post1 nounpost2 verb
postpost1 /pəʊst $ poʊst/ ●●● S2 W2 noun 
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- a fence post
- Environmentalists supported Murphy as the best candidate for the director's post.
- Her nightgown hung on a bed post.
- Paul was opening his post when Margot phoned.
- She has been offered the post of director of UNICEF.
- Soldiers are not allowed to leave their posts.
- the post of deputy environmental secretary
- Was there any post for me this morning?
- When he took up his present post at the BBC he was only 23.
- When the post came, she searched anxiously for his scrawled handwriting.
- You will receive the application form by post.
- A niece took over the post office when she married, and it was moved to the present premises.
- He had found the observation post two miles beyond the outer rim of the Jabal Hamrin.
- It has been increased by 27 posts.
- The post was duly advertised and an appointment was made from the end of June.
- The tarp rolled askew, one end wrapped around the goal post.
- When headmen's posts became vacant, many were sold by the chief headmen to the highest bidder.
THESAURUS
noun [countable] the regular paid work that you do for an employer: · a full-time job· John got a job in a car factory.
noun [uncountable] activities that you are paid for doing – used either when you work for an employer or when you work in your own business: · I started work when I was 18.· He graduated from college last year and is still looking for work.
noun [countable] a job for which you need special education and training: · There are now a lot more women in the legal profession.· Many teachers are leaving the profession.
noun [countable] formal a job, or a type of job – often used on official documents: · Please give your name, age, and occupation.· a traditionally male occupation
noun [countable] the work you do or plan to do for most of your life: · I’m interested in a career in journalism.
noun [countable] formal a particular job within an organization: · I am writing to apply for the position of technical assistant.· We regret that the position has already been filled.· Please state the position which you are applying for.
noun [countable] formal a job, especially an important one in a large organization: · She has held the post of managing director for two years.· He applied for the post of Senior Manager.
noun [countable] a job that is available for someone to do: · The hospital has been unable to fill the vacancy.· There are very few openings in scientific research.
noun [countable] an important job which someone is asked to do: · He took an appointment as US trade ambassador in Geneva.
noun [countable] a situation in which someone is sent somewhere to do a job for a period of time by the organization they work for: · This was his first posting outside the UK.· an overseas posting· His next posting took him to the Ministry of Defence.
noun [countable] a job that involves using your hands, and for which you need special training: · Most of the men had worked in skilled trades such as carpentry and printing.
noun [uncountable] the fact of having a job: · The factory will provide employment for local people.· She was offered employment in the sales office.
Longman Language Activatora job in a company or organization an important job in a company or organization, especially in an organization that moves its workers to different jobs: post of: · She has been offered the post of director of UNICEF.take up a post (=start doing a particular job): · When he took up his present post at the BBC he was only 23.teaching/government/director's etc post: · Environmentalists supported Murphy as the best candidate for the director's post.
a job at a particular level in a company or organization: position of: · We have decided to offer you the position of sales assistant starting next Monday.hold a position (=have a particular job): · What position did you hold at your previous company?fill a position (=to give someone a particular job): · Always look for the best person to fill any position, regardless of age, race, or gender.
formal if someone does something in a particular capacity , they do it because they have a particular job and it is part of that job: in somebody's capacity as something: · I'm here in my capacity as Union Representative.· In her capacity as war correspondent for ABC News, she has traveled all over the world.in an advisory legal/financial etc capacity: · He works for this firm in a legal capacity, giving advice on international law.
letters etc a written or printed message that is usually put in an envelope and sent by mail: · In a letter dated May 10th, the US government protested about the use of force in the republics.letter from somebody: · I got a letter from Anna today.letter to somebody: · Hamlin wrote a letter to the council, complaining about the incident.write somebody a letter: · Write me a letter and tell me all your news!get/receive a letter: · David, who won first prize in the lottery, has received more than 100 letters from charities asking for money.
British /mail especially American letters, papers, parcels etc that are sent and delivered using the postal system: · I picked up the mail -- no letters, only bills today.· Paul was opening his post when Margot phoned.· There was a pile of mail and a number of telephone messages waiting for Victor.· When the post came, she searched anxiously for his scrawled handwriting.· Was there any post for me this morning?by post: · You will receive the application form by post.by mail: · You can apply for a passport by mail.junk mail (=advertisements and other mail that you do not want): · So much junk mail ends up in my mailbox nowadays; I just throw it all away!
a short informal letter written from one person to another: · Just a quick note to say Helen had a baby boy yesterday -- 8lbs 6oz.leave (somebody) a note: · I forgot to leave them a note to tell them we won't be home by dinnertime.suicide note (=a note written just before someone kills themselves): · Police are puzzled about the man's death. There was no sign of a struggle and no suicide note.
a short letter written from one person to another within a company or organization: · Mr. Fitchel said he made the suggestion in a memo to his superiors.send (out) a memo: · The Managing Director sent out a memo to all employees saying there would be a meeting at 10 o'clock.
letters or e-mails that people write to each other regularly or over a long period of time: · Your fax should include copies of any correspondence you have received from our office.correspondence with: · The biography is based on Marx's correspondence with Engels over 40 years.
an electronic message sent using the Internet: · I came back from vacation to find 130 e-mails waiting for me.send somebody (an) e-mail: · Several people sent us e-mail asking for help with the software.get an e-mail: · I got an e-mail from Emma the other day.by email: · The reports are sent out weekly by email.e-mail address (=the letters or numbers that people use to send you e-mail): · The e-mail address for the dictionaries department is dict.edit@pearsoned-ema.com.
to send a letter, message, parcel etc · Send a cheque for £50 with your order.· How many Christmas cards did you send?send somebody something · Perhaps I should send him a note of apology.· She sent him a furious email.send something to something · He sent a dozen red roses to his girlfriend on her birthday.· MI5 intercepted a message sent from a business firm in Paris to The Hague.
British /mail especially American to send a letter, package etc by putting it in a letter box or taking it to the post office: · I must remember to post Joey's birthday card.· You may choose not to mail the payment until the due date.post/mail something to somebody: · Could you mail those photographs to me?· Tickets will be posted to you unless otherwise requested.post/mail somebody something: · I mailed my dad a postcard from Alaska.
to send someone a copy of a document or message electronically down a telephone line, using a fax machine: · Shall I fax the report or mail it?fax something to somebody: · The order will be faxed directly to the manufacturer.fax somebody something: · They've agreed to fax us their proposals tomorrow.
to send a message directly from one computer to another computer, using the Internet: · You can email Richard in Sydney.email somebody something: · I'll e-mail you his address when I get home.email something to somebody: · She spent the next hour e-mailing her resume to prospective employers.
to send something somewhere so that it can be dealt with: send something off: · I must send this film off to be processed.send off something: · When did you send off your application form?
to send something to an organization by mail, so that it can be dealt with: send something in: · We've sent our passports in to get them renewed.send in something: · The final date for sending in completed application forms is July 3rd.· Almost 1000 questionnaires have already been sent in.
to send something to a lot of people: send out something: · The club sends out a monthly newsletter to all its members.· Officials are sending out information packs to 4000 firms in the area.send something out: · We posted the wedding invitations in batches, rather than sending them all out at the same time.
to send a letter or written message to each person in a group in order to make sure that everyone receives the information you want them to receive: · While Shelley was still at school, he circulated a pamphlet attacking religion.circulate something around/to/through etc: · Sneed had circulated a letter round the department explaining the new pay cuts.· A list of well-known fraudsters was circulated to all local police chiefs.be widely circulated (=circulated to a lot of people): · The results of the survey were widely circulated.
formal to send something to someone, especially something they have ordered or are expecting: · The seller had agreed to dispatch the goods free of charge.dispatch something to something: · The proofs were then despatched to London for printing.
informal to send something by mail, especially when it is urgent: · She managed to get all the letters off before five o'clock.get sth off to: · I'll get this off to you first thing in the morning.
British to put a letter, parcel etc into a post box or take it to a post office to be sent: · I'll put a cheque in the post for you tonight.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Meaning 1verbs
women who suffer from post-natal depression (=that sometimes happens after the birth of a baby) Women fill 35% of senior management positions. Thank you for your letter. Unfortunately, the vacancy has already been filled. The UK should find another weapon to fill the same role. She was the first woman to hold the office of Australian state premier. The governor had held the post since 1989. the post-industrial information-based society food rationing in the immediate post-war years Monday is the last day to send cards by post to arrive by Christmas. The headteacher takes up her duties in August.
(=have a job)· He had previously held the post of Foreign Minister.
· I am writing to apply for the post of secretary.
(=start a new job)· She will take up her new post next month.
· The previous ambassador left his post in June.
(=leave it)· John Sargent has resigned his post as chairman.
(=be told to leave)· As a result of the scandal, he was dismissed from his post.
· He was offered the post of Secretary of State for Wales.
(=give someone a job officially)· Mr Collingwood has been appointed to the post of Headteacher.
(=find someone to do a job)· They have advertised the post but it hasn't yet been filled.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + post· Senior posts in industry attract very high salaries.
· He was offered a junior post in a bank.
· I have a two-year contract, not a permanent post.
· a part-time post as a university lecturer
· My first teaching post was in outer London.
· For the next twelve years, he held various administrative posts in Bombay.
· I decided to apply for a local government post.
Meaning 2verbs· They sent me the contract by post.
(=put it in a box to be collected)· I put it in the post on Friday, so it should have arrived today.
(=receive it)· Did you get anything in the post today?
· This letter came in the post this morning.
· I'm afraid the cheque must have got lost in the post.
adjectives· The package arrived by first-class post.
· Items sent by second-class post can take up to five days to arrive.
Meaning 4adjectives (=the first, second, or last collection or delivery of letters each day)· The last post is at 5.30.
verbs (=post your letter in time for it to be collected)· He wrote the letter hurriedly because he was anxious to catch the post.
(=not post your letter in time for it to be collected)· If I miss the post today, the card won’t arrive on her birthday.
(=it is collected)· The first post goes at 7.30 am.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES (=put it on a website)· The agency has posted an advertisement on its website for graduates to work overseas.
(also put up bail) (=pay an amount of money to be allowed to stay out of prison)· He had to post bail of US$100,000 before he could fly home to Canada.
(=a job in a cabinet)· She accepted a cabinet post with the new Conservative government.
British English (=post letters in time for them to be collected that day)
(=with a date on it that is later than the date you write the cheque)· She wanted a post-dated cheque for the next three months' rent.
informal (=completely deaf)· He won’t hear you - he’s as deaf as a post.
women who suffer from post-natal depression (=that sometimes happens after the birth of a baby)· a collection of romantic paintings from the Victorian era
(=an examination of a dead body to discover why the person died)· The post-mortem examination showed that he died from a blood clot in the brain.
Women fill 35% of senior management positions. Thank you for your letter. Unfortunately, the vacancy has already been filled. The UK should find another weapon to fill the same role. (=a town etc on a frontier)
She was the first woman to hold the office of Australian state premier. The governor had held the post since 1989. British English, mail a letter American English· Could you post this letter for me?
British English, be/get lost in the mail American English The parcel must have got lost in the post.
The parcel must have got lost in the post. (=a place from where you can observe something)· The peak of the mountain was a natural location for an observation post.
the post-industrial information-based society food rationing in the immediate post-war years (=officially announce a profit)· The company reported net profits of $3.6 million for fiscal year 2006.
· He later resigned his post as Minister of Energy.
Monday is the last day to send cards by post to arrive by Christmas. The headteacher takes up her duties in August.· I was soon to take up my first teaching post.
(=put something there)· She posted the photos on her website.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· Father Richard, who holds several administrative posts within the Benedictine order as well as being a parish priest, is a trained lawyer.· All appointments to military and administrative posts were in the gift of the Grand Prince.· A highly qualified horticulturist found his responsible and mainly administrative post terribly exhausting after his hearing became impaired.· Some former students have taken up administrative posts in various public and private enterprises and in the civil service and local government.· Appointments to administrative posts in government departments, public enterprises and other state bureaus are controlled by the appropriate party committee.· For the next twelve years he held various administrative posts in Bombay.
· Micky Bennett's free-kick was flicked on by Gary Blissett and Allon steered the ball in at the far post.· Savio came down the left side, with Alexi Lalas marking him and crossed the ball to the far post.· Reads the game well, makes many timely interventions on the far post in defence.· As Savio got close to the end line, he crossed the ball to the far post.· David Batty sent over a teasing cross and from beyond the far post Platt got in a powerful header.· He pumped the ball over to the far post where Whitton finished off, heading past Alan Kelly from eight yards.· It emerged at the far post where McGoldrick slid in to score his seventh goal of the season.· Jason Brummell clipped a free-kick over the defence and Gary Traviss hit a superb volley just inside the far post.
· In 1750 she married Charles Dalrymple, local landowner and Sheriff-Clerk of Ayrshire, an important post at that time.· Marvin was only thirty-nine, very young to be given such an important post as director of the National Security Council.· That did not make him a great writer, nor did that fact prevent his holding an important literary post.· Once elected, he had too many job-hungry party supporters to waste important posts on political rivals.· For most of the time he combined this with the very important post of deputy treasurer-at-wars.· Franco's concern with internal equilibrium was also reflected in the occupants of what were arguably the two most important cabinet posts.· It would be damaging if the central government was seen to determine such an important post.· Hilduin's kinsmen held important ecclesiastical posts in the heart of the empire.
· Cobham might adorn a diplomatic mission but would surely mismanage a key political post such as that of Canterbury's archbishopric.· Bill Clinton is scouring lists of eligible Republicans to take over key administration posts that have been held by Democrats.· Chief Constable Frank Taylor plans to employ civilians in key posts releasing more officers for patrol duties.· But they also say the United States seems to assume that it should not have to compete for the key posts.· There is also likely to be ring fencing of some key posts.· The National Gallery's incoming director, Mr Powell, has several key curatorial posts to fill.· It is also a key staging post on the route of birds travelling between Siberia and Australasia.
· This commemorates the creation in 1829 of a political and military post to govern the islands.· Deng was made senior deputy premier and soon added party and military posts.· However, he formally accepted the appointment on April 7 after resigning his military posts.· When she first arrived, she had thought the place as orderly as a military post.· All appointments to military and administrative posts were in the gift of the Grand Prince.
· Silvinho swung the ball in at pace to the near post, where Chris Armstrong glanced it into his own net.· Norbury crossed with an overhead kick and Dublin stabbed a close-range shot inside the near post.· The ball rolls slowly inside the near post.· Paul Bosvelt's cross to the near post appeared to be converted by Kluivert and was credited as such by the referee.· More information is available from your nearest post office.· Palace spurned numerous chances before Coleman headed in Southgate's cross at the near post after 56 minutes.· Molby swung in the free-kick and Saunders met it perfectly with his head on the near post to score a spectacular goal.· Ripley beat Paul Parker on the left, cut inside and hit a low cross to the near post.
· However the appointment of staff to fill the new posts meant that our overall complement was little changed and consciences were salved.· A new post of vice chairman was created, and freshman Sen.· In his new post Stewart displayed enthusiasm and flair.· Friends of Ickes hoped his efforts would earn him a prestigious new post.· If in his new post as security overseer he can reduce crime, well and good.· He chafes at the pomp and security that has descended on him with his new post.· Charlies leaving the show to take up his new post at the Kings almost at once.
· But he so impressed bosses they asked him to apply for the more senior post of general marketing director.· Unlike previous prime ministers he has had no real experience in government, running a ministry or serving in a senior post.· The Federal Chancellor's Office is the largest Federal ministry in terms of senior posts.· Clinton has subsequently named more than 100 gays and lesbians to senior posts.· The senior house officer post is a good place to start.· Even there, senior and management posts go disproportionately to men.· Indeed, it is evident that women were also under-represented in senior posts and concentrated in the lower posts available.· The proportion of women who hold senior political posts remains low.
· Not much of any importance until it became a staging post on the London to Brighton turnpike in the eighteenth.· This was, I kept telling myself, just a staging post.· In all these areas, stations played a vital role as the staging posts of industrial supply and demand.· They are the vital staging post for millions of birds migrating between Siberia and Australasia.· The new charters were to be a staging post.· Certainly Snaith Priory was a staging post for pilgrims travelling from Lincoln to York, as recorded on the altar kneelers.
· Others had grown up around old-established trading posts, such as those on the Gold Coast or in Sierra Leone.· They realised the strategic importance of the site and used it as a naval base and trading post.
· They made it to the winning post fairly creditably.· It was famous as the winning post of boat races from Westminster Bridge.· Less than 50 yards from the winning post, the horse unaccountably staggered, collapsed to the ground, and failed to finish.· Bite the Bullet continued to drift left-handed as the winning post raced towards them.· Rushing Wild's jockey, Richard Dunwoody, gave Dwyer a pat on the back a few yards after the winning post.· The tell-tale noises were close, but so was the winning post - or was it?
NOUN· McCready had watched him enter the corridor between the two border posts, then lost sight of him.· The border post formalities are quickly completed.· But yesterday at the Hendaye border post, near Bayonne, lorries were passing freely without any form of control.
· A command post was operating in Rukaramu.· The demonic forces have their command post in the basement offices of the psychology department.· Regrouping at the Colonel's command post began around 0300 hours, 90 minutes after landing.· The occasional sound of small-arms fire punctuated the lunchtime action at the company command post.· The government forces concentrated their efforts on the destruction of the Mbari command post.· We got three bunkered command posts destroyed here.· The living room was fitted as a command post with radio and large-scale maps on the wall.· My office became the temporary command post.
· Soldier impaled on fence post tells how he survived.· The legs of those who stood were like fence posts driven into a warm, squirming, farting, sighing earth.· He was beaten with a fence post and stabbed.· Our big thing here recently in the Southwest is displaying boots on fence posts along the highways.· Huge pyres of old railway sleepers and fence posts are being built to burn the bodies.· I would have been great as a chef, a Mandarin actor, or a fence post.· Patrick leaned in satisfaction on a fence post.· On the right is a worker painting bowling pins the size of fence posts.
· They told him they had heard that the doctor had managed to avoid them all by driving into the lamp post.· On the artificial turf of the Superdome, Smith raced around him as if he were a lamp post on Bourbon Street.· The other should be on if the image includes a lamp post.· One blooming lamp post at the corner and that's it.· Swerved and crashed into a lamp post.· They're better than lamp posts and that, cos trees grow out of the ground, so they're extra special like.· The populace took comfort in the fact that the law was unenforceable; there simply weren't enough lamp posts.· On the third lesson the defendant drove negligently and hit a lamp post.
· Capt. Warr found an excellent observation post, but our party was not so successful.· The bright red Infobox, a temporary three-story structure, provides a handy observation post.· It was some kind of an observation post or mast.· There could be other events, like the flamethrower attack on an observation post farther along the border.· The police stations were like forts, with enormous wire fences and armoured observation posts, but so what?· He had found the observation post two miles beyond the outer rim of the Jabal Hamrin.· My day is over, but the soldiers on the line will continue to man observation posts and patrol throughout the night.
· The post office's financial viability rests on its investment product, the good old post office savings book.· By 1888, the Contention City post office closed; other communities followed.· Any post office receipts for registered mail should be gummed into a special book kept for that purpose. 5.· Credit card payments are now accepted at nearly every post office.· Until her marriage in 1903 she worked in post offices in Buckinghamshire, Essex, and Hampshire.· An account can be opened at any post office with a minimum of £5.· There is still a post office.· Some found jobs in the post office.
· Some former course members have since obtained fulltime teaching posts in adult education.· Local Management of Schools also raises the problem of how extensively and at what costs a teaching post should be advertised?· Julie Jack, emeritus fellow in philosophy, was appointed to a teaching post at King's College, Cambridge.· His father had been accepted for a teaching post.· And several teaching posts may also go.· Everyone in the profession is aware that some people can be absent from teaching posts and not be missed.· A prestigious teaching post at Winchester had been terminated abruptly some years before, and Hugo had failed to hold another since.
· A comparison with the position of young people at other stages in the post war period helps to put this in context.· During the post war period there have been a number of studies of the transition from school to work.· I have no date for the 3d ticket but it could be post war.· He did inherit the assets of the Company post war, but took the projects no further.· The immediate post war period was also when the practice of retirement at around age 65 became almost universal among manual workers.· The great boom of the war years had passed and the docks were settling down to the post war doldrums.
VERB· No entry will be accepted after last post on Wednesday September 30, 1992.· Credit card payments are now accepted at nearly every post office.· But will Reilly now accept the post?· It was often difficult to persuade able men to accept diplomatic posts in distant capitals.· After the restoration of democracy in 1994 he returned and accepted the post of adviser to President Rene
· The same applies for the post of Sun Microsystems Computer Corp's vice president of marketing.· Three of the committee members have applied for council posts, negating their earlier commitments not to.· I applied for the occasional post that I thought might be interesting, but never heard anything back.· Students are eligible for a loan during the sandwich or placement year and may apply by post.· Originally I'd hoped to apply for Scale 2 posts ... but there are very few jobs, now.· A similar procedure should be applied to all research posts.· Pregnancy is acceptable, but should a woman lose her baby she will lose her right to apply for such a post.· They became close friends, and when Arnet died in 1728 Hooper applied for the vacant post.
· Melancia, who had been appointed to the post in mid-1987, had been implicated in a financial scandal in February 1990.· She had been appointed to big post in State Department there.· Eric Connor has been appointed to the new post of director of resources at Northern Electric's operational director's department.· Lahoud, formerly commander in chief of the army, uses officers he has appointed to key posts as his power base.· Cumin makes the significant point that employers appoint school leavers to posts before examination results are known in any case.· Julie Jack, emeritus fellow in philosophy, was appointed to a teaching post at King's College, Cambridge.· Until a generation ago it was not uncommon for a successful parish church organist to be appointed to a cathedral post.
· The summons arrives in the post.· After they have arrived at their posts, however, disappointment and frustration sometimes set in.· Jot your entries on a postcard please, addressed to Caption Competition 1155 to arrive by first post on 27 March.· The International Speakers of the Co-Workers told me that cheques large and small arrive regularly in their post.· Entries must arrive by last post on Friday August 30, 1991.· Armed with these unpromising instructions he arrived and assumed his post on 31 August 1946.· A little parcel had arrived through the post that morning from the old people's home at Tower Hamlets.· Five days later, two official copies of the letter arrived by post.
· In some cases schools have taken the opportunity offered by a delegated budget to create new posts.· Mr Milburn said the Labour party would create the post of an Environment Minister.
· However the appointment of staff to fill the new posts meant that our overall complement was little changed and consciences were salved.· MacDonald could scarcely find enough party stalwarts with the ability or experience to fill even the major posts.· The training council is now trying to recruit some one to fill the £45,000-a-year post.· She used to be with Grand Metropolitan and now, apparently, they've had to appoint men to fill her post.· Mr Ozal is now under pressure to seek agreement with the opposition on a suitably dignified figure to fill the post.· Also, when does the right hon. and learned Gentleman hope to fill the post of Director of Public Prosecutions?· Staff are also seconded to fill established posts in geological survey departments in the developing nations of the Commonwealth.
· Both West Ham and Leeds had good chances to score with Pemberton hitting the post during the second half.· An open-net, point-blank shot from 5 feet out hit the post in the third period.· It was only a month ago that the index hit a post crash high of 2,423.9.· Gretzky just missed adding another goal in the third, when he hit the left post at 4: 28.· The whole ground groaned as Mike hit the post.· Earlier, Craggs had kicked a penalty and then hit the post when attempting to convert Steve Towns' try.· Pemberton hit the post from a long way out for Leeds.· I thought that maybe, with the ribber on half pitch, the transfer needle had hit a ribber sinker post.
· He also holds the posts of Prime Minister and Defence Minister.· House Republican Conference rules prohibit a censured lawmaker from being a committee chairman or holding a leadership post.· Floirat remained attached to his native region and had held the mayor's post in Nailhac since 1959.· He currently holds the post of chief operating officer.· Two of the ministers particularly distinguished themselves by holding the post for a six-month period.· That did not make him a great writer, nor did that fact prevent his holding an important literary post.· Though he holds no official post, he is seen as the most influential politician in the state.
· I thought that Duncan Nichol was leaving his post as chief executive of the health service in June.· Because utmost vigilance was required of him, he was reluctant to leave his post for any length of time.· Officials have been accused of massive theft of government funds in the months before leaving their posts.· Oengo chose to become a pastor, and left his university post without compensation.
· Hides and footpaths give close views and there are listening posts and a tap rail for handicapped visitors.· In 1963 two more of the second-generation seaborne listening posts were commissioned.· One former employee of the Kirknewton listening post explained the routine: Intercepted telegrams came through on telex machines.· At night, we would go on ambush patrol or sit in a foxhole or listening post.· Smaller listening posts were located at Guam.· It was capable of duplicating everything those listening posts could do.
· Probably got lost in the post.· Felix Gromov, 60, who not only lost his post but was dismissed from the navy.· If you cut too much, the context could be lost when the original post is deleted.· He remembers, Afterward Wu lost his academic post because of Red Guard reports.· Even then, they can lose the post for the most bizarre reasons.
· The number of funded vacancies may be insufficient for all of them to be offered full-time posts.· He returned to Hopkins after Blalock offered him a post in the art department.· He was more interested in offering the post to John Lloyd, one of the most respected journalists on the Financial Times.· He was offered the post of clerk to the Privy Council or of Ambassador to Savoy.· Six seats would be allocated to Taylor, who was offered the post of Speaker and could make nominations for the cabinet.· Following Bennett's withdrawal a number of other candidates had been unsuccessfully approached until Yeutter was offered the post on Jan. 3.· Morris wrote endlessly and was even offered the post of poet laureate.· It is understood that he would have liked to have been offered the post of Leader of the House.
· Its first act, on Tuesday, was to oblige Kinnock to remain in his post until 18 July.· Many of the remaining posts are shabby, unsafe and ill-equipped.· Mr Hodac remains in his post until a replacement is appointed.· Let them remain dumb as a post.· Publicly, Mr Kinnock's closest colleagues were urging him to remain in post.· Arias had remained in the constitutional post of First Vice-President without attending Cabinet meetings.· All three staff remain in post.
· Iliescu resigned his party posts following his assumption of the presidency and asked Roman to form a government.· Bourne resigned his post over a controversy involving a prescription he wrote for a member of his staff.· Football League President Gordon McKeag is set to resign his post and stand again as an independent candidate.· From the wait-and-negotiate camp, Secretary of State Vance resigned his post in protest.
· Robertson retained his post as Minister of Information.· He has retained his post at the imperial court in Hue.· No doubt it was easier to reform it with Dzerzhihsky nut of Moscow, although he retained his post as head.· Nim retained his post as Vice-Minister of National Defence.· Gen. Oscar Botero, the Defence Minister under the previous regime, was retained in his post.· Cardoso de Mello retained her post.
· One was returned by the post office and one other had been sent to an inappropriate student.· The military leader was returned to the post he first held from 1979 until 1991, when public discontent forced him out.· After the restoration of democracy in 1994 he returned and accepted the post of adviser to President Rene· The gendarmes returned to their posts as the crowd stood frozen in stunned silence.· Sister Andrew returned to her post.
· Her Confidential File etc. has been sent via registered post.· Documentation is sent through the post when the software is downloaded.· All tickets sent by return post.· But it is illegal to import it, send it through the post or display it to the general public.· Fax or telex messages should therefore refer to the standard terms, but the terms themselves be sent by post.· Registration of mail is used when money or valuables are sent through the post.· Or if you're not going back to the hospital, it will be sent to you by post.
· A niece took over the post office when she married, and it was moved to the present premises.· Hilton took over the post in 1966 from his father, company founder Conrad Hilton.· He will take up his new post next month.· Also, you can use this jig if you are taking your posts down and placing them on sawhorses.· Horsley cheerfully admitted when he took up the post of Chair that he knew nothing about newspapers.· Thomas F.. Birmingham, who has the secured the necessary votes to take over the post.· Soon afterwards his father took up a post as superintendent with the Electric Telegraph Company in London.· Thomas Birmingham, a third-term legislator, is expected to take over the post.
· With half the teaching posts unfilled, only 60 % of children receive an education.
· Prices at the trading posts averaged nine times higher than back East.· The fort became a trading post that attracted a religiously diverse population.· And there's a new trading post in the museum.· Traders began encouraging Navajo women to weave rugs to trade for food and necessities at the trading post.· He was visiting one of our trading posts there, and never came back.· Almost immediately this treaty was transgressed by the construction of fortified trading posts on the Platte River and along the Oregon Trail.
· Backed by the conservative establishment, Mr Rafsanjani stands alone among 29 reformers, who won the other posts.· It was that reputation for impartiality that in December 1995, won him the sensitive post of investigating Gingrich.· Lugar won the post in 1964 and found himself allied with the top vote-getter, a black woman.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► somebody’s post► the post► the postPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► the last post► be driven/pushed from pillar to post► pip somebody at the post► relieve somebody of their post/duties/command etc
- Administrative offices and on-campus police posts were damaged by stones and petrol bombs in three Tunis University faculties.
- But yesterday at the Hendaye border post, near Bayonne, lorries were passing freely without any form of control.
- Deng was made senior deputy premier and soon added party and military posts.
- However, he formally accepted the appointment on April 7 after resigning his military posts.
- In reality guerrilla action was largely indiscriminate with sporadic attacks on the occasional landlord, local official, or police post.
- The border post formalities are quickly completed.
- This commemorates the creation in 1829 of a political and military post to govern the islands.
- When she first arrived, she had thought the place as orderly as a military post.
- A friend on the Examiner staff sent a supply of Combat by express mail.
- Competition has forced drastic improvements in some areas, such as express mail.
- Editing was done via express mail.
- The thing will make phone calls, fax, send E-mail, post or express mail, address envelops and post reminders.
- There are three principal product areas: letters, express mail and parcels.
- Any sent will be copied and sent back by return of post.
- But Smith bailed them out by returning seven punts for a school-record 150 yards.
- Companies are classified by returns, and all companies with an equivalent return have the same business risk.
- Earlier this year, the Dole campaign alienated many Log Cabin members by returning a campaign contribution from the gay organization.
- He was given 25 years but tried to negotiate a cut in his sentence by returning half of the stolen gold.
- I end it by returning to those encounters.
- Please answer by return of mail.
- Professor Sano writes back by return mail.
- First-class and second-class mail should be put through the machine on separate runs.
- The quantity relative for second-class stamps is 140.0, indicating an increase in numbers bought of 40%.
WORD FAMILYnounpostpostagepostiepostingadjectivepostalverbpost
1job [countable] formal a job, especially an important one in a large organization SYN position: I applied for the post and was asked to attend an interview. She was offered the post of ambassador to India. He will take up his post as Head of Modern Languages in September. Goddard has held the post since 1998. Unfortunately they were unable to find a suitable person to fill the post. Mr Thomson resigned his £50,000 a year post in April. She now holds a senior post in the Department of Education. the creation of 4,000 new teaching posts► see thesaurus at job2postal system the post British English the official system for carrying letters, packages etc from one place to another SYN mailby post The winners will be notified by post.in the post Your letter must have got lost in the post. I’ll put a copy of the book in the post (=send it).through the post A parcel arrived through the post.3letters [uncountable] British English letters, packages etc that are sent and delivered SYN mail: Was there any post for me today? Emma was opening her post.4collection/delivery [singular, uncountable] British English when letters are collected or delivered SYN mail: What time does the post go (=get collected)?(the) first/second/last post (=the first, second etc collection or delivery of letters each day) Applications must arrive by first post on September 23.catch/miss the post (=post your letter in time for it to be collected, or not in time) → by return (of post) at return2(12)5piece of wood/metal [countable] a strong upright piece of wood, metal etc that is fixed into the ground, especially to support something: a fence post → bedpost, gatepost(1), lamp-post, signpost1(1)6football/hockey etc [countable] one of the two upright pieces of wood between which players try to kick or hit the ball in football, hockey etc SYN goalpost: The ball hit the post and bounced off.7newspaper [singular] used in the names of some newspapers: the ‘Washington Post’8soldier/guard etc somebody’s post the place where a soldier, guard etc is expected to be in order to do their jobat somebody’s post By 5 am the soldiers were already at their posts. No one was allowed to leave their post.9border/military/customs/police post a place, especially one on a border, where soldiers or police are guarding, checking etc something10race the post (also the finishing post) the place where a race finishes, especially a horse race: Mr Magic was first past the post.11internet message [countable] (also posting) a message sent to an Internet discussion group so that all members of the group can read it: There was post after post criticizing the Minister. → as deaf as a post at deaf(1), → be driven/passed from pillar to post at pillar(4), → pip somebody at the post at pip2(1), → first-past-the-postCOLLOCATIONS– Meaning 1verbshold a post (=have a job)· He had previously held the post of Foreign Minister.apply for a post· I am writing to apply for the post of secretary.take up a post (=start a new job)· She will take up her new post next month.leave a post· The previous ambassador left his post in June.resign (from) a post (=leave it)· John Sargent has resigned his post as chairman.be dismissed from a post (=be told to leave)· As a result of the scandal, he was dismissed from his post.offer somebody a post· He was offered the post of Secretary of State for Wales.appoint somebody to a post (=give someone a job officially)· Mr Collingwood has been appointed to the post of Headteacher.fill a post (=find someone to do a job)· They have advertised the post but it hasn't yet been filled.ADJECTIVES/NOUN + posta senior post· Senior posts in industry attract very high salaries.a junior post· He was offered a junior post in a bank.a permanent/temporary post· I have a two-year contract, not a permanent post.a full-time/part-time post· a part-time post as a university lecturera teaching post· My first teaching post was in outer London.an administrative post· For the next twelve years, he held various administrative posts in Bombay.a government post· I decided to apply for a local government post.COLLOCATIONS– Meaning 2verbssend something by post· They sent me the contract by post.put something in the post (=put it in a box to be collected)· I put it in the post on Friday, so it should have arrived today.get something in the post (=receive it)· Did you get anything in the post today?something comes/arrives in the post· This letter came in the post this morning.something gets lost in the post· I'm afraid the cheque must have got lost in the post.adjectivesfirst-class post· The package arrived by first-class post.second-class post· Items sent by second-class post can take up to five days to arrive.COLLOCATIONS– Meaning 4adjectivesfirst/second/last post (=the first, second, or last collection or delivery of letters each day)· The last post is at 5.30.verbscatch the post (=post your letter in time for it to be collected)· He wrote the letter hurriedly because he was anxious to catch the post.miss the post (=not post your letter in time for it to be collected)· If I miss the post today, the card won’t arrive on her birthday.the post goes (=it is collected)· The first post goes at 7.30 am.post1 nounpost2 verb
postpost2 ●●● S3 verb [transitive] VERB TABLE
post
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | post |
| he, she, it | posts | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | posted |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have posted |
| he, she, it | has posted | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had posted |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will post |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have posted |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am posting |
| he, she, it | is posting | |
| you, we, they | are posting | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was posting |
| you, we, they | were posting | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been posting |
| he, she, it | has been posting | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been posting |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be posting |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been posting |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- I mailed my dad a postcard from Alaska.
- I must remember to post Joey's birthday card.
- In the third quarter the company posted profits of $14.6 million.
- Rangers have posted warnings at the entrance to the trails.
- Sentries are being posted outside all government buildings.
- They have posted guards at every door to make sure no one enters the building.
- Tickets will be posted to you unless otherwise requested.
- If no journal is maintained, transactions would simply be posted to the ledger as they occurred.
- Information abounds - piste maps are dispensed beside lift queues, weather forecasts are posted everywhere and broadcast incessantly.
- It is being centred on the North- east, where the three explosive packages were posted.
- P 500 and the Nasdaq index posted similar advances.
- Picture yourself posting the letter, and feeling that it was a simple matter after all!
- The trading losses were announced as Pier 1 posted strong sales.
Longman Language Activatorto put someone in a place
: put somebody in/on/at etc · They put me in a room on my own and locked the door.· The photographer arranged the wedding guests, putting the smallest ones at the front.· Grandmother was getting too frail to live on her own, so we had to put her in an old people's home.
to put a soldier or police officer in a position where they will be able to guard a place or watch whoever is coming in or going out: · They have posted guards at every door to make sure no one enters the building.· Sentries are being posted outside all government buildings.
to put a group of soldiers or police officers in a particular place, especially so that they are ready to guard it: · The French generals had positioned thousands of troops along the border.· Army units are to be positioned at all major installations including factories and power stations.
to send a letter, message, parcel etc · Send a cheque for £50 with your order.· How many Christmas cards did you send?send somebody something · Perhaps I should send him a note of apology.· She sent him a furious email.send something to something · He sent a dozen red roses to his girlfriend on her birthday.· MI5 intercepted a message sent from a business firm in Paris to The Hague.
British /mail especially American to send a letter, package etc by putting it in a letter box or taking it to the post office: · I must remember to post Joey's birthday card.· You may choose not to mail the payment until the due date.post/mail something to somebody: · Could you mail those photographs to me?· Tickets will be posted to you unless otherwise requested.post/mail somebody something: · I mailed my dad a postcard from Alaska.
to send someone a copy of a document or message electronically down a telephone line, using a fax machine: · Shall I fax the report or mail it?fax something to somebody: · The order will be faxed directly to the manufacturer.fax somebody something: · They've agreed to fax us their proposals tomorrow.
to send a message directly from one computer to another computer, using the Internet: · You can email Richard in Sydney.email somebody something: · I'll e-mail you his address when I get home.email something to somebody: · She spent the next hour e-mailing her resume to prospective employers.
to send something somewhere so that it can be dealt with: send something off: · I must send this film off to be processed.send off something: · When did you send off your application form?
to send something to an organization by mail, so that it can be dealt with: send something in: · We've sent our passports in to get them renewed.send in something: · The final date for sending in completed application forms is July 3rd.· Almost 1000 questionnaires have already been sent in.
to send something to a lot of people: send out something: · The club sends out a monthly newsletter to all its members.· Officials are sending out information packs to 4000 firms in the area.send something out: · We posted the wedding invitations in batches, rather than sending them all out at the same time.
to send a letter or written message to each person in a group in order to make sure that everyone receives the information you want them to receive: · While Shelley was still at school, he circulated a pamphlet attacking religion.circulate something around/to/through etc: · Sneed had circulated a letter round the department explaining the new pay cuts.· A list of well-known fraudsters was circulated to all local police chiefs.be widely circulated (=circulated to a lot of people): · The results of the survey were widely circulated.
formal to send something to someone, especially something they have ordered or are expecting: · The seller had agreed to dispatch the goods free of charge.dispatch something to something: · The proofs were then despatched to London for printing.
informal to send something by mail, especially when it is urgent: · She managed to get all the letters off before five o'clock.get sth off to: · I'll get this off to you first thing in the morning.
British to put a letter, parcel etc into a post box or take it to a post office to be sent: · I'll put a cheque in the post for you tonight.
to send someone somewhere to make someone or something go somewhere: send somebody/something out/to/back etc: · He sent the children out of the room so we could talk.· There are no plans to send British troops to the area.· He travelled all over the world, but decided to send his son to school in England.
to send someone to another place very quickly, especially so that you do not have to deal with them or they do not cause you any problems: pack somebody off (to): · They gave her her supper and then packed her off to bed.be packed off (to): · To prevent a scandal, John was rapidly packed off to another city.
formal to send someone or something to a place, especially so that they can help in a difficult or dangerous situation: · The government dispatched 150 police to restore order.· As soon as the news reached them, a second airplane was despatched.dispatch somebody/something to: · A recovery vehicle was immediately dispatched to the area.
to send a group of soldiers, police, medical workers etc somewhere to deal with a difficult or dangerous situation: send in somebody: · After the earthquake, the Red Cross sent in medical teams from around the world.send somebody in: · Sending troops in would only make the situation worse.
to send someone somewhere to do a particular job, especially somewhere far away: send out somebody: · The paper sent out several teams of reporters to follow the progress of the war.· Their top computer engineers were sent out to tackle the problem.send somebody out: · We'll send a mechanic out as soon as we can.
if someone such as a soldier or government official is posted to a place, especially somewhere abroad, they are sent there to do their job: be posted to: · My father was posted to Hong Kong when I was six.· He joined the company three years ago and is hoping to be posted to Asia soon.be posted as: · Terry's just heard he's been posted as liaison officer on the USS Nebraska.
if a member of an army, navy, or air force is stationed somewhere, they are sent to that place for a period of military duty: be stationed in/at/there etc: · My uncle was stationed in Burma during the war.· At the weekend, all the local bars were full of soldiers stationed at Fort Bragg.
WORD SETSaccess, verbaccess point, nounaccess time, nounaccounting system, accumulator, nounadd-on, nounADSL, nounaffective computing, nounAI, nounALGOL, nounalias, nounANSI, anti-spam, adjectiveanti-virus, adjectiveanti-virus software, nounAPL, nounapp, nounApple, Apple Macintosh, applet, nounapplication, nounapplication software, nounarcade game, nounarchitecture, nounarchive, nounarchive, verbarray, nounartificial intelligence, nounASCII, nounASIC, nounASP, nounassembly language, nounasynchronous, adjectiveAT&T, attachment, nounaudit trail, nounautomate, verbautomated, adjectiveautomation, nounavatar, nounB2B exchange, nounB2C, adjectiveB2E, adjectiveBabbage, Charles, backslash, nounbackspace, nounbackup, nounback-up copy, bandwidth, nounbar code, nounBASIC, nounbatch, nounbatch processing, nounbaud rate, nounBerners-Lee, Tim, bespoke, adjectivebeta test, nounBig Blue, bioinformatics, nounbiometric, adjectivebit, nounbitmap, nounBlackBerry, nounbloatware, nounblog, nounBluetooth, nounBMP, nounbond certificate, book entry, bookmark, nounbookmark, verbbook of final entry, nounbook of first entry, nounBoolean, adjectiveboot, verbbootable, adjectivebootstrapping, nounbot, nounbotnet, nounbps, brain dump, nounbroadband, nounbrown goods, nounbrowse, verbbrowser, nounbubble jet printer, nounbuddy list, nounbuffer, nounbuffer, verbbug, nounbulletin board, nounbundle, nounbundle, verbburn, verbbus, nounbusiness continuity services, nounbusiness continuity services, button, nounbyte, nounCabinet Office Briefing Rooms, cable modem, nouncache, nouncache, verbCAD, nounCAD/CAM, nounCAL, nounCalifornia, nounCALL, nounCAM, nounCambridge, Capita, caps lock, nouncapture, verbcapture, nouncard, nouncathode ray tube, nounCAT scan, nounCBT, nounCD-R, nounCD-ROM, nounCD-ROM drive, CDRW, nounCD-RW, nouncentral processing unit, nouncentral processor, nounCGI, nounCHAPS, character, nounchat room, nouncheat, nouncheckbox, nounchip, nounchip card, CIM, CIO, clerical assistant, click, verbclickable, adjectiveclient, nounclient machine, client-server, adjectiveclient/server architecture, clip art, nounclipboard, nouncloaking, nounclock cycle, nounclock speed, nounclone, nouncluster, nounCOBOL, nouncode, nouncoder, nouncom, Comdex, nouncommand, nouncomm port, comms, nouncompact disc, nounCompaq, compatibility, nouncompatible, adjectivecompatible, nouncompile, verbcompiler, nouncompress, verbcomputer, nouncomputer (industry) analyst, computer-aided, adjectivecomputer-aided design, nouncomputer-aided manufacture, computer-aided manufacturing, nouncomputer-assisted, adjectivecomputerate, adjectivecomputer-based training, computer-generated, adjectivecomputer-integrated manufacture, computerize, verbcomputer-literate, adjectivecomputer modelling, nouncomputer science, nouncomputer system, computer virus, nouncomputing, nounconcordance, nounconfiguration, nounconfigure, verbconnect, verbconnectivity, nounconsole, nouncontrol, nouncontrol key, nouncookie, nouncoordinate, nounCorel, corrupt, verbcounter, nouncourseware, nounCPU, nouncrack, verbcrack, nouncracker, nouncrash, verbcrash, nounCroft, Lara, cross-platform, adjectivecross-posting, nounCtrl, nouncursor, nouncut, verbcutover, nouncyber-, prefixcybercrime, nouncybernetics, nouncyberpunk, nouncybersickness, nouncyberspace, nouncyberterrorist, nouncyberwidow, noundata, noundata bank, noundatabase, noundatabase management, database management system, data capture, noundata centre, data dictionary, noundata encryption standard, noundata file, data interchange format file, data mining, noundata processing, noundata protection, Data Protection Act, the, Dateline, daytrader, nounday trading, nounDBMS, debug, verbdecision support system, decode, verbdecompress, verbdecrypt, verbdefault, noundefragment, verbDel, noundelete, verbdeletion, noundeliverable, noundematerialize, verbdemo, verbdemonstration version, denial of service attack, noundeselect, verbdesktop, noundesktop computer, noundesktop publishing, noundestination site, dialogue box, noundial-up, adjectivedigerati, noundigicam, noundigital nervous system, digital rights management, digital wallet, nounDilbert, direct access, noundirectory, noundisaster recovery, noundisc, noundisinfect, verbdisk, noundisk drive, noundiskette, noundisk operating system, display, noundisplay, verbdistributed processing, Dixons, dock, noundock, verbdocking station, noundocument, noundocument sharing, noundongle, nounDOS, noundot-matrix printer, noundouble click, verbdouble-click, verbdouble density, adjectivedown, adverbdownload, verbdownload, noundownloadable, adjectivedowntime, noundown time, downwardly compatible, adjectiveDP, noundrag, verbdrive, noun-driven, suffixdriver, noundropdown, noundrop down, noundrop-down menu, nounDTP, noundumb terminal, dump, verbdump, nounDVD, nounDVD-ROM, nounEasdaq, noune-book, noune-business, nounECN, noune-commerce, nouneditor, nounedutainment, noune-fatigue, nounE-FIT, nounEFTPOS, nounelectronic, adjectiveelectronic bill of lading, electronic cottage, nounelectronic data interchange, nounelectronic funds transfer, nounelectronic invoice, electronic mail, nounelectronic media, electronic publishing, nounelectronics, nounelectrosmog, nounEllison, Larry, email, nounemail account, embed, verbencrypt, verbend-to-end, adjectiveenter, verbenterprise application integration, nounentry, nounEPROM, noune-publishing, nounequipment leasing, erase, verbErnie, error, nounerror message, nounescape key, Ethernet, noune-ticket, nounE-ticket, nounexecutable, nounexecute, verbexecution, nounexit, verbexpansion card, nounexpansion slot, nounexpert system, nounexport, verbextension, nounextranet, nouneye scan, nounF2F, adjectivefabricator, nounfactory preset, nounfatware, nounfeed, verbfeed, nounfield, nounfifth generation computer, file, nounfile manager, nounfilename, nounfile sharing, nounfile transfer, filing system, filter, nounfirewall, nounfirmware, nounfirst generation, nounfirst in, first out, nounfirst-person shooter, nounfive nines, nounfixed wireless, nounflash, verbflash, nounflash drive, nounflash memory, nounflatscreen, adjectiveflat screen, flip chip, nounfloor broker, floppy disk, nounfly-by-wire, nounfolder, nounfont, nounfooter, nounfootprint, nounforklift upgrade, nounformat, verbFortran, nounforum, noun404, adjectivefreeware, nounftp, nounfunction, nounfunctionality, nounfunction key, nounfungible, adjectivefuzzy logic, nounGame Boy, gameplay, noungamer, noungaming, noungarbage in, garbage out, Gates, Bill, gateway, nounghost, nounGIF, noungigabit, noungigabyte, nounGIGO, GIS, nounGlitter, Gary, global, adjectiveGLOBEX, nounGMS, nounGoogle, gopher, noungraphical, adjectivegraphical user interface, noungraphics, noungraphics card, noungraphic software, grid computing, noungroupware, nounGUI, nounhack, verbhack, nounhacker, nounhacktivist, nounhandshake, nounhard copy, nounhard disk, nounhard drive, nounhardware, nounhard-wired, adjectiveHawk, Tony, Hawking, Stephen, head, nounheader, nounhelp, nounhelp desk, nounhelp menu, help screen, nounHewlett Packard, hexadecimal, adjectivehigh-definition, adjectivehigh-level, adjectivehigh-level language, highlight, verbhome computer, home office, nounhome shopping, hookup, nounhook-up, nounhost computer, hot key, nounhot link, nounhot spot, nounHTML, nounhttp, hyperlink, nounhypertext, nounIBM, icon, nounICT, nounidentifier, nouniMac, nounimport, verbinbox, nounincremental backup, nounincubator space, industrial design, infect, verbinfected, adjectiveinformation exchange, information retrieval, nouninformation system, information technology, nouninfowar, nouninitialize, verbinkjet printer, nouninput, nouninput, verbinput/output, adjectiveinstall, verbinstaller, nounInstinet, Intel, intelligent terminal, interactive, adjectiveinteractive whiteboard, nouninterface, nouninterface, verbInternational Securities Exchange, nounInternet cafe, nounInternet Service Provider, interpreter, nounintranet, nouninvoke, verbIP address, nouniPod, nouniris scan, nounISDN, nounISP, nounIT, nouniterate, verbiTunes, iTV, nounJava, nounjob, nounjob bank, Jobs, Steve, joystick, nounJPEG, nounK, KB, keno, nounkey, nounkeyboard, nounkeyboard, verbkeyboarder, nounkeypad, nounkeystroke, nounkeyword, nounkilobyte, nounkit, nounkludge, nounknowledge base, Kraftwerk, LAN, nounlanguage, nounlaptop, nounlaser disk, nounlaser printer, nounlaunch, verbLCD, nounlight industry, nounlight pen, nounline printer, nounlink, verbLinux, nounLISP, nounlisting paper, listserv, nounload, verblocal area network, nounlog file, LOGO, nounloop, nounlow-level, adjectiveMac, nounmachine, nounmachine code, nounmachine language, machine-readable, adjectiveMacintosh, nounmacro, nounmagnetic disk, nounmagnetic media, nounmagnetic tape, nounmail, nounmail, verbmailbomb, nounmailbox, nounmailing list, nounmail merge, nounmainframe, nounmainframe computer, main memory, manual, adjectivemaximize, verbmegabyte, nounmemory, nounmemory address, memory bank, nounmemory card, nounmemory hog, nounMemory Stick, nounmenu, nounmessage, nounmetadata, nounmicro, nounmicrochip, nounmicrocomputer, nounmicroelectronics, nounmicroprocessor, nounMicrosoft, MIDI, nounmigrate, verbmigration, nounMillennium bug, minicomputer, nounminimize, verbmips, mission-critical, adjectiveMIT, mixer, nounmodel, nounmodel, verbmodelling, nounmodem, nounmodule, nounmonitor, nounMoore, Gordon, Moore's Law, nounmorphing, nounmotherboard, nounMotorola, mouse, nounmouse mat, nounmouse miles, nounmouse potato, nounMP3 player, nounMP4 player, nounMPEG, nounMSC, nounMS-DOS, multimedia, adjectivemulti-player gaming, nounmultiple applications, multiplexer, nounmultitasking, nounnagware, nounNasdaq, nounNASDAQ, Naseem, Prince, National Market System, nounNEC, nerd, nounnest, verbNetscape Navigator, network, nounnetwork, verbneural computer, nounneural network, nounneuroinformatics, nounnewbie, nounnew economy, nounNintendo, node, nounnoise, nounnotebook, nounnumber-cruncher, nounnumber crunching, nounobject, nounobject language, object-oriented, adjectiveOCR, nounOfex, nounoffice machinery, offline, adverboff-line, adjectiveonline, adjectiveonline catalogue, online updating, nounon-screen, adjectiveopen, verbOpen Group, the, open outcry, nounopen system, nounoperating system, nounoperation, nounoptical character recognition, nounoptical fibre, nounoption, nounorder, nounorganizing business, OSI, nounoutbox, nounoutput, nounoutput, verbover-the-counter dealing, over-the-counter market, over-the-counter share, over-the-counter stock, over-the-counter trading, overwrite, verbP2P, adjectivepackage, nounpacket, nounpacket-switching, nounpage, nounpage break, nounpalette, nounpalm phone, nounpalmtop, nounpaperless, adjectiveparallel data query, parallel port, parallel processing, nounPASCAL, nounpass-along, adjectivepassword, nounpaste, verbpasting, nounpatch, nounpause, verbPC, nounPC Card, nounPDA, nounPDF, nounPDF file, pen drive, nounPentium, peripheral, adjectiveperipheral, nounpersonal communicator, nounpersonal computer, nounpersonal electronic device, nounpersonal organizer, nounpetaflop, nounphishing, nounping, verbpiracy, nounpirate, verbpixel, nounplasma screen, nounplatform, nounplatform game, nounPlayStation, plotter, nounplug and play, nounplug-and-play, adjectiveplug-in, nounpointer, nounpop-under, nounpop-up, nounport, nounport, verbportable, adjectivepost, verbpost-industrial, adjectivePostScript, nounPowerPoint, nounprint, verbprinter, nounprintout, nounprint-out, nounprint preview, nounprocess, verbprocessing, nounprocessor, nounprogram, nounprogram, verbprogram file, programmable, adjectiveprogrammer, nounprogramme trading, programming, nounprogramming language, PROLOG, nounPROM, nounprompt, verbprompt, nounprotocol, nounPsion, pull down, nounpull-down, adjectivepull-down menu, nounpunched card, nounquantum computer, nounQuarkXPress, queue, nounqwerty, adjectiveRAM, nounrandom access memory, nounread, verbread only memory, read-only memory, nounread-out, nounread-write, adjectivereal-time, adjectivereboot, verbrecall, verbre-chip, verbrecord, nounrecord, verbrefresh, verbreload, verbremaster, verbremote access, nounremote control, nounremote working, nounreseller, nounreset, verbrespawn, verbretinal scanner, nounretrieval, nounretrieve, verbretry, verbreturn, nounright-click, verbrip, verbroad warrior, nounrobot, nounrollover, nounROM, nounRoute 128, nounrouter, nounroutine, nounRSI, nounRTF, nounrun, verbsalami slicing, nounSamsung, save, verbscalability, nounscalable, adjectivescan, verbscanner, nounscramble, verbscreen, nounscreen-based, adjectivescreen dump, nounscreensaver, nounscreen saver, nounscreenshot, nounscroll, verbscroll bar, nounscroll key, SCSI, nounSEAQ, search, nounsearch, verbsearchable, adjectivesearch engine, nounSEATS, nounsecurity rating, SEGA, self-healing, adjectivesend, verbserial port, server, nounserver farm, nounservice bureau, nounservice pack, nounSET, nounset-up, nounSFA, nounSGML, nounshareware, nounshift, nounshift key, nounshoot-'em-up, nounshopping bot, sig file, nounsilicon, nounsilicon chip, nounSilicon Fen, nounSilicon Glen, Silicon Valley, sim, nounSIMM, nounsimulation, nounSinclair, Sir Clive, single sourcing, skin, nounslo-mo, adjectivesmall office/home office, nounsmart, adjectivesmart bomb, nounsneakernet, nounsoft copy, nounsoftware, nounsoftware engineering, SoHo, SOHO, nounSonic the Hedgehog, sort, nounsoundcard, nounsource code, nounspace bar, nounspam, nounspeech recognition, nounspeech recognition software, speech synthesizer, nounspellcheck, nounspellchecker, nounspell-checker, nounspider, nounspider food, nounspim, nounsplit screen, nounspreadsheet, nounspreadsheet software, spyware, nounstandalone, adjectivestand-alone, adjectivestandby time, nounStarr Report, the, nounstarter pack, nounstart-up, nounstorage, nounstorage unit, store, verbstore-and-forward, nounstrategic information system, stream, verbstreaming, nounStreet Fighter, string, nounstylus, nounsubdirectory, nounsubroutine, nounsuite, nounSun Microsystems, sunrise industry, nounsupercomputer, nounsuperserver, nounsupport, verbsupport, nounswitching, nounsynchronous, adjectivesyntax, nounsynthespian, nounsystem, nounsystem administrator, nounsystems analyst, nounsystems programmer, system tray, nountab, verbtab key, nountab stop, nountag, nountag, verbtape, nountape drive, taskbar, nountechie, nountechnical support, nountechno-, prefixtechnocracy, nountechno-geek, nountechnophobe, nountechy, telecentre, nountelecommuter, nountelematics, nounteleprinter, nounteleworker, nountemplate, nounterabyte, nounteraflop, nounterminal, nountestdeck, nountext-to-speech, adjectivethird-generation, adjectivethird-party software, thumbnail, nountickbox, nountick box, nountime out, nountime-sharing, nountitle bar, nountoggle, nountoner, nountoolbar, nountoolbox, nounTOPIC, nountop-level domain, nountop ranking, nounTorvalds, Linus, Toshiba, Tottenham Court Road, touchpad, nountouch screen, nountrackball, nountransaction processing, transputer, nounTrojan horse, nountroubleshooter, nounTTS, Turing, Alan, tutorial, nounundo, verbuninstall, verbunique visitor, nounUnix, noununlisted share, unlisted stock, unrecoverable error, unzip, verbup, adverbupdate, nounupgrade, verbupload, verbupload, nounuptime, nounusability, nounUSB, nounUSB drive, nounuser-friendly, adjectiveuser group, nounuser interface, nounuser name, nounUS Robotics, utility, nounVActor, nounvalid, adjectivevalue-added reseller, vapourware, nounVDT, nounVDU, nounVGA, nounvideocard, nounvideo game, nounvideo snacking, nounviral marketing, nounvirtual, adjectivevirtual corporation, virtually, adverbvirtual memory, nounvirtual office, nounvirtual organization, virtual reality, nounvirus, nounvoice print, nounvoice recognition, wallpaper, nounWAN, nounWAP, noun-ware, suffixwar game, nounWAV, nounwearable, nounWeb 2.0, nounweb browser, nounweb crawler, nounweb design, nounweb development, web-enabled, adjectiveweb hosting, nounweb log, nounweb log file, wide area network, wi-fi, nounWi-Fi, nounwild card, nounwindow, nounWindows, Wintel, wipe, verbWiponet, nounwireless internet, wireless networking, nounWord, Wordperfect, word processor, nounworkspace, nounworkstation, nounWorld Wide Web, the, worm, nounWozniak, Steve, write, verbwrite-protected, adjectiveWYSIWYG, nounXbox, XML, nounY2K, nounYahoo!, zap, verbzip file, nounzombie, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY She’s just gone to post a letter. He joined the British Army and was posted to Germany. Cisco Systems posted record profits and sales for the third fiscal quarter.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES women who suffer from post-natal depression (=that sometimes happens after the birth of a baby) Women fill 35% of senior management positions. Thank you for your letter. Unfortunately, the vacancy has already been filled. The UK should find another weapon to fill the same role. She was the first woman to hold the office of Australian state premier. The governor had held the post since 1989. the post-industrial information-based society food rationing in the immediate post-war years Monday is the last day to send cards by post to arrive by Christmas. The headteacher takes up her duties in August.
She’s just gone to post a letter. He joined the British Army and was posted to Germany. Cisco Systems posted record profits and sales for the third fiscal quarter. (=put it on a website)· The agency has posted an advertisement on its website for graduates to work overseas.
(also put up bail) (=pay an amount of money to be allowed to stay out of prison)· He had to post bail of US$100,000 before he could fly home to Canada.
(=a job in a cabinet)· She accepted a cabinet post with the new Conservative government.
British English (=post letters in time for them to be collected that day)
(=with a date on it that is later than the date you write the cheque)· She wanted a post-dated cheque for the next three months' rent.
informal (=completely deaf)· He won’t hear you - he’s as deaf as a post.
women who suffer from post-natal depression (=that sometimes happens after the birth of a baby)· a collection of romantic paintings from the Victorian era
(=an examination of a dead body to discover why the person died)· The post-mortem examination showed that he died from a blood clot in the brain.
Women fill 35% of senior management positions. Thank you for your letter. Unfortunately, the vacancy has already been filled. The UK should find another weapon to fill the same role. (=a town etc on a frontier)
She was the first woman to hold the office of Australian state premier. The governor had held the post since 1989. British English, mail a letter American English· Could you post this letter for me?
British English, be/get lost in the mail American English The parcel must have got lost in the post.
The parcel must have got lost in the post. (=a place from where you can observe something)· The peak of the mountain was a natural location for an observation post.
the post-industrial information-based society food rationing in the immediate post-war years (=officially announce a profit)· The company reported net profits of $3.6 million for fiscal year 2006.
· He later resigned his post as Minister of Energy.
Monday is the last day to send cards by post to arrive by Christmas. The headteacher takes up her duties in August.· I was soon to take up my first teaching post.
(=put something there)· She posted the photos on her website.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB· It should be noted that the majority of employees posted abroad are men although the number of women executive expatriates is increasing.· The Centre for International Briefing runs residential courses for those due to be posted abroad.
NOUN· On 7 March he entertained at the hotel - the bill No. 216 amounting to £16.50 was posted to his account.· All seven transactions are numbered and posted to the appropriate accounts.
· Bidders are now required to post six-figure performance bonds, to be forfeited upon failure.· But if Simpson does appeal, he will have to post a bond of one and a half times the total judgments.
· The previous record was in 1989, when the company posted a profit of 2. 83 billion francs.· The company posted a loss of 313 billion yen a year earlier after writing off the Sony Pictures debt.· A year ago, the Atlanta-based company posted a loss of 79 cents a share.· The company posted better-than-expected earnings earlier this week on strong sales of its specialty chips.· The company also will post a loss for the period.· In fourth-quarter 1994, the company posted income of $ 2. 5 million, or 29 cents a share.· The company posted a 122 percent rise in operating profit for fiscal 1995, aided primarily by the acquisition.
· The performance of life insurers will vary widely, although all are expected to post declines.· Others waited until 1995 and will now post related declines.· Corn prices posted a smaller decline, falling six cents to $ 3. 6050 a bushel.
· Service is to be effected by posting the process or document in a prepaid registered envelope, or by personal delivery.· This new software also lets you post documents to the World Wide Web.
· Analysts had expected Cyrix to post earnings of five cents to 10 cents a share.· Without the one-time charges, WellPoint posted flat year-end earnings.· P 500 have posted earnings for the quarter ended Dec. 31.· The chain of recreational-vehicle and boat stores posted fiscal 1995 earnings of 20 cents a share, doubling the year-earlier profit.· Major aluminum makers, benefiting from higher prices for fabricated products, are expected to post stronger fourth-quarter earnings.· Bradstreet said it expects to post 1995 earnings of $ 3. 80 per share before the pretax charge.· Mr Tumazos warned that aluminum makers could post disappointing earnings this year if production increases as much as indicated.
· Stores posted healthy gains after reporting lively post-Christmas sales.· Osborn said it would post a fourth-quarter pretax gain of $ 8. 1 million as a result of the sale.· Shares of small Contractors, especially, have posted big gains since the announcement.· The Dow Jones Industrial Average posted its best gain in two weeks.· The broader market posted a larger gain, with the Standard&.· Brady bonds may have already posted most of the gains they will achieve in 1996, Blessing said.
· A year earlier, Dura posted net income of $ 803, 000, or seven cents a share.· In fourth-quarter 1994, the company posted income of $ 2. 5 million, or 29 cents a share.· Hilton Hotels posted net income of $ 38. 1 million, or 79 cents, in the year-ago quarter.· Analysts had expected Symantec to post operating income of about 15 cents a share.
· It was also the only country to post an increase in the number of patents received in foreign countries.· Us Inc. posted a 7 % increase in holiday sales despite a fierce price war among discount retailers.
· Organizations posting political or religious information on to the World Wide Web will need to register with the broadcasting authority.· It will always be easy to post information anonymously, or from a country where you face little danger of legal action.
· He took up the file and studied the plain white paper envelope the letter had been posted in.· Our telephone conversations were eavesdropped, letters were posted unsealed and read by censors before going out into the world.· I felt a little embarrassed about putting myself forward, but she nagged me until I wrote a letter and posted it off.
· The company posted a loss of 313 billion yen a year earlier after writing off the Sony Pictures debt.· A year ago, the Atlanta-based company posted a loss of 79 cents a share.· Both companies, however, are expected to post losses for the quarter that ended in December.· The company also will post a loss for the period.· It has posted increasing losses in five straight quarters, despite steadily rising revenues.
· Most will follow Barclays and write to their customers asking for permission to post them corrupting materials.· It will post the material, via mission control in San Francisco, on the Internet.
· Dynamic Matrix is expected to post about $ 17 million in revenue in 1995.
· The company posted a 122 percent rise in operating profit for fiscal 1995, aided primarily by the acquisition.
· By contrast, in 1990 the airline posted a profit of £130 million.· It posted lower operating profit at its power systems and motors-operations businesses.· USAir reported a profit in the second and third quarters and expects to post its first profit since 1988 this fiscal year.· The previous record was in 1989, when the company posted a profit of 2. 83 billion francs.· The growers who are crying wolf today about the lack of water will post their annual profits in a few months.· A decline in oil stocks countered gains in companies expected to post higher profits even in a sluggish economy.· Nestle posted 1994 net profit of 2. 94 billion francs, before items.· Santa Clara-based 3Com Corp. yesterday posted record profits and sales for the third fiscal quarter ended February 29.
· Santa Clara-based 3Com Corp. is expected to post its own quarterly results on June 10.· Everyone signed their ballots and handed them to Drake and Ware who posted the results on the blackboard.
· Leon Cooperman, head of Omega Advisors, posted returns of between 26 percent and 32 percent for his funds.· In three of those years, the 30-year Treasury bond posted negative returns and in two it posted sub-7 % returns.· On average, they posted returns of nearly 20 %, according to Salomon Brothers.· But industrial stocks generally underperformed the market, and many cyclical stocks posted negative returns.· According to Bank Brussels Lambert, steel and nonferrous stocks posted negative returns of 20 % for 1995.
· In January 1999, for instance, 899 sales were posted.
· Other new signs posted to describe scenery have been desecrated or struck down.· The lane was then closed and signs were posted.· Like most states, New Hampshire has plenty of speed limit signs posted on its highways.
· In 1996, according to information posted on his Internet site, he spoke at more than 430 events in 40 states.
VERB· Analysts had expected Cyrix to post earnings of five cents to 10 cents a share.· The performance of life insurers will vary widely, although all are expected to post declines.· USAir reported a profit in the second and third quarters and expects to post its first profit since 1988 this fiscal year.· Bradstreet said it expects to post 1995 earnings of $ 3. 80 a share before the pretax charge.· Both companies, however, are expected to post losses for the quarter that ended in December.· Santa Clara-based 3Com Corp. is expected to post its own quarterly results on June 10.
· And maybe keep us posted with scientific and industrial data?· You just keep us posted whose property they land on.· The scoreboards kept the fans posted as to the ball-and-strike count and the number of outs.· You just keep us posted, let us know how they're getting on.· We will keep you posted with the results of this letter-writing campaign.· I told Bernard to infiltrate the team so that he can keep us posted on their movements.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► be posted missing► post something through somebody’s door/letterboxPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► the last post► be driven/pushed from pillar to post► pip somebody at the post► relieve somebody of their post/duties/command etc
- Mott was released after posting $10,000 bail.
- If he hadn't posted bail for her she would now be preparing for her first night in jail.
- Keep me posted - I'd like to know of any changes.
- We don't have any plans yet, but I'll keep you posted.
- A friend on the Examiner staff sent a supply of Combat by express mail.
- Competition has forced drastic improvements in some areas, such as express mail.
- Editing was done via express mail.
- The thing will make phone calls, fax, send E-mail, post or express mail, address envelops and post reminders.
- There are three principal product areas: letters, express mail and parcels.
- Any sent will be copied and sent back by return of post.
- But Smith bailed them out by returning seven punts for a school-record 150 yards.
- Companies are classified by returns, and all companies with an equivalent return have the same business risk.
- Earlier this year, the Dole campaign alienated many Log Cabin members by returning a campaign contribution from the gay organization.
- He was given 25 years but tried to negotiate a cut in his sentence by returning half of the stolen gold.
- I end it by returning to those encounters.
- Please answer by return of mail.
- Professor Sano writes back by return mail.
- First-class and second-class mail should be put through the machine on separate runs.
- The quantity relative for second-class stamps is 140.0, indicating an increase in numbers bought of 40%.
WORD FAMILYnounpostpostagepostiepostingadjectivepostalverbpost
1letter British English to send a letter, package etc by post SYN mail: She’s just gone to post a letter.post something (off) to somebody Did you remember to post the card to my parents?post somebody something I posted Barry the cheque last Friday.2post something through somebody’s door/letterbox British English to push something through someone’s letterbox: I’ll post the key through your letterbox when I leave.3job if you are posted somewhere, your employer sends you to work there, usually for several yearsbe posted to France/London etc He joined the British Army and was posted to Germany.be posted abroad/overseasGRAMMAR Post is usually passive in this meaning.4public notice (also post up) to put up a public notice about something on a wall or notice board: The exam results were posted on the bulletin board yesterday.5guard to make someone be in a particular place in order to guard a building, check who enters or leaves a place, watch something etc SYN station: Guards were to be posted around nuclear power stations.6keep somebody posted spoken to regularly tell someone the most recent news about somethingpost on I’ll keep you posted on his progress.7profit/loss etc especially American English to officially record and announce information about a company’s financial situation or a country’s economic situation: Cisco Systems posted record profits and sales for the third fiscal quarter.8internet message to put a message or computer document on the Internet so that other people can see it: Could you post those new flyers on David’s website?9be posted missing British English if a soldier is posted missing, it is announced officially that they have disappeared10post bail law especially American English to pay a specific amount of money in order to be allowed to leave prison before your trial