post

communications or parcels sent or carried through the postal system the post always comes at tea time Synonyms correspondence, matter, parcel post, post [chiefly British], snail mailRelated Words airmail, airpost, certified mail, registered mail, rural delivery, rural free delivery, special delivery, special handling; direct mail, junk mail, mailer; card, dispatch, epistle, letter, message, missive, note, postal card, postcard, printed matter; bundle, package, shipment

1 a specific task with which a person or group is charged selling lemonade was my post at the church fair Synonyms assignment, brief, business, charge, detail, job, operation, postRelated Words burden, chore, duty, need, obligation, office, requirement, responsibility; errand, labor, work; commitment, pledge, promise; appointment, commission, designation, nomination; compulsion, constraint, restraint

2 the place where someone is assigned to stand or remain he wisely stayed at his post during the emergency Synonyms position, post, quarterRelated Words assignment, brief, business, charge, detail, job, operation

3 an assignment at which one regularly works for pay she's held a number of teaching posts at local colleges Synonyms appointment, berth, billet, capacity, connection, function, place, position, post, situationRelated Words business, employ, employment, occupation, profession; work; office, spot; calling, pursuit, trade, vocation; line, racket; engagement, gig; livelihood, living; career, lifework, practice (also practise); duty, mission, posting, service, taskNear Antonyms avocation; joblessness, unemployment

an upright shaft that supports an overhead structure hung the hammock between a tree and a post in the fence Synonyms column, pier, pilaster, post, stanchionRelated Words caryatid, pedestal; buttress, flying buttress; needle, obelisk; pile, piling

1 to affix (as a notice) to or on a suitable place the student organizations generally post their announcements on the campus bulletin board Synonyms placard Related Words nail, plaster, tack (up); advertise, announce, bill, blaze, broadcast, call, declare, proclaim, promulgate, publicize, publish Near Antonyms remove, take down

2 to make known openly or publicly posted the students' grades Synonyms advertise, annunciate, blare, blaze, blazon, broadcast, declare, enunciate, flash, give out, herald, placard, post, proclaim, promulgate, publicize, publish, release, sound, trumpetRelated Words bark, call (off or out), cry; bill, billboard, bulletin, gazette [chiefly British]; knell, ring, toll; blurb, feature, pitch, plug, promote, puff; disseminate, spread; disclose, divulge, introduce, kithe [chiefly Scottish], manifest, report, reveal, show; advise, apprise, hand down, inform, notify; communicate, impart, intimateNear Antonyms conceal, hush (up), silence, suppress, withhold; recall, recant, retract, revoke

to assign to a place or position the police are planning to post an officer outside the hospital room of the witness Synonyms detail, station Related Words set; appoint; place, position

to send through the postal system be sure to post the letter this afternoon Synonyms postRelated Words airmail, frank; address, consign; direct, dispatch, forward, remit, route, ship, transmit, transport; registerNear Antonyms get, receive