Meaning & Definition of Post in English

1. The position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand

• "A soldier manned the entrance post"

• "A sentry station"

2. Military installation at which a body of troops is stationed

• "This military post provides an important source of income for the town nearby"

• "There is an officer's club on the post"

3. A job in an organization

• "He occupied a post in the treasury"

4. 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"

5. United states aviator who in 1933 made the first solo flight around the world (1899-1935)

6. United states female author who wrote a book and a syndicated newspaper column on etiquette (1872-1960)

7. United states manufacturer of breakfast cereals and postum (1854-1914)

8. Any particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered

• "Your mail is on the table"

• "Is there any post for me?"

• "She was opening her post"

9. A pole or stake set up to mark something (as the start or end of a race track)

• "A pair of posts marked the goal"

• "The corner of the lot was indicated by a stake"

10. The system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office

• "The mail handles billions of items every day"

• "He works for the united states mail service"

• "In england they call mail `the post'"

11. The delivery and collection of letters and packages

• "It came by the first post"

• "If you hurry you'll catch the post"

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

5. Display, as of records in sports games

6. Enter on a public list

7. Transfer (entries) from one account book to another

8. Ride western style and bob up and down in the saddle in rhythm with a horse's trotting gait

9. Mark with a stake

• "Stake out the path"

10. Place so as to be noticed

• "Post a sign"

• "Post a warning at the dump"

11. Cause to be directed or transmitted to another place

• "Send me your latest results"

• "I'll mail you the paper when it's written"

12. Mark or expose as infamous

• "She was branded a loose woman"