Определение слова «post» на английский

noun

1. A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost.

   • ram a post into the ground

2. (construction) A stud; a two-by-four.

3. A pole in a battery.

4. (dentistry) A long, narrow piece inserted into a root canal to provide retention for a crown.

5. (vocal music, chiefly a cappella) A prolonged final melody note, among moving harmony notes.

6. (paper, printing) A printing paper size measuring 19.25 inches x 15.5 inches.

7. (sports) A goalpost.

8. A location on a basketball court near the basket.

9. (obsolete) The doorpost of a victualler's shop or inn, on which were chalked the scores of customers; hence, a score; a debt.

10. The vertical part of a crochet stitch.

verb

1. (transitive) To hang (a notice) in a conspicuous manner for general review.

   • Post no bills.
   • Martin Luther posted his ninety five theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenburg.

2. (transitive, by extension) To announce publicly; to publish.

   • The company posted record profits this quarter.

3. To hold up to public blame or reproach; to advertise opprobriously; to denounce by public proclamation.

   • to post someone for cowardice

4. (accounting) To carry (an account) from the journal to the ledger.

5. To inform; to give the news to; to make acquainted with the details of a subject; often with up.

6. (transitive) To deposit a payment that may or may not be returned.

noun

1. (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.

2. (dated) A station, or one of a series of stations, established for the refreshment and accommodation of travellers on some recognized route.

   • a stage or railway post

3. A military base; the place at which a soldier or a body of troops is stationed; also, the troops at such a station.

4. (now historical) Someone who travels express along a set route carrying letters and dispatches; a courier.

5. (UK, Australia, New Zealand) An organisation for delivering letters, parcels etc., or the service provided by such an organisation.

   • sent via post; parcel post
   • I take it too as an opportunity of sending you the fair copy of the poem on Dullness, which was not then finished, and which I should not care to hazard by the common post.

6. (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.

7. A message posted in an electronic or Internet forum, or on a blog, etc.

8. (American football) A moderate to deep passing route in which a receiver runs 10-20 yards from the line of scrimmage straight down the field, then cuts toward the middle of the field (towards the facing goalposts) at a 45-degree angle.

   • Two of the receivers ran post patterns.

9. (obsolete) Haste or speed, like that of a messenger or mail carrier.

10. (obsolete) One who has charge of a station, especially a postal station.

verb

1. To travel with relays of horses; to travel by post horses, originally as a courier.

2. To travel quickly; to hurry.

   • thousand at his bidding speed, And post o'er land and ocean without rest; They also serve who only stand and wait.

3. (UK, Australia, New Zealand) To send (an item of mail etc.) through the postal service.

   • Mail items posted before 7.00pm within the Central Business District and before 5.00pm outside the Central Business District will be delivered the next working day.

4. (horse-riding) To rise and sink in the saddle, in accordance with the motion of the horse, especially in trotting.

5. (Internet) To publish (a message) to a newsgroup, forum, blog, etc.

   • I couldn't figure it out, so I posted a question on the mailing list.

adverb

1. With the post, on post-horses; by a relay of horses (changing at every staging-post); hence, express, with speed, quickly.

2. Sent via the postal service.

noun

1. An assigned station; a guard post.

2. An appointed position in an organization, job.

verb

1. To enter (a name) on a list, as for service, promotion, etc.

2. To assign to a station; to set; to place.

   • Post a sentinel in front of the door.

preposition

1. After; especially after a significant event that has long-term ramifications.

noun

1. (film, informal) Post-production.

   • we'll fix it in post

noun

1. (medicine, informal) A post mortem (an investigation of a body's cause of death).