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Meaning of post

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  post
      n 1: the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or
           is assigned to stand; "a soldier manned the entrance post";
           "a sentry station" [syn: {post}, {station}]
      2: 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" [syn: {military post}, {post}]
      3: a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the
         treasury" [syn: {position}, {post}, {berth}, {office},
         {spot}, {billet}, {place}, {situation}]
      4: 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: United States aviator who in 1933 made the first solo flight
         around the world (1899-1935) [syn: {Post}, {Wiley Post}]
      6: United States female author who wrote a book and a syndicated
         newspaper column on etiquette (1872-1960) [syn: {Post},
         {Emily Post}, {Emily Price Post}]
      7: United States manufacturer of breakfast cereals and Postum
         (1854-1914) [syn: {Post}, {C. W. Post}, {Charles William
         Post}]
      8: 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}, {post}]
      9: 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: {post},
         {stake}]
      10: 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}, {post}]
      11: the delivery and collection of letters and packages; "it
          came by the first post"; "if you hurry you'll catch the
          post"
      v 1: affix in a public place or for public notice; "post a
           warning"
      2: publicize with, or as if with, a poster; "I'll post the news
         on the bulletin board"
      3: assign to a post; put into a post; "The newspaper posted him
         in Timbuktu"
      4: assign to a station [syn: {station}, {post}, {send}, {place}]
      5: display, as of records in sports games
      6: enter on a public list
      7: transfer (entries) from one account book to another [syn:
         {post}, {carry}]
      8: ride Western style and bob up and down in the saddle in
         rhythm with a horse's trotting gait
      9: mark with a stake; "stake out the path" [syn: {stake},
         {post}]
      10: place so as to be noticed; "post a sign"; "post a warning at
          the dump" [syn: {post}, {put up}]
      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}, {post}, {send}]
      12: mark or expose as infamous; "She was branded a loose woman"
          [syn: {post}, {brand}]

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