• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

■ station in a particular place.