Post Office
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- noun
- /ˈpoʊst ˈɔfɪs/
:
oficina de correos
- The Post Office delivered my letters on time every day last week.
- U.S. Post Office
- Central Post Office
And eventually, I think Alan Turing had worked with Tommy Flowers from Dollis Hill GPO General Post Office.
- And eventually, I think Alan Turing had worked with Tommy Flowers from Dollis Hill GPO General Post Office.
Examples
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You can find the nearest Post Office by looking it up online.
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The critics of the Post Office emphasize economic and moral concerns.
Academic text (2010) -
The Challenge: The United States Post Office has introduced a new direct mail service for businesses.
Blog text (32) -
Expect a lot of people to knock the US Post Office over the next few days.
Blog text (17) -
I want to talk about what the Post Office will do in the 21st century.
Blog text (32) -
If you have it, you should be at the Post Office sending it certified mail.
Blog text (9) -
And unfortunately, due to some snafu with the Post Office, it was not well publicized.
Blog text (23) -
Hunger drove Francis to work as a clerical officer in the Post Office.
Fiction book (1990) -
I'm writing from the post office, and this express mail costs more than I make in two hours at Wallmans, so these jeans better get to you tomorrow.
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I need to visit the Post Office to mail this package.
Synonyms
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1.8
A building where people send and receive mail
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3.4
A government service that handles mail and deliveries in the United States
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1.4
A system that sends and delivers letters and packages
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A government service that collects, sorts, and delivers mail across the United States
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A government agency that delivers letters and packages across the United States
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1.0
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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2.0
A government service that delivers letters and packages across the United States
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'post' = mail and 'office' = a place/official location, so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer it denotes the place responsible for mail services. This compound follows a common cross-linguistic pattern (e.g., 'bureau de poste', 'oficina de correos'), making it immediately understandable rather than idiomatic.
Etymology
Post Office may come from old mail routes, where riders stopped at wooden posts to change horses and leave letters, and the place they used for this work was the office. That's why Post Office today means 'the place that handles mail'.