Synonyms: post
Definition: the delivery and collection of letters and packages
Usage: it came by the first post; if you hurry you'll catch the post
Similar words: delivery, bringing
Definition: the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail)
Usage: his reluctant delivery of bad news
Synonyms: berth, billet, spot, situation, position, post, place, office
Definition: a job in an organization
Usage: he occupied a post in the treasury
Similar words: business, job, line, line of work, occupation
Definition: the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
Usage: he's not in my line of business
Synonyms: military post, post
Definition: military installation at which a body of troops is stationed
Usage: this military post provides an important source of income for the town nearby; there is an officer's club on the post
Similar words: military installation
Definition: any facility servicing military forces
Synonyms: post
Definition: an upright consisting of a piece of timber or metal fixed firmly in an upright position
Usage: he set a row of posts in the ground and strung barbwire between them
Similar words: upright, vertical
Definition: a vertical structural member as a post or stake
Usage: the ball sailed between the uprights
Synonyms: mail, mail service, post, postal service
Definition: the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office
Usage: the mail handles billions of items every day; he works for the United States mail service; in England they call mail `the post'
Similar words: communicating, communication
Definition: the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information
Usage: they could not act without official communication from Moscow
Definition: a pole or stake set up to mark something (as the start or end of a race track)
Usage: a pair of posts marked the goal; the corner of the lot was indicated by a stake
Similar words: visual signal
Definition: a signal that involves visual communication
Definition: any particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered
Usage: your mail is on the table; is there any post for me?; she was opening her post
Similar words: aggregation, accumulation, assemblage, collection
Definition: several things grouped together or considered as a whole
Definition: the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand
Usage: a soldier manned the entrance post; a sentry station
Similar words: position, place
Definition: the particular portion of space occupied by something
Usage: he put the lamp back in its place
Synonyms: Charles William Post, C. W. Post, Post
Definition: United States manufacturer of breakfast cereals and Postum (1854-1914)
Similar words: food manufacturer
Definition: a person who manufactures food products
Synonyms: Post, Emily Post, Emily Price Post
Definition: United States female author who wrote a book and a syndicated newspaper column on etiquette (1872-1960)
Definition: writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
Synonyms: Post, Wiley Post
Definition: United States aviator who in 1933 made the first solo flight around the world (1899-1935)
Synonyms: post
Definition: publicize with, or as if with, a poster
Usage: I'll post the news on the bulletin board
Similar words: announce, denote
Definition: make known; make an announcement
Usage: She denoted her feelings clearly
Synonyms: post
Definition: display, as of records in sports games
Definition: mark or expose as infamous
Usage: She was branded a loose woman
Similar words: call
Definition: ascribe a quality to or give a name of a common noun that reflects a quality
Usage: He called me a bastard; She called her children lazy and ungrateful
Definition: cause to be directed or transmitted to another place
Usage: send me your latest results; I'll mail you the paper when it's written
Similar words: transfer
Definition: move from one place to another
Usage: transfer the data; transmit the news; transfer the patient to another hospital
Synonyms: station, send, place, post
Definition: assign to a station
Definition: cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
Usage: Move those boxes into the corner, please; I'm moving my money to another bank; The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant
Definition: place so as to be noticed
Usage: post a sign; post a warning at the dump
Similar words: put in, set up, instal, install
Definition: set up for use
Usage: install the washer and dryer; We put in a new sink
Definition: mark with a stake
Usage: stake out the path
Similar words: mark
Definition: make or leave a mark on
Usage: the scouts marked the trail; ash marked the believers' foreheads
Synonyms: post
Definition: affix in a public place or for public notice
Usage: post a warning
Synonyms: post
Definition: ride Western style and bob up and down in the saddle in rhythm with a horse's trotting gait
Similar words: ride horseback
Definition: ride on horseback
Definition: transfer (entries) from one account book to another
Similar words: transfer
Definition: move from one place to another
Usage: transfer the data; transmit the news; transfer the patient to another hospital
Synonyms: post
Definition: assign to a post; put into a post
Usage: The newspaper posted him in Timbuktu
Similar words: delegate, depute, designate, assign
Definition: give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
Synonyms: post
Definition: enter on a public list