Definition of post

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  • post is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 6
  • post is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 6
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Definition of post

  • a job in an organization (noun)

    Examples

    1. he occupied a post in the treasury

    Synonyms

    1. berth
    2. billet
    3. office
    4. place
    5. position
    6. situation
    7. spot
  • mark with a stake (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. stake
  • transfer (entries) from one account book to another (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. carry
  • United States manufacturer of breakfast cereals and Postum (1854-1914) (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. c. w. post
    2. charles william post
  • United States female author who wrote a book and a syndicated newspaper column on etiquette (1872-1960) (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. emily post
    2. emily price post
  • military installation at which a body of troops is stationed (noun)

    Examples

    1. this military post provides an important source of income for the town nearby
    2. there is an officer's club on the post

    Synonyms

    1. military post
  • cause to be directed or transmitted to another place (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. mail
    2. send
  • assign to a station (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. place
    2. send
    3. station
  • a pole or stake set up to mark something (as the start or end of a race track) (noun)

    Examples

    1. a pair of posts marked the goal

    Synonyms

    1. stake
  • the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office (noun)

    Examples

    1. in England they call mail `the post'

    Synonyms

    1. mail
    2. mail service
    3. postal service
  • place so as to be noticed (verb)

    Examples

    1. post a sign
    2. post a warning at the dump

    Synonyms

    1. put up
  • mark or expose as infamous (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. brand
  • any particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered (noun)

    Examples

    1. is there any post for me?
    2. she was opening her post

    Synonyms

    1. mail
  • the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand (noun)

    Examples

    1. a soldier manned the entrance post

    Synonyms

    1. station
  • United States aviator who in 1933 made the first solo flight around the world (1899-1935) (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. wiley post
  • affix in a public place or for public notice (verb)

    Examples

    1. post a warning
  • an upright consisting of a piece of timber or metal fixed firmly in an upright position (noun)

    Examples

    1. he set a row of posts in the ground and strung barbwire between them
  • assign to a post; put into a post (verb)

    Examples

    1. The newspaper posted him in Timbuktu
  • display, as of records in sports games (verb)
  • enter on a public list (verb)
  • publicize with, or as if with, a poster (verb)

    Examples

    1. I'll post the news on the bulletin board
  • ride Western style and bob up and down in the saddle in rhythm with a horse's trotting gait (verb)
  • the delivery and collection of letters and packages (noun)

    Examples

    1. it came by the first post
    2. if you hurry you'll catch the post

See definition of post in Merriam Webster