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Dictionary definition · Post

noun

  1. United States aviator who in 1933 made the first solo flight around the world (1899-1935)
  2. the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand"a soldier manned the entrance post"
  3. United States female author who wrote a book and a syndicated newspaper column on etiquette (1872-1960)
  4. military installation at which a body of troops is stationed"this military post provides an important source of income for the town nearby"
  5. United States manufacturer of breakfast cereals and Postum (1854-1914)
  6. a job in an organization"he occupied a post in the treasury"
  7. 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"
  8. any particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered"your mail is on the table"

verb

  1. affix in a public place or for public notice"post a warning"
  2. publicize with, or as if with, a poster"I'll post the news on the bulletin board"
  3. assign to a post; put into a post"The newspaper posted him in Timbuktu"
  4. assign to a station

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).