place vs post

place

verb
  • To put (an object or person) in a specific location. 

  • To arrange for or to make (a bet). 

  • To finish second, especially of horses or dogs. 

  • To sing (a note) with the correct pitch. 

  • To earn a given spot in a competition. 

  • To rank at (a certain position, often followed by an ordinal) as in a horse race. 

  • To remember where and when (an object or person) has been previously encountered. 

  • To establish a call (connection by telephone or similar). 

  • To recruit or match an appropriate person for a job, or a home for an animal for adoption, etc. 

  • To place-kick (a goal). 

noun
  • An inhabited area: a village, town, or city. 

  • Numerically, the column counting a certain quantity. 

  • A state of mind. 

  • The position of first, second, or third at the finish, especially the second position. 

  • An area of the body, especially the skin. 

  • An open space, particularly a city square, market square, or courtyard. 

  • The position of a contestant in a competition. 

  • A location or position in space. 

  • Reception; effect; implying the making room for. 

  • The area one occupies, particularly somewhere to sit. 

  • A role or purpose; a station. 

  • A street, sometimes but not always surrounding a public place, square, or plaza of the same name. 

  • The area where one lives: one's home, formerly (chiefly) country estates and farms. 

  • A particular location in a book or document, particularly the current location of a reader. 

  • The position as a member of a sports team. 

  • Ordinal relation; position in the order of proceeding. 

  • An area to urinate and defecate: an outhouse or lavatory. 

  • Any area of the earth: a region. 

post

verb
  • To assign to a station; to set; to place. 

  • To rise and sink in the saddle, in accordance with the motion of the horse, especially in trotting. 

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

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

  • To send (an item of mail etc.) through the postal service. 

  • To pay down (the stake). 

  • To pay (a blind). 

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

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

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

  • To travel quickly; to hurry. 

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

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

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

adv
  • Sent via the postal service. 

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

noun
  • A long, narrow piece inserted into a root canal to provide retention for a crown. 

  • A prolonged final melody note, among moving harmony notes. 

  • A pole in a battery. 

  • The vertical part of a crochet stitch. 

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

  • A printing paper size measuring 19.25 inches x 15.5 inches. 

  • A single delivery of letters; the letters or deliveries that make up a single batch delivered to one person or one address. 

  • 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. 

  • A post mortem (investigation of body's cause of death). 

  • A goalpost. 

  • An appointed position in an organization, job. 

  • A stud; a two-by-four. 

  • An organisation for delivering letters, parcels etc., or the service provided by such an organisation. 

  • A location on a basketball court near the basket. 

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

  • Someone who travels express along a set route carrying letters and dispatches; a courier. 

  • Post-production. 

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

  • An assigned station; a guard post. 

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