Synonyms:
post, station
Meaning: the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand; "a soldier manned the entrance post"; "a sentry station"
Synonyms:
military_post, post
Meaning: 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"
Synonyms:
position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situation
Meaning: a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the treasury"
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post
Meaning: 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"
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
post
Meaning: affix in a public place or for public notice; "post a warning"
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post
Meaning: publicize with, or as if with, a poster; "I'll post the news on the bulletin board"
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post
Meaning: assign to a post; put into a post; "The newspaper posted him in Timbuktu"
Synonyms:
station, post, send, place
Meaning: assign to a station
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post
Meaning: display, as of records in sports games
Usage examples
Some post or career for you?"
"Stop!" he said, "there he is at his post."
"Good," said he, "our syndic is at his post."
It was in the 'Morning Post' that he thus read:
But you might as well argue with a post as with Martha.
One post only was empty, and as they passed it cried out:
"Then take that letter and post it," said George Vavasor.
The latter took post at once along the edge of the ditches.
He was the happiest Indian at the Post, and one of the poorest.
"And think you that we should find him at this hour at his post?"