Betekenis van post In het Nederlands

• 0 letters, etc. that are delivered to homes or places of work:

  • I'd been away for a few days so I had a lot of post waiting for me.

  • My secretary usually opens my post, unless it's marked "private".

  • Has the post come/arrived yet?

  • My letter must have got lost in the post.

  • If you don't want to take it there, you can just send it by post.

  • I missed the post this morning.

  • Did you manage to catch the post?

• 1 a job in a company or organization:

  • Teaching posts are advertised in Tuesday's edition of the paper.

  • She's held the post for 13 years.

  • They have several vacant posts.

• 2 doing a particular job in a company or organization:

  • He has been in post since February 2015.

  • While still in post, the General regularly sniped at the Government.

• 3 a vertical stick or pole stuck into the ground, usually to support something or show a position

  • a lamppost

  • a signpost

• 4 the particular place where someone works, especially where a soldier is told to be for military duty, usually as a guard:

  • The soldier was disciplined for deserting his post.

  • I was ordered to remain at my post until the last customer had left.

• 5 something such as a message or picture that you publish on a website or using social media:

  • Lots of people have commented on my post.

  • You can change your privacy settings so that only certain people can see your posts.

• 6 to send a letter or parcel by post:

  • Did you remember to post my letter?

  • I must post that parcel (off) or she won't get it in time for her birthday.

  • [ + two objects ] Could you post me the details/post the details to me?

  • Just post the key through the door after you've locked it.

• 7 to send someone to a particular place to work:

  • He's been posted to Pakistan for six months.

  • Guards were posted at all the doors.

• 8 to stick or pin a notice on a wall in order to make it publicly known:

  • Company announcements are usually posted (up) on the noticeboard.

  • I never post anything on the Internet that I wouldn't want my boss to see.

  • She hardly ever posts on Facebook.

  • Somebody's been posting obscene messages in this chat room.

• 9 to pay money, especially so that a person who has been accused of committing a crime can be free until their trial:

  • She has agreed to post bail for her brother.

• 10 to announce a company's financial results:

  • The oil company posted profits of $25.1 billion.

• 11 after or later than:

  • postgraduate

  • postoperative

  • He took a post-lunch nap.

• 12 a vertical pole stuck in the ground, usually to support something or to mark a position:

  • Al leaned against a fence post.

• 13 a job, esp. one in which someone is performing an official duty:

  • Novello was the first woman and first Hispanic to hold the post of surgeon general.

• 14 to make information known to the public, or to put up signs on land or other property:

  • Snow advisories were posted for Ohio and Pennsylvania.

  • All over town, for-sale signs are posted in front of houses.

  • The earnings release also will be posted on the Company's website.

• 15 to pay money to a law court, as a formal promise that a person released from prison will return for trial:

  • McLaughlin posted $3000 bail after his arrest.

• 16 after (a time or event):

  • post-9/11

  • post-election

• 17 after or later than:

  • Post-tax profits are £931,000 against £971,000 the previous year.

  • The Tokyo market made a strong post-crash recovery.

• 18 letters and packages that are sent to homes or places of work:

  • to check/collect the post

  • to get/receive post

  • deliver post Did the postman deliver any post for me?

  • the post arrives/comes Has the post come yet?

  • answer/open/read post I've got a lot of post to open.

• 19 the public system for sending letters and packages from place to place:

  • first-/second-class post

  • be/put sth in the post The cheque is in the post, and you should receive it tomorrow.

  • through the post Given that most people would not wish to send their original passport through the post, they will have to get a certified copy.

  • The letter got lost in the post.

  • Dividends may be sent by post, held for collection, or paid in some other way.

  • arrive/come/be delivered by post Hard copy products, such as a CD or newsletter, should arrive by post within days.

• 20 the time during the day when letters and packages are collected, or arrive at homes and places of work:

  • the first/last post

  • catch/meet/miss the post The letter needed to be sent today, but I missed the last post.

• 21 if you reply to a letter by return of post, you reply by sending a letter back almost immediately:

  • Please send the invoice back by return of post.

• 22 a job in a company or organization, especially an important one that pays well:

  • accept/hold/remain in a post He has held the post of commercial director since 2002.

  • apply for/be appointed to/take up a post She has applied for the vacant manager's post.

  • advertise/fill a post Almost a third of employers said they had not received one application for a post they had advertised.

  • a high-level/key/senior post

  • a full-time/part-time post

  • a permanent/temporary post

  • a government/teaching post

  • resign (from)/leave a post She was forced to resign from her £300,000-a-year post after the scandal.

  • be removed/step down from a post

• 23 a message or information that is put on a website, or sent to an internet discussion group for all the members to read:

  • The site is seeing 10,000 posts per hour from its 50,000 members all over the world.

  • a blog post

• 24 to send a letter or package to someone by mail:

  • post sth to sb/post sb sth I'll post the details to you.

  • post (off) sth Have you posted off your application form?

• 25 to put a letter or package into a postbox (= official public box for mail) so that it can be sent:

  • Could you post this letter for me please?

• 26 to announce a company’s sales, financial results, etc.:

  • post gains/losses/profits The oil company posted profits of $25.1 billion.

  • post an improvement/a rise/a decline They posted a 16% rise in sales.

• 27 to send someone to a particular place to work for a period of time:

  • be posted to sth He has been posted to Pakistan for six months.

• 28 to put a notice in a public place in order to make something known to other people:

  • be posted (up) on sth Company announcements are usually posted on the bulletin board.

  • The rules include requiring businesses to post signs stating that smoking is not allowed.

• 29 to put a message or information on a website for other people to read:

  • The State Department posted a notice on its website saying that applicants may wait 10 weeks for passports.

  • post sth on a website/online/on the internet The reports were written up and posted on the internet.

• 30 to pay money so that a person who has been accused of committing a crime can be free until their trial:

  • He is now free after posting $20,000 bail.

• 31 to continue giving someone the most recent information about a situation that involves them:

  • I'll keep you posted on any new developments with the deal.