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enunciate, placard, proclaim, promulgate, publicize, publish, sound—more at ANNOUNCE

3post noun 1 obsolete : COURIER

2 chiefly British : 1MAIL; also : POST OFFICE

4post verb 1 : to ride or travel with haste : HURRY

2 : MAIL <~ a letter>

3 : to enter in a ledger

4 : INFORM

5post noun 1 : the place at which a soldier is stationed; especially : a sentry's beat or station

2 : a station or task to which a person is assigned

3 : the place at which a body of troops is stationed : CAMP

4 : an office or position to which a person is appointed

5 : a trading settlement or station

Synonyms

[1] position, quarter, station—more at STATION

[2] assignment, charge, job, mission, operation—more at MISSION

[4] appointment, billet, capacity, function, job, place, position, situation—more at JOB

6post verb 1 : to station in a given place

2 : to put up (as bond)

post·age noun : the fee for postal service; also : stamps representing this fee

post·al adjective : of or relating to the mails or the post office

postal card noun : POSTCARD

postal service noun : a government agency or department handling the transmission of mail

post·card noun : a card on which a message may be written for mailing without an envelope

post chaise noun : a 4-wheeled closed carriage for two to four persons

post·con·sum·er adjective 1 : discarded by a consumer

2 : having been used and recycled for reuse in another product

post·date verb 1 : to date with a date later than that of execution <~ a check>

2 : to follow in time

post·doc·tor·al also post·doc·tor·ate adjective : of, relating to, or engaged in advanced academic or professional work beyond a doctor's degree

post·er noun : a bill or placard for posting often in a public place

Synonyms

bill, placard; also billboard, sign, signboard; broadside, flier, handbill, handout, playbill; ad, advertisement, announcement, bulletin, dispatch, release

1posterior adjective 1 : later in time

2 : situated behind

Synonyms

[1] after, later, subsequent—more at SUBSEQUENT

[2] back, hind, hindmost, rear—more at BACK

2posterior noun : the hinder bodily parts; especially : BUTTOCKS

Synonyms

backside, bottom, butt, buttocks, rear, rump, seat—more at BUTTOCKS

pos·ter·i·ty noun 1 : the descendants from one ancestor

2 : all future generations

Synonyms

issue, offspring, progeny, seed, spawn—more at OFFSPRING

pos·tern noun 1 : a back door or gate

2 : a private or side entrance

post exchange noun : a store at a military post that sells to military personnel and authorized civilians

post·grad adjective : POSTGRADUATE

post·grad·u·ate adjective : of or relating to studies beyond the bachelor's degree

— postgraduate noun

post·haste adverb : with all possible speed

Synonyms

apace, briskly, fast, full tilt, hastily, presto, pronto, quick, quickly, rapidly, soon, speedily, swift, swiftly—more at FAST

post·hole noun : a hole for a post and esp. a fence post

post·hu·mous adjective [ORIGIN: L posthumus, alter. of postumus last-born, posthumous, fr. superl. of posterus coming after]

1 : born after the death of the father

2 : published after the death of the author

— post·hu·mous·ly adverb

post·hyp·not·ic adjective : of, relating to, or characteristic of the period following a hypnotic trance

pos·til·ion or pos·til·lion noun : a rider on the left-hand horse of a pair drawing a coach

Post·im·pres·sion·ism noun : a late 19th century French theory or practice of art that stresses variously volume, picture structure, or expressionism

post·lude noun : an organ solo played at the end of a church service

post·man noun : a man who delivers mail : MAILMAN

Synonyms

letter carrier, mailman; also messenger; postmaster

post·mark noun : an official postal marking on a piece of mail; especially : the mark canceling the postage stamp

— postmark verb

post·mas·ter noun : a person who has charge of a post office

postmaster general noun,

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