Word Image
plural: posts
Part Of Speech
noun, verb
Word Meaning
noun: a piece of timber or metal fixed upright especially as a support; a pole or stake set up as a marker; a government department in charge of handling the mail; the mail handled by the post; something (as a message) that is posted online; a station or task to which a person or guard is assigned; an office or position to which a person is appointed
verb: to fix notices to or on a suitable place (as a bulletin board); to forbid persons from entering or using by putting up warning notices; to publish (as a message) in an online forum; to ride or travel with haste; to send by mail; to transfer a bookkeeping item from a book of original entry to an account book; to make familiar with a subject; to station in a given place; to give as a guarantee of payment
Word Family
posted
posting
poster
postal
postman
postage
postcard
postmark
postpaid
postcode
postdate
bedpost
outpost
repost
signpost
guidepost
lamppost
goalpost
gatepost
doorpost
Sentences
He hung the hammock between a tree and a post in the fence.
Our teacher always posts our grades on the board.
The post always comes at tea time.
Be sure to post my letter by this afternoon.
The guard wisely stayed at his post during the emergency.
The police are planning to post an officer outside the hospital room of the witness.
She’s held a number of teaching posts at local colleges.
My brother’s military posting is much closer to my home now.
She posted an update on social media for her family to read.
The check posted to your bank account today.
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