post

post¹ W3S3 [pəust US poust] n

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1¦(job)¦

2¦(postal system)¦

3¦(letters)¦

4¦(collection/delivery)¦

5¦(piece of wood/metal)¦

6¦(football/hockey etc)¦

7¦(newspaper)¦

8¦(soldier/guard etc)¦

9 border/military/customs/police post

10¦(race)¦

11¦(internet message)¦

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1.) ¦(JOB)¦ formal

a job, especially an important one in a large organization

= ↑position

▪ I applied for the post and was asked to attend an interview.

▪ She was offered the post of ambassador to India.

▪ He will take up his post as Head of Modern Languages in September.

▪ Goddard has held the post since 1998.

▪ Unfortunately they were unable to find a suitable person to fill the post .

▪ Mr Thomson resigned his £50,000 a year post in April.

▪ She now holds a senior post in the Department of Education.

▪ the creation of 4000 new teaching posts

see usage note ↑job

2.) ¦(POSTAL SYSTEM)¦

the post

BrE the official system for carrying letters, packages etc from one place to another

= ↑mail by post

▪ The winners will be notified by post.

in the post

▪ Your letter must have got lost in the post .

▪ I'll put a copy of the book in the post (=send it) .

through the post

▪ A parcel arrived through the post.

3.) ¦(LETTERS)¦[U]

BrE letters, packages etc that are sent and delivered

= ↑mail

▪ Was there any post for me today?

▪ Emma was opening her post .

4.) ¦(COLLECTION/DELIVERY)¦ [singular,U]

BrE when letters are collected or delivered

= ↑mail

▪ What time does the post go (=get collected) ?

(the) first/second/last post

(=the first, second etc collection or delivery of letters each day)

▪ Applications must arrive by first post on September 23.

catch/miss the post

(=post your letter in time for it to be collected, or not in time)

→by return (of post) at ↑return² (11)

5.) ¦(PIECE OF WOOD/METAL)¦

a strong upright piece of wood, metal etc that is fixed into the ground, especially to support something

▪ a fence post

→↑bedpost, ↑gatepost, ↑lamp-post, ↑signpost¹ (1)

6.) ¦(FOOTBALL/HOCKEY ETC)¦

one of the two upright pieces of wood between which players try to kick or hit the ball in football, ↑hockey etc

= ↑goalpost

▪ The ball hit the post and bounced off.

7.) ¦(NEWSPAPER)¦ [singular]

used in the names of some newspapers

▪ the Washington Post

8.) ¦(SOLDIER/GUARD ETC)¦

sb's post

the place where a soldier, guard etc is expected to be in order to do their job

at sb's post

▪ By 5 am the soldiers were already at their posts.

▪ No one was allowed to leave their post .

9.) border/military/customs/police post

a place, especially one on a border, where soldiers or police are guarding, checking etc something

10.)¦(RACE)¦

the post also the finishing post

the place where a race finishes, especially a horse race

▪ Mr Magic was first past the post .

11.) ¦(INTERNET MESSAGE)¦ also posting

a message sent to an Internet discussion group so that all members of the group can read it

▪ There was post after post criticizing the Minister.

→as deaf as a post at ↑deaf

→be driven/passed from pillar to post at ↑pillar

→pip sb at the post at ↑pip² (1)

→↑first-past-the-post

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COLLOCATES for sense 1

apply for a post

offer somebody a post

appoint somebody to a post

take up a post (=start a new job)

hold a post (=have a job)

fill a post

resign (from) a post/leave a post

senior/junior post

teaching/administrative/government post

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post ²

post² S3 v [T]

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1¦(letter)¦

2 post something through somebody's door/letter box

3¦(job)¦

4¦(public notice)¦

5¦(guard)¦

6 keep somebody posted

7¦(profit/loss etc)¦

8¦(internet message)¦

9 be posted missing

10 post bail

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1.) ¦(LETTER)¦

BrE to send a letter, package etc by post

= ↑mail

▪ She's just gone to post a letter .

post sth (off) to sb

▪ Did you remember to post the card to my parents?

post sb sth

▪ I posted Barry the cheque last Friday.

2.) post sth through sb's door/letter box

BrE to push something through someone's ↑letterbox

▪ I'll post the key through your letterbox when I leave.

3.) ¦(JOB)¦ [usually passive]

if you are posted somewhere, your employer sends you to work there, usually for several years

post sb to France/London etc

▪ He joined the British Army and was posted to Germany.

post sb abroad/overseas

4.) ¦(PUBLIC NOTICE)¦ also post up

to put up a public notice about something on a wall or notice board

▪ The exam results were posted on the bulletin board yesterday.

5.) ¦(GUARD)¦

to make someone be in a particular place in order to guard a building, check who enters or leaves a place, watch something etc

= ↑station

▪ Guards were to be posted around nuclear power stations.

6.) keep sb posted

spoken to regularly tell someone the most recent news about something

keep somebody posted on

▪ I'll keep you posted on his progress.

7.) ¦(PROFIT/LOSS ETC)¦

especially AmE to officially record and announce information about a company's financial situation or a country's economic situation

▪ Cisco Systems posted record profits and sales for the third fiscal quarter.

8.) ¦(INTERNET MESSAGE)¦

to put a message or computer document on the Internet so that other people can see it

▪ Could you post those new flyers on David's website?

9.) be posted missing

BrE if a soldier is posted missing, it is announced officially that they have disappeared

10.) post bail

law especially AmE to pay a specific amount of money in order to be allowed to leave prison before your ↑trial