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post3

Pronunciation: /pəʊst/

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Definition of post

noun

  • 1a position of paid employment; a job:he resigned from the post of Foreign Minister a teaching post
  • 2a place where someone is on duty or where a particular activity is carried out:a shift worker asleep at his post a customs post
  • a place where a soldier or police officer is stationed or which they patrol:he gave the men orders not to leave their posts
  • North American a force stationed at a permanent position or camp; a garrison.
  • US a local group in an organization of military veterans.
  • 3 historical the status or rank of full-grade captain in the Royal Navy:Captain Miller was made post in 1796

verb

[with object and adverbial]
  • send (someone) to a place to take up an appointment:he was posted to Washington as military attaché
  • station (someone, especially a soldier or police officer) in a particular place:a guard was posted at the entrance

Origin:

mid 16th century: from French poste, from Italian posto, from a contraction of popular Latin positum, neuter past participle of ponere 'to place'

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