Dictionary definition · Post
noun
- United States aviator who in 1933 made the first solo flight around the world (1899-1935)
- the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand"a soldier manned the entrance post"
- United States female author who wrote a book and a syndicated newspaper column on etiquette (1872-1960)
- military installation at which a body of troops is stationed"this military post provides an important source of income for the town nearby"
- United States manufacturer of breakfast cereals and Postum (1854-1914)
- a job in an organization"he occupied a post in the treasury"
- 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"
- any particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered"your mail is on the table"
verb
- affix in a public place or for public notice"post a warning"
- publicize with, or as if with, a poster"I'll post the news on the bulletin board"
- assign to a post; put into a post"The newspaper posted him in Timbuktu"
- assign to a station
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Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).