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say it: pohst
post is a verb and noun meaning "affix in a public place or for public notice". It carries 23 recorded senses.
display, as of records in sports games
enter on a public list
ride Western style and bob up and down in the saddle in rhythm with a horse's trotting gait
riding
the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand
“a soldier manned the entrance post”
“a sentry station”
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”
military
a job in an organization
“he occupied a post in the treasury”
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”
United States aviator who in 1933 made the first solo flight around the world (1899-1935)
United States female author who wrote a book and a syndicated newspaper column on etiquette (1872-1960)
United States manufacturer of breakfast cereals and Postum (1854-1914)
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”
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”
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'”
the delivery and collection of letters and packages
“it came by the first post”
“if you hurry you'll catch the post”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for post come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.