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# post

«post» in Mova's school dictionary: **a strong pole stuck in the ground, for example to hold a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (post, posts); verb (post, posts, posted, posting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A post is a strong pole stuck in the ground, for example to hold a fence or mark a goal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/post/#m1)

2) The post (UK, Australia) is the mail: letters and parcels sent and delivered. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/post/#m2)

3) To post a letter is to send it by mail. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/post/#m3)

4) To post something online is to put it on a website. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/post/#m4)

5) A post is a job or a place where someone stands on duty. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/post/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In school maths: posts along a fence or road at equal gaps (posts = gaps + 1 on a straight line); letters or parcels sent by post. In everyday life: the post arrives, the post office, a goalpost, posting a message. In safety: think before you post online. Phrases: «by post», «post office», «goalpost», «postbox», «keep me posted» (tell me news).

### examples

- A fence has 10 posts 2 m apart. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/post/#x1)
- Posts stand every 3 m along a 30 m path. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/post/#x2)
- She posted 4 letters and 2 parcels. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/post/#x3)
- How many posts are needed for a 20 m fence? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/post/#x4)
- The ball hit the post and bounced out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/post/#x5)
- Has the post come yet? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/post/#x6)
- We posted Grandma a birthday card. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/post/#x7)
- Never post your address online. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/post/#x8)
- They had made up their minds to die at their post. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/post/#x9)

### note

«Post» (UK) = «mail» (USA). The ball can hit the «post» of a goal. Maths: in fence problems the posts and the gaps differ by one: a straight fence with 5 gaps has 6 posts. Trap: dividing the length by the gap gives gaps, not posts.

### In the corpora

- [The internet also makes things that look real but are not: AI videos, fake screenshots, forum posts with no name.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/48-famous-people-are-people/7/)
- [Influencers must say when a post is a paid advert; asking "is someone paid to say this?" protects you.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/48-famous-people-are-people/11/)
- [An anonymous forum post is not news, and children's lives should never be dragged into gossip.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/48-famous-people-are-people/14/)
- [Accounts that post gossip about real pupils should not be followed or shared; they should be reported.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/50-rumours-about-classmates-and-secrets/11/)
- [Sometimes there are clues, but often you can't tell by looking, so ask who posted it first.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/12-keep-yourself-private-and-voices-that-lie/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «post» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/post/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.