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noun
stake:
There was a wooden post by the door.
verb
hang up:
Please post this on the bulletin board.
noun
base:
He was restricted to the military post.
verb
assigned:
She was posted to New York.
verb
mail:
Please post my letter today.
Simple Definitions
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post
verbs
hold a post
(= have a job )
• He had previously held the post of Foreign Minister.
apply for a post
• I am writing to apply for the post of secretary.
take up a post
(= start a new job )
• She will take up her new post next month.
leave a post
• The previous ambassador left his post in June.
resign (from) a post
(= leave it )
• John Sargent has resigned his post as chairman.
be dismissed from a post
(= be told to leave )
• As a result of the scandal, he was dismissed from his post.
offer somebody a post
• He was offered the post of Secretary of State for Wales.
appoint somebody to a post
(= give someone a job officially )
• Mr Collingwood has been appointed to the post of Headteacher.
fill a post
(= find someone to do a job )
• They have advertised the post but it hasn't yet been filled.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + post
a senior post
• Senior posts in industry attract very high salaries.
a junior post
• He was offered a junior post in a bank.
a permanent/temporary post
• I have a two-year contract, not a permanent post.
a full-time/part-time post
• a part-time post as a university lecturer
a teaching post
• My first teaching post was in outer London.
an administrative post
• For the next twelve years, he held various administrative posts in Bombay.
a government post
• I decided to apply for a local government post.
post 2
verbs
send something by post
• They sent me the contract by post.
put something in the post
(= put it in a box to be collected )
• I put it in the post on Friday, so it should have arrived today.
get something in the post
(= receive it )
• Did you get anything in the post today?
something comes/arrives in the post
• This letter came in the post this morning.
something gets lost in the post
• I'm afraid the cheque must have got lost in the post.
adjectives
first-class post
• The package arrived by first-class post.
second-class post
• Items sent by second-class post can take up to five days to arrive.
post 3
adjectives
first/second/last post
(= the first, second, or last collection or delivery of letters each day )
• The last post is at 5.30.
verbs
catch the post
(= post your letter in time for it to be collected )
• He wrote the letter hurriedly because he was anxious to catch the post.
miss the post
(= not post your letter in time for it to be collected )
• If I miss the post today, the card won’t arrive on her birthday.
the post goes
(= it is collected )
• The first post goes at 7.30 am.
transnet.ir
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Phrase(s): post someone somewhere
to place someone, as if on guard, at something or some place. • The police chief posted a guard at the hospital door. • The boss posted himself at the water cooler to catch up on the gossip.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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see DEAF AS A POST; FROM PILLAR TO POST; KEEP POSTED.
American Heritage Idioms
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noun postal system ADJ. first-class, second-class | registered | inland PREP. by ~ I sent it by first-class post. | in the ~ My application for the job is in the post. PHRASES by return of post Orders will be sent by return of post. letters, parcels, etc. ADJ. first, last If you hurry you'll just catch the last post. VERB + POST check, open She arrived at the office early and checked her post VERB + POST box (also postbox) job ADJ. senior | full-time, part-time | permanent, temporary | vacant | managerial, teaching | government, university VERB + POST apply for | take up | hold | leave, quit, resign | appoint sb to, fill | dismiss sb from, relieve sb of He was relieved of his post when he was found to have accepted bribes. PREP. ~ as He quit his post as chief executive. | ~ of She applied for the new post of training officer. place where sb is on duty ADJ. army, police | command, observation | border, frontier VERB + POST take up The guard took up his post at the gate. | desert The sentries had deserted their posts. PREP. at your ~ The gun crew were at their posts. upright piece of wood, etc. ADJ. finishing, winning | far, near (both in football) He steered a shot between the keeper and the near post. PHRASES first past the post The first horse past the post wins the race. | pip sb/sth at the post She led for most of the way before being pipped at the post.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary