post
1. the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand (Freq. 3)
- a soldier manned the entrance post
- a sentry station
• Syn:
station
• Derivationally related forms:
station (for: station)
• Hypernyms:
position, place
• Hyponyms:
bridgehead, lookout, observation post, outstation, outpost
2. a job in an organization (Freq. 3)
- he occupied a post in the treasury
• Syn:
position, berth, office, spot, billet,
place, situation
• Derivationally related forms:
place (for: place), officiate (for: office)
• Hypernyms:
occupation, business, job, line of work, line
• Hyponyms:
academicianship, accountantship, admiralty, ambassadorship, apostleship,
apprenticeship, associateship, attorneyship, bailiffship, baronetage, bishopry,
episcopate, cadetship, caliphate, captainship, captaincy, cardinalship,
chairmanship, chancellorship, chaplaincy, chaplainship, chieftaincy, chieftainship,
clerkship, commandership, commandery, comptrollership, consulship, controllership,
councillorship, councilorship, counselorship, counsellorship, curacy, curatorship,
custodianship, deanship, deanery, directorship, discipleship, editorship,
eldership, emirate, fatherhood, foremanship, generalship, generalcy,
governorship, headship, hot seat, incumbency, inspectorship, instructorship,
internship, judgeship, judicature, khanate, lectureship, legation,
legateship, legislatorship, librarianship, lieutenancy, magistracy, magistrature,
managership, manhood, marshalship, mastership, mayoralty, messiahship,
moderatorship, overlordship, pastorship, pastorate, peasanthood, plum,
praetorship, precentorship, preceptorship, prefecture, prelacy, prelature,
premiership, presidency, presidentship, primateship, principalship, priorship,
proconsulship, proconsulate, proctorship, professorship, chair, protectorship,
public office, rabbinate, receivership, rectorship, rectorate, regency,
residency, rulership, sainthood, secretaryship, seigniory, seigneury,
feudal lordship, senatorship, sinecure, solicitorship, speakership, stewardship,
studentship, teachership, thaneship, throne, treasurership, tribuneship,
tribuneship, vice-presidency, viceroyship, viziership, wardenship,
wardership, womanhood
3. military installation at which a body of troops is stationed (Freq. 3)
- this military post provides an important source of income for the town nearby
- there is an officer's club on the post
• Syn:
military post
• Topics:
military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine
• Hypernyms:
military installation
• Hyponyms:
garrison, fort, outpost
• Part Meronyms:
military quarters
4. an upright consisting of a piece of timber or metal fixed firmly in an upright position (Freq. 2)
- he set a row of posts in the ground and strung barbwire between them
• Hypernyms:
upright, vertical
• Hyponyms:
bollard, bitt, carrick bitt, corner post, gatepost,
goalpost, hitching post, hop pole, king post, lamppost, maypole,
newel post, newel, queen post, rudderpost, rudderstock, stake,
stanchion, standard, stump, telephone pole, telegraph pole, telegraph post,
timber, whipping post
5. 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'
• Syn:
mail, mail service, postal service
• Derivationally related forms:
postal, mail (for: mail)
• Hypernyms:
communication, communicating
• Hyponyms:
airmail, airpost, snail mail, rural free delivery, RFD
6. 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
• Syn:
mail
• Derivationally related forms:
mail (for: mail)
• Hypernyms:
collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage
• Hyponyms:
fan mail, hate mail, mailing
7. 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
• Syn:
stake
• Derivationally related forms:
stake (for: stake)
• Hypernyms:
visual signal
• Hyponyms:
starting post, winning post
8. the delivery and collection of letters and packages
- it came by the first post
- if you hurry you'll catch the post
• Derivationally related forms:
postal
• Hypernyms:
delivery, bringing
1. affix in a public place or for public notice (Freq. 3)
- post a warning
• Derivationally related forms:
poster, posting
• Hypernyms:
affix, stick on
• Hyponyms:
placard
• Entailment:
announce, denote
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. publicize with, or as if with, a poster (Freq. 3)
- I'll post the news on the bulletin board
• Derivationally related forms:
poster, posting
• Hypernyms:
announce, denote
• Hyponyms:
placard, bill
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. assign to a post;
put into a post (Freq. 1)
- The newspaper posted him in Timbuktu
• Derivationally related forms:
poster
• Hypernyms:
delegate, designate, depute, assign
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s somebody PP
4. assign to a station (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
station, send, place
• Derivationally related forms:
place (for: place), station (for: station)
• Hypernyms:
move, displace
• Hyponyms:
garrison, fort, locate, place, site
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody PP
5. display, as of records in sports games (Freq. 1)
• Hypernyms:
record, enter, put down
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
6. enter on a public list
• Hypernyms:
list
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
7. transfer (entries) from one account book to another
• Syn:
carry
• Derivationally related forms:
carry (for: carry)
• Hypernyms:
transfer
• Verb Group:
carry
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
8. ride Western style and bob up and down in the saddle in rhythm with a horse's trotting gait
• Topics:
riding, horseback riding, equitation
• Hypernyms:
ride horseback
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
9. mark with a stake
- stake out the path
• Syn:
stake
• Derivationally related forms:
stake (for: stake)
• Hypernyms:
mark
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
10. place so as to be noticed
- post a sign
- post a warning at the dump
• Syn:
put up
• Derivationally related forms:
posting
• Hypernyms:
install, instal, put in, set up
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
11. cause to be directed or transmitted to another place
- send me your latest results
- I'll mail you the paper when it's written
• Syn:
mail, send
• Derivationally related forms:
sendee (for: send), sender (for: send), sending (for: send), postage, posting, mailer (for: mail), mail (for: mail), mailing (for: mail)
• Hypernyms:
transfer
• Hyponyms:
express, airmail, register, express-mail
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something to somebody
- They post the parcel to their parents
12. mark or expose as infamous
- She was branded a loose woman
• Syn:
brand
• Derivationally related forms:
brand (for: brand)
• Hypernyms:
call
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody something
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