archaic] A person or vehicle that carries mail.
#With haste.
#A position of paid employment; a job.
#A place where someone is on duty or where a particular activity is carried out.
##A place where a soldier or police officer is stationed or which they patrol.
##[North American] A force stationed at a permanent position or camp; a garrison.
##[U. S.] A local group in an organization of military veterans.
#[Historical] The status or rank of full-grade captain in the Royal Navy.
#Send someone to a place to take up an appointment.
##Station someone, especially a soldier or police officer in a particular place.
#Subsequent to; after.
#Work done on a film or recording after filming or recording has taken place.
=== Post- ===
#After in time or order.
#[Anatomy] Behind in position.
== Examples ==
#Follow the blue posts until the track meets a road.
#Robertson, at the near post, headed wide.
#Smith and Lamb posted a century partnership.
#Entries must be received no later than first post on 14 June.
#The Washington Post.
#I've just been to post a letter.
#Captain Miller was made post in 1796.
#He was posted to Washington as military attaché.
#A guard was posted at the entrance.
#American poetry post the 1950s hasn't had the same impact.
#The rest of the effects were added in post.
#Post-date
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