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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

Hypernyms: 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

Hypernyms: 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

Hypernyms: 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

Hypernyms: 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'

Hypernyms: communicating, communication Definition: the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information Usage: they could not act without official communication from Moscow

Synonyms: stake, post 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

Hypernyms: visual signal Definition: a signal that involves visual communication

Synonyms: post, mail 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

Hypernyms: aggregation, accumulation, assemblage, collection Definition: several things grouped together or considered as a whole

Synonyms: station, post 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

Hypernyms: 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)

Hypernyms: 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)

Hypernyms: writer, author Definition: writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)

Synonyms: post Definition: publicize with, or as if with, a poster Usage: I'll post the news on the bulletin board

Hypernyms: announce, denote Definition: make known; make an announcement Usage: She denoted her feelings clearly

Synonyms: post Definition: display, as of records in sports games

Hypernyms: record, put down, enter Definition: make a record of; set down in permanent form

Synonyms: brand, post Definition: mark or expose as infamous Usage: She was branded a loose woman

Hypernyms: 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

Synonyms: post, mail, send 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

Hypernyms: 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

Hypernyms: displace, move 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

Synonyms: put up, post Definition: place so as to be noticed Usage: post a sign; post a warning at the dump

Hypernyms: put in, set up, instal, install Definition: set up for use Usage: install the washer and dryer; We put in a new sink

Synonyms: stake, post Definition: mark with a stake Usage: stake out the path

Hypernyms: 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

Hypernyms: stick on, affix Definition: attach to Usage: affix the seal here

Synonyms: post Definition: ride Western style and bob up and down in the saddle in rhythm with a horse's trotting gait

Hypernyms: ride horseback Definition: ride on horseback

Synonyms: post, carry Definition: transfer (entries) from one account book to another

Hypernyms: 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

Hypernyms: delegate, depute, designate, assign Definition: give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)