noun

1. a piece of wood, metal, etc., usually long and square or cylindrical, set upright to support a building, sign, fence, etc.
2. anything like this in shape or purpose
3. any place originally marked by or associated with a post, as the starting point of a horse race
4. Basketball a position of an offensive player near the basket: often with the

Etymology: ME < OE, akin to Ger pfosten: WGmc loanword < L postis, post, doorpost < *porstis, projection < *por-, akin to for + base of stare, to stand

transitive verb

1. to put up (a poster, notice, etc.) on (a wall, post, etc.); placard
2. to announce, publicize, or advertise by posting notices, signs, etc. post a reward
3. ☆ to warn persons against trespassing on (grounds, etc.) by posted notices
4. to put (a name) on a posted or published list
5. to denounce by a public notice
6. ☆ Sports to record (a specified score)

noun

1. the place where a soldier, guard, etc. is stationed
2. 1. a place where a body of troops is stationed; camp
   2. the troops at such a place; garrison
3. ☆ a local unit of a veterans' organization
4. a place where a person or group is stationed, as at a machine, a trading booth on a stock exchange floor, etc.
5. a position, job, or duty to which a person is assigned or appointed
6. ☆ trading post
7. Army, Brit. either of two bugle calls (first post and last post) sounded to indicate the time to retire at night: the last post is also sounded at military funerals and remembrance services

Etymology: Fr poste < It posto < VL *postum, contr. < L positum, neut. pp. of ponere, to place: see position

transitive verb

1. to station at or assign to a post
2. Brit. to appoint to a military or naval command
3. ☆ to put up or deposit (a bond, etc.)

noun

1. 1. Historical any of a number of riders or runners posted at intervals to carry mail or messages in relays along a route; postrider or courier
   2. a stage of a post route
   3. a station of a post route
   4. a post horse
2. Chiefly Brit.
   1. (the) mail
   2. a post office
   3. a mailbox

Etymology: Fr poste < It posta, orig., a station, fem. of posto: see post

intransitive verb

1. Obsolete to travel in posts or stages
2. to travel fast; hasten
3. to rise and sink back in a saddle in rhythm with the horse's trot

transitive verb

1. 1. to send by post
   2. to hasten
2. Chiefly Brit. to mail
3. ☆ to inform, as of events: usually in the passive voice
4. Bookkeeping
   1. to transfer (an item) from a journal to the ledger
   2. to enter in the correct form and place
   3. to enter all necessary items in (a ledger, etc.)

adverb

1. by post
2. speedily