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post (1) ~ post (2) ~ post (3)

[the same pronunciation]

“Post (1)”, as a noun, is ‘a straight, strong and thick piece of wood or metal fixed into the ground as a support to keep something upright; starting and finishing points in a race’; as a verb, it is ‘to show something such as advertisements, notices, warnings, etc. to people by pasting or fixing a paper (poster) on walls, or written on placards’,

e.g.

This garden fence is made of wooden posts.

The list of selected candidates is posted on the notice board.

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“Post (2)”, as a noun, {“mail” in American English}, is ‘the official system of carrying letters, cards, parcels, messages, etc. from one person or place to another; the letters, parcels, etc.’; as a verb, it means ‘to send letters or parcels by post, by putting them in the post box at a post office’,

e.g.

We usually send letters by post.

I had to go to the post office to post the letters.

The manager asked his secretary to bring in his post.   [i.e. all the official letters, messages, etc. that he had to look into and reply]

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“Post (3)”, as a noun, is ‘a special place where soldiers, security guards, watchmen, etc. stay on guard or watch, usually soldiers on a border of a country; {a ‘trading post’ is a place where exchange of goods takes place in a remote area of a country}; a job or a position in an office’; as a verb, it is ‘to put or place somebody in a particular job’,

e.g.

There is a military post on the highway near our village.

The police were posted at all the important places of the city to find out about the bank robbery.

Ms Sarah is posted to our branch as a manager.

{‘Post–’ is also used as a prefix to mean ‘after’: e.g. ‘post-war’ = after the war; ‘postnatal’ = after a woman gives birth to a baby, etc.}

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