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post¹ noun 1 a shaft or rod fixed upright in the ground, as a support or marker, etc. 2 a vertical timber supporting a horizontal one. Often in compounds • a doorpost. 3 an upright pole marking the beginning or end of a race track. 4 a goalpost. verb (posted, posting) 1 (sometimes post something up) to put up (a notice, etc) on a post or board, etc for public viewing. 2 to announce the name of someone among others in a published list • He was posted missing.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon: from Latin postis a doorpost.

post² noun 1 a job • a teaching post. 2 a position to which one is assigned for military duty • never left his post. 3 a settlement or establishment, especially one in a remote area. Often in compounds • trading-post • military post. 4 military a bugle call summoning soldiers to their quarters at night. See also the first post, the last post. verb (posted, posting) (usually post someone to, at or in somewhere) to station them there on duty; to transfer (personnel) to a new location • I was posted abroad.
ETYMOLOGY: 16c: from Italian posto, from Latin postum, from ponere, positum to place.

post³ noun (especially the post) 1 the official system for the delivery of mail. See also post office. 2 letters and parcels delivered by this system; mail. 3 a collection of mail, eg from a postbox • catch the next post. 4 a delivery of mail • came by the second post. 5 a place for mail collection; a postbox or post office • took it to the post. 6 historical any of a series of riders stationed at various intervals along a route, who carried mail from one stage to another. 7 historical a stage or station on such a route. 8 used as a newspaper title • the Washington Post. verb (posted, posting) 1 to put (mail) into a postbox; to send something by post. 2 bookkeeping a to enter (an item) in a ledger; b (now usually post up something) to update (a ledger). 3 to supply someone with the latest news • keep us posted. See also post¹ verb.
ETYMOLOGY: 16c: from French poste, from Italian posta, from Latin ponere, positum to place.

post- prefix, denoting 1 after • postwar • postdate. 2 behind • postnasal.
ETYMOLOGY: Latin.