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post2 English-Spanish

apostar

post- English-Spanish

post-, pos-

post office English-Spanish

oficina, correo, estafeta f de correos Esp

winning post English-Spanish

(poste m de) llegada f

the first/second post in post1 English-Spanish

el primer/segundo reparto

the post office is straight ahead in ahead English-Spanish

la oficina de correos está siguiendo recto

why don't you apply for the post? in why1 English-Spanish

¿por qué no solicitas el puesto?

I looped the dog's lead over the post in loop2 English-Spanish

enganché la correa del perro en el poste

post1 British & World English

a long, sturdy piece of timber or metal set upright in the ground and used as a support or marker

post2 British & World English

the official service or system that delivers letters and parcels

post3 British & World English

a position of paid employment; a job

post4 British & World English

subsequent to; after

post English-French

poste m

post1 English-German

Pfosten

post2 English-German

Postausgang, Post[zustellung]

post3 English-German

Stelle

post2 English-Italian

posto m

post3 English-Italian

posta f

post- British & World English

after in time or order

the post in post1 British & World English

a starting post or winning post

Post, Emily British & World English

(1873–1960), US writer and columnist; full name Emily Price Post. She was an arbiter of social etiquette and was the last word on manners. She wrote Etiquette (1922)

Post, Wiley British & World English

(1898–1935), US aviator; full name Wiley Hardeman Post. He was the first man to fly solo around the world 1933, accomplishing this in 7 days, 18 hours, and 49 minutes. He was flying near Point Barrow, Alaska, with Will Rogers as his passenger when their plane crashed and they were both killed

ex post British & World English

based on actual results rather than forecasts

post up in post1 British & World English

play in a position near the basket, along the side of the key

Post-it (also Post-it note) British & World English

a piece of paper with an adhesive strip on one side, designed to be stuck prominently to an object or surface and easily removed when necessary

post-op British & World English

post-operative

ante-post British & World English

(of a bet on a horse race) placed at odds fixed at the time, and before the runners are known, on a horse thought likely to be entered

post bail in bail1 British & World English

pay a sum of money as bail

fly-post British & World English

put up (advertising posters) in unauthorized places

king post British & World English

an upright post in the centre of a roof truss, extending from the tie beam to the apex of the truss

lamp post British & World English

a tall pole with a light at the top; a street light

last post British & World English

(in the British armed forces) the second of two bugle calls giving notice of the hour of retiring at night, played also at military funerals and acts of remembrance

low post British & World English

an offensive position on the court close to the basket

post-date British & World English

affix or assign a date later than the actual one to (a document or event)

post-free British & World English

carried by post free of charge to the customer

post hoc British & World English

occurring or done after the event, especially with reference to the fallacious assumption that the occurrence in question has a logical relationship with the event it follows

post horn British & World English

a valveless horn used to signal the arrival or departure of a mounted courier or mail coach

post mill British & World English

a windmill supported by a post on which it pivots to catch the wind

post-obit British & World English

taking effect after death