to post
- verb
- /poʊst/
- UK
- Then, students, parents, or teachers can save, print, or post the notes to a website for future reference.
Examples
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Then a group of schoolchildren went from district to district to post the packages.
Academic text (2010) -
I need you to post this thing for me.
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I'll try to post notes soon on this.
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I crossed the road, went home, and posted the application that day.
Fiction book (2002) -
So if I didn't get to your questions, post them below.
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Don't post that until tomorrow.
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Using digital cameras, the fifth-graders document Ms. Brown's visit and post it on a website.
Academic text (2006) -
I need to post this package before the deadline closes.
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She asked me to post the letter to her friend in Canada.
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Make sure to post your application by the end of the month.
Synonyms
Make a letter, package, or email go to another person
Cause something to go to other people or places
To send goods to another place, often by truck, plane or boat
To send letters and packages by the postal service
To give something to an organization by mail or email
To send goods to customers by mail or truck
To take people or things from one place to another
To send something by a fast delivery service
To post or email something to another place
To send things by mail to many people
Make something go to another place by post
To send a message over long wires using electric signals
Send goods to a person or shop, often for sale
To send letters or packages by plane so they arrive faster
To send papers by a special official mail service for secure delivery
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
Get sent to many different places by other people without getting help
- Informal
Move quickly from place to place trying to solve many urgent problems
- Informal
A person who is moved from one person or office to another without getting help
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
A small piece of paper with a sticky strip on the back to hold notes for a short time
- Specialized
Editing and adding effects to film, video, or audio after recording ends
- Specialized
Editing or finishing things like photos and objects after they are made to improve quality
- Specialized
A strong upright support at the top or bottom of a staircase that holds the handrail
- Offensive
A post where people are tied and others whip them in public as punishment
- Jargon
A meeting after a project or event to discuss what went well and how to improve
A government service that delivers letters and packages across the United States
- Specialized
An analysis done after a study to check unexpected results, not to confirm them
- Archaic
A closed, four-wheeled carriage pulled by horses, used in the past to carry people and mail
- Formal
Believing that one event caused another just because it happened earlier
- Formal
A government service that delivers letters and packages across the United States
- Texting
A social media message that copies and makes fun of typical Facebook posts
- Specialized
A vertical post in the middle of a triangular roof frame that supports the beam
A place in another country where religious workers live and help with education and health
- Specialized
A vertical support between the main roof beams that holds the middle of the roof
- Archaic
A small brass instrument like a trumpet that coach drivers use to signal when a coach arrives or leaves
- Specialized
A consonant sound made with the tongue just behind the top front teeth, like the 'sh' in shoe
A style of painting that uses bright colours and simple shapes to show feeling and order
- Specialized
A change in the body that happens after physical activity like exercise
- Jargon
A careful review of a project or incident to learn what went wrong and improve
- Specialized
A slow eye movement after spinning stops that goes opposite the spin direction
- Specialized
Wood damage caused by small beetles that leave fine dust and make it weak
- Specialized
A small insect that bores into dry wood in houses and leaves powdery dust
How Fast
Surface Forms
Etymology
Post (to send by mail) comes from the same postal 'post' system of stations used to carry letters, so to post a letter is to send it through that mail network.