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Words with a similar base: military_post, post, postal_service

'post'

[post.n.01] as in: the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand

Examples:
a soldier manned the entrance post
a sentry station

'post'

[military_post.n.01] as in: military installation at which a body of troops is stationed

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

'post'

[position.n.06] as in: a job in an organization

Examples:
he occupied a post in the treasury

'post'

[post.n.04] as in: an upright consisting of a piece of timber or metal fixed firmly in an upright position

Examples:
he set a row of posts in the ground and strung barbwire between them

'post'

[post.n.05] as in: United States aviator who in 1933 made the first solo flight around the world (1899-1935)

'post'

[post.n.06] as in: United States female author who wrote a book and a syndicated newspaper column on etiquette (1872-1960)

'post'

[post.n.07] as in: United States manufacturer of breakfast cereals and Postum (1854-1914)

'post'

[mail.n.04] as in: any particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered

Examples:
your mail is on the table
is there any post for me?
she was opening her post

'post'

[post.n.09] as in: a pole or stake set up to mark something (as the start or end of a race track)

Examples:
a pair of posts marked the goal
the corner of the lot was indicated by a stake

'post'

[mail.n.02] as in: the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office

Examples:
the mail handles billions of items every day
he works for the United States mail service
in England they call mail `the post'

'post'

[post.n.11] as in: the delivery and collection of letters and packages

Examples:
it came by the first post
if you hurry you'll catch the post

'post'

[post.v.01] as in: affix in a public place or for public notice

Examples:
post a warning

'post'

[post.v.02] as in: publicize with, or as if with, a poster

Examples:
I'll post the news on the bulletin board

'post'

[post.v.03] as in: assign to a post; put into a post

Examples:
The newspaper posted him in Timbuktu

'post'

[station.v.01] as in: assign to a station

'post'

[post.v.05] as in: display, as of records in sports games

'post'

[post.v.06] as in: enter on a public list

'post'

[post.v.07] as in: transfer (entries) from one account book to another

'post'

[post.v.08] as in: ride Western style and bob up and down in the saddle in rhythm with a horse's trotting gait

'post'

[stake.v.03] as in: mark with a stake

Examples:
stake out the path

'post'

[post.v.10] as in: place so as to be noticed

Examples:
post a sign
post a warning at the dump

'post'

[mail.v.02] as in: cause to be directed or transmitted to another place

Examples:
send me your latest results
I'll mail you the paper when it's written

'post'

[post.v.12] as in: mark or expose as infamous

Examples:
She was branded a loose woman

Origins

					post (English)
├── post (Latin)
└── poste (Middle French (ca. 1400-1600))
    └── posta (Italian)