Word

post, n.
(posts)
freq. cnt. 11

a job in an organization
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 22 freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

berth billet office place position post situation spot

sample sentences

"he occupied a post in the treasury"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

place place place

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

post

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

officiate

semantic pointers

hypernym

job, business, occupation, line, line of work

hyponym

academicianship accountantship admiralty ambassadorship apostleship apprenticeship associateship attorneyship bailiffship baronetage bishopry, episcopate cadetship caliphate captainship, captaincy cardinalship, cardinalate chairmanship chancellorship chaplaincy, chaplainship chieftaincy, chieftainship clerkship commandership, commandery comptrollership consulship controllership councillorship, councilorship counselorship, counsellorship curacy curatorship custodianship deanship, deanery directorship discipleship editorship eldership emirate fatherhood fatherhood foremanship generalship, generalcy governorship headship headship hot seat incumbency inspectorship instructorship internship judgeship, judicature khanate lectureship legation, legateship legislatorship librarianship lieutenancy magistracy, magistrature managership manhood marshalship mastership mayoralty messiahship moderatorship overlordship pastorship, pastorate peasanthood plum praetorship precentorship preceptorship prefecture prelacy, prelature premiership presidency, presidentship primateship principalship priorship proconsulship, proconsulate proctorship chair, professorship protectorship public office rabbinate receivership rectorship, rectorate regency residency rulership sainthood secretaryship seigniory, seigneury, feudal lordship senatorship sinecure solicitorship speakership stewardship studentship teachership thaneship throne treasurership tribuneship trusteeship vice-presidency viceroyship viziership wardenship wardership womanhood

military installation at which a body of troops is stationed
<noun.artifact> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3

military post post

sample sentences

"this military post provides an important source of income for the town nearby"
"there is an officer's club on the post"

semantic pointers

hyponym

garrison, fort outpost

hypernym

military installation

domain of synset (topic)

armed forces, military, armed services, military machine, war machine

part meronym

military quarters

the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand
<noun.location> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3

post station

sample sentences

"a soldier manned the entrance post"
"a sentry station"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

station

semantic pointers

hyponym

bridgehead lookout, observation post outpost, outstation

hypernym

position, place

an upright consisting of a piece of timber or metal fixed firmly in an upright position
<noun.artifact> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

post

sample sentences

"he set a row of posts in the ground and strung barbwire between them"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

post

semantic pointers

hyponym

hypernym

upright, vertical

the delivery and collection of letters and packages
<noun.act>

post

sample sentences

"it came by the first post"
"if you hurry you'll catch the post"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

postal post

semantic pointers

hypernym

delivery, bringing

the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office
<noun.communication> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

mail mail service post postal service