PO
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- noun
- US
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oficina de correos
- I am in front of the main PO in Centro on Calle Columbia just beyond Calle Venezuela.
- PO database
We're going to throw the PO Box back up.
- We're going to throw the PO Box back up.
- Now let's move on to the next PO Box item.
- It's a Mulberry bag for free in my PO Box.
- You should do the full face makeup for my PO Box.
- Want to stress something didn't make this just came to the PO Box.
- I think it was in my PO Box or maybe it was AI, don't know.
- Bitch, I did just open a motherfucking PO motherfucking box in this bitch.
Examples
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People love to send things to Seans PO Box or Zoes PO Box under my name.
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I just went to the PO and sent in my entry form.
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- Plus, I got a meeting on my PO tomorrow.
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Well, I told you that my PO box is just, like... not working anymore.
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- You can check with my PO.
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My PO needs a signature.
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Me and Holly are going through my PO Box, which currently looks like this.
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Clerk said it was to a PO box in Prague.
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The domain belongs to Flying Crocodile Incorporated, which has a PO box in Seattle.
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I received a package at my PO box today.
Synonyms
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1.0
A building where people send and collect mail and buy stamps
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A public place where people send and pick up letters and parcels
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3.4
A government service that handles mail and deliveries in the United States
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A system that sends and delivers letters and packages
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A government agency that delivers letters and packages across the United States
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A government service that collects, sorts, and delivers mail across the United States
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A nearby place where people send and receive letters and packages
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An official system that sends letters and packages between places, often run by the government
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A government service that delivers letters and packages across the United States
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A government service that delivers letters and packages across the United States
Compounds
Surface Forms
Morphology
PO = post office (semi-transparent) = P + O
The relation is based on abbreviation conventions rather than regular morphemic formation; learners who know the expansion will recognize it.
Etymology
PO is short for Post Office. The word post originally meant a fixed 'place' where mail carriers stopped to leave letters, so PO names the official place that handles mail and packages.