post Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand
    station.
    • a soldier manned the entrance post
    • a sentry station
  2. noun military installation at which a body of troops is stationed
    military post.
    • this military post provides an important source of income for the town nearby
    • there is an officer's club on the post
  3. noun a job in an organization
    berth; office; billet; spot; place; situation; position.
    • he occupied a post in the treasury
  4. noun 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
  5. noun United States aviator who in 1933 made the first solo flight around the world (1899-1935)
    Wiley Post.
  6. noun United States female author who wrote a book and a syndicated newspaper column on etiquette (1872-1960)
    Emily Price Post; Emily Post.
  7. noun United States manufacturer of breakfast cereals and Postum (1854-1914)
    C. W. Post; Charles William Post.
  8. noun any particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered
    mail.
    • your mail is on the table
    • is there any post for me?
    • she was opening her post
  9. noun a pole or stake set up to mark something (as the start or end of a race track)
    stake.
    • a pair of posts marked the goal
    • the corner of the lot was indicated by a stake
  10. noun the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office
    mail; mail service; postal service.
    • the mail handles billions of items every day
    • he works for the United States mail service
    • in England they call mail `the post'
  11. noun the delivery and collection of letters and packages
    • it came by the first post
    • if you hurry you'll catch the post
  12. verb affix in a public place or for public notice
    • post a warning
  13. verb publicize with, or as if with, a poster
    • I'll post the news on the bulletin board
  14. verb assign to a post; put into a post
    • The newspaper posted him in Timbuktu
  15. verb assign to a station
    station; place; send.
  16. verb display, as of records in sports games
  17. verb enter on a public list
  18. verb transfer (entries) from one account book to another
    carry.
  19. verb ride Western style and bob up and down in the saddle in rhythm with a horse's trotting gait
  20. verb mark with a stake
    stake.
    • stake out the path
  21. verb place so as to be noticed
    put up.
    • post a sign
    • post a warning at the dump
  22. verb cause to be directed or transmitted to another place
    mail; send.
    • send me your latest results
    • I'll mail you the paper when it's written
  23. verb mark or expose as infamous
    brand.
    • She was branded a loose woman

WordNet

Post adjective
Etymology
F. aposter to place in a post or position, generally for a bad purpose.
Definitions
  1. Hired to do what is wrong; suborned. Obs. Sir E. Sandys.
Post noun
Etymology
AS., fr. L. postis, akin to ponere, positum, to place. See Position, and cf. 4th Post.
Definitions
  1. A piece of timber, metal, or other solid substance, fixed, or to be fixed, firmly in an upright position, especially when intended as a stay or support to something else; a pillar; as, a hitching post; a fence post; the posts of a house.
    They shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper doorpost of the houses. Ex. xii. 7.
    Then by main force pulled up, and on his shoulders bore, The gates of Azza, post and massy bar. Milton.
    Unto his order he was a noble post. Chaucer.
    ✍ Post, in the sense of an upright timber or strut, is used in composition, in such words as king-post, queen-post, crown-post, gatepost, etc.
  2. The doorpost of a victualer's shop or inn, on which were chalked the scores of customers; hence, a score; a debt. Obs.
    When God sends coin I will discharge your post. S. Rowlands.
Post noun
Etymology
F. poste, LL. posta station, post (where horses were kept), properly, a fixed or set place, fem. fr. L. positus placed, p. p. of ponere. See Position, and cf. Post a pillar.
Definitions
  1. The place at which anything is stopped, placed, or fixed; a station. Specifically: (a) A station, or one of a series of stations, established for the refreshment and accommodation of travelers on some recognized route; as, a stage or railway post. (b) A military station; the place at which a soldier or a body of troops is stationed; also, the troops at such a station. (c) The piece of ground to which a sentinel's walk is limited.
  2. A messenger who goes from station; an express; especially, one who is employed by the government to carry letters and parcels regularly from one place to another; a letter carrier; a postman.
    In certain places there be always fresh posts, to carry that further which is brought unto them by the other. Abp. Abbot.
    I fear my Julia would not deign my lines, Receiving them from such a worthless post. Shak.
  3. An established conveyance for letters from one place or station to another; especially, the governmental system in any country for carrying and distributing letters and parcels; the post office; the mail; hence, the carriage by which the mail is transported.
    I send you the fair copy of the poem on dullness, which I should not care to hazard by the common post. Pope.
  4. Haste or speed, like that of a messenger or mail carrier. Obs. "In post he came." Shak.
  5. One who has charge of a station, especially of a postal station. Obs.
    He held office of postmaster, or, as it was then called, post, for several years. Palfrey.
  6. A station, office, or position of service, trust, or emolument; as, the post of duty; the post of danger.
    The post of honor is a private station. Addison.
  7. A size of printing and writing paper. See the Table under Paper.
Post transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Posted; present participle & verbal noun Posting
Definitions
  1. To attach to a post, a wall, or other usual place of affixing public notices; to placard; as, to post a notice; to post playbills. ✍ Formerly, a large post was erected before the sheriff's office, or in some public place, upon which legal notices were displayed. This way of advertisement has not entirely gone of use.
  2. To hold up to public blame or reproach; to advertise opprobriously; to denounce by public proclamation; as, to post one for cowardice.
    On pain of being posted to your sorrow Fail not, at four, to meet me. Granville.
  3. To enter (a name) on a list, as for service, promotion, or the like.
  4. To assign to a station; to set; to place; as, to post a sentinel. "It might be to obtain a ship for a lieutenant, . . . or to get him posted." De Quincey.
  5. (Bookkeeping) To carry, as an account, from the journal to the ledger; as, to post an account; to transfer, as accounts, to the ledger.
    You have not posted your books these ten years. Arbuthnot.
  6. To place in the care of the post; to mail; as, to post a letter.
  7. To inform; to give the news to; to make (one) acquainted with the details of a subject; -- often with up.
    Thoroughly posted up in the politics and literature of the day. Lond. Sat. Rev.
Post intransitive verb
Etymology
Cf. OF. poster. See 4th Post.
Definitions
  1. To travel with post horses; figuratively, to travel in haste. "Post seedily to my lord your husband." Shak.
    And post o'er land and ocean without rest. Milton.
  2. (Man.) To rise and sink in the saddle, in accordance with the motion of the horse, esp. in trotting. Eng.
Post adverb
Definitions
  1. With post horses; hence, in haste; as, to travel post.

Webster 1913