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The meaning of POST is a piece (as of timber or metal) fixed firmly in an upright position especially as a stay or support : pillar, column. How to use post in a sentence.
5. (Historical Terms) (formerly) any of a series of stations furnishing relays of men and horses to deliver mail over a fixed route 6. (Historical Terms) a rider who carried mail between such stations 7. Brit another word for pillar box 8. Brit short for post office 9. (Printing, Lit...
1. column, pillar, pile, pole. 6. announce, advertise, publicize. post2 (pōst), n. a position of duty, employment, or trust to which one is assigned or appointed:a diplomatic post. the station or rounds of a person on duty, as a soldier, sentry or nurse. Militarya military station...
→ as deaf as a post(1),→ be driven/passed from pillar to post,→ pip somebody at the post,→ first-past-the-postCOLLOCATIONS –Meaning 1: a job, especially an important one in a large organizationverbshold a post (=have a job)He had previously held the post of Foreign Minister....
lamp-post: A post or pillar, usually of iron, designed to support a street-lamp or other outdoor lamp.
a prefix, meaning “behind,”“after,”“later,”“subsequent to,”“posterior to,” occurring originally in loanwords from Latin (postscript), but now used freely in the formation of compound words (post-Elizabethan; postfix; postgraduate; postorbital). ...
our presence at the former site of our beloved Grand Old Dame The General Post Office, we are hopeful that this store will be able to bring meaning for visitors and philatelic enthusiasts alike as they discover the legacy of The Fullerton Hotel in Singapore’s postal history,” Mr Phang ...
"a timber of considerable size set upright," from Old English post "pillar, doorpost,"… See origin and meaning of post.
"after this." Especially in post hoc, ergo propter hoc, logical fallacy, literally "after… See origin and meaning of post hoc.