0 letters, etc. that are delivered to homes or places of work:
1 a job in a company or organization:
2 doing a particular job in a company or organization:
3 a vertical stick or pole stuck into the ground, usually to support something or show a position
4 the particular place where someone works, especially where a soldier is told to be for military duty, usually as a guard:
5 something such as a message or picture that you publish on a website or using social media:
7 to send someone to a particular place to work:
8 to stick or pin a notice on a wall in order to make it publicly known:
9 to pay money, especially so that a person who has been accused of committing a crime can be free until their trial:
11 after or later than:
postoperative
He took a post-lunch nap.
12 a vertical pole stuck in the ground, usually to support something or to mark a position:
13 a job, esp. one in which someone is performing an official duty:
14 to make information known to the public, or to put up signs on land or other property:
15 to pay money to a law court, as a formal promise that a person released from prison will return for trial:
post-9/11
post-election
17 after or later than:
18 letters and packages that are sent to homes or places of work:
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.
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:
21 if you reply to a letter by return of post, you reply by sending a letter back almost immediately:
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 government/teaching post
resign (from)/leave a post She was forced to resign from her £300,000-a-year post after the scandal.
23 a message or information that is put on a website, or sent to an internet discussion group for all the members to read:
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:
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:
29 to put a message or information on a website for other people to read:
30 to pay money so that a person who has been accused of committing a crime can be free until their trial:
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.
Many thanks for your lovely long letter which arrived in this morning's post.
Every Christmas thousands of people are drafted in to help with the post.
She rose to the exalted post of Foreign Secretary after only three years in the government.
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