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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
post1
noun
  • 1 a long, sturdy piece of timber or metal set upright in the ground and used as a support or a marker.

    ■ (the post) a starting post or winning post.

  • 2 an Internet posting.
verb
  • 1 display (a notice) in a public place.
  • 2 announce or publish.

    ■ publish the name of (a member of the armed forces) as missing or dead.

    ■ send (a message) to an Internet bulletin board or newsgroup, or display (information) online.

  • 3 achieve or record (a particular score or result).
  • 4 (post up) Basketball play in a position near the basket, along the side of the key.
– origin OE, from L. postis ‘doorpost’, later ‘rod, beam’.



Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
post2
noun
  • 1 chiefly Brit. the official service or system that delivers letters and parcels.

    ■ letters and parcels delivered.

    ■ a single collection or delivery of post.

  • 2 historical each of a series of couriers who carried mail on horseback between fixed stages.
verb
  • 1 chiefly Brit. send via the postal system.
  • 2 (in bookkeeping) enter (an item) in a ledger.
  • 3 historical travel with relays of horses.

    archaic travel with haste; hurry.

– phrases
keep someone posted keep someone informed of the latest developments or news.
– origin C16: from Fr. poste, from Ital. posta, from a contr. of L. posita, fem. past part. of ponere ‘to place’.



Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
post3
noun
  • 1 a job.
  • 2 a place where someone is on duty or where an activity is carried out.

    N. Amer. a force stationed at a permanent position or camp.

  • 3 historical the status or rank of full-grade captain in the Royal Navy.
verb send to a place to take up an appointment.

■ station in a particular place.

– origin C16: from Fr. poste, from Ital. posto, from a contr. of pop. L. positum, neut. past part. of ponere ‘to place’.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
post-/pəʊst/
prefix after in time or order: post-date.
– origin from L. post ‘after, behind’.

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