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post noun

  /poʊst/ , /pəʊst/
  • (obsolete) Each of a series of men stationed at specific places along a postroad, with responsibility for relaying letters and dispatches of the monarch (and later others) along the route. [16th–17th c.]
  • (dated) A station, or one of a series of stations, established for the refreshment and accommodation of travellers on some recognized route.
  • (UK, Australia, New Zealand) A single delivery of letters; the letters or deliveries that make up a single batch delivered to one person or one address. [from 17th c.]
 posti
  • A message posted in an electronic or Internet forum, or on a blog, etc. [from 20th c.]
 viesti, postaus

post noun

  /poʊst/ , /pəʊst/
  • A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost.
  • (sports) A goalpost.
 tolppa
  • (construction) A stud; a two-by-four.
 kakkosnelonen
  • A pole in a battery.
 napa

post noun

  /poʊst/ , /pəʊst/
  • An assigned station; a guard post.
 vartiopaikka, piste
  • An appointed position in an organization, job.
 posti, toimi

post verb

  /poʊst/ , /pəʊst/
  • (Internet) To publish (a message) to a newsgroup, forum, blog, etc. [from 20th c.]
 julkaista, lähettää, postata
  • (UK, Australia, New Zealand) To send (an item of mail etc.) through the postal service. [from 19th c.]
 lähettää, postittaa

post adverb

  /poʊst/ , /pəʊst/
  • With the post, on post-horses; by a relay of horses (changing at every staging-post); hence, express, with speed, quickly.
  • Sent via the postal service.
 postitse

post verb

  /poʊst/ , /pəʊst/
  • (transitive) To hang (a notice) in a conspicuous manner for general review.
 laittaa esille, ripustaa nähtäville
  • To inform; to give the news to; to make acquainted with the details of a subject; often with up.
 postata
post office
posti, postitoimisto
post office box
postilokero
post-traumatic stress disorder
traumaperäinen stressihäiriö
sound post
pinna, äänipuikko
post mortem
kuolemanjälkeinen, jälkipuinti, jälkipyykki, jälkiselvittely, kuolinsyyn selvitys, ruumiinavaus
trading post
kauppapaikka
guard post
vartio
observation post
näköalapaikka, tarkkailupiste
command post
päämaja
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