What does post mean?

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[n] the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand(a soldier manned the entrance post a sentry station)[v] affix in a public place or for public notice(post a warning)[n] military installation at which a body of troops is stationed(this military post provi

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[n] the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand
(a soldier manned the entrance post a sentry station)

[v] affix in a public place or for public notice
(post a warning)

[n] 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)

[v] publicize with, or as if with, a poster
(I'll post the news on the bulletin board)

[n] a job in an organization
(he occupied a post in the treasury)

[v] assign to a post; put into a post
(The newspaper posted him in Timbuktu)

[n] 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)

[v] assign to a station

[n] United States aviator who in 1933 made the first solo flight around the world (1899-1935)

[v] display, as of records in sports games

[n] United States female author who wrote a book and a syndicated newspaper column on etiquette (1872-1960)

[v] enter on a public list

[n] United States manufacturer of breakfast cereals and Postum (1854-1914)

[v] transfer (entries) from one account book to another

[n] 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)

[v] ride Western style and bob up and down in the saddle in rhythm with a horse's trotting gait

[n] 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)

[v] mark with a stake
(stake out the path)

[n] 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')

[v] place so as to be noticed
(post a sign post a warning at the dump)

[n] the delivery and collection of letters and packages
(it came by the first post if you hurry you'll catch the post)

[v] cause to be directed or transmitted to another place
(send me your latest results I'll mail you the paper when it's written)

[v] mark or expose as infamous
(She was branded a loose woman)

Other vocabulary

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