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# post

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

«post» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A post is a strong pole stuck in the ground, for example to hold a fence or mark a goal. [tree →](https://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/post/#m2)
3. To post a letter is to send it by mail. [tree →](https://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://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/post/#m5)

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

The words on the doorposts are kept in the mezuzah. The blood on the doorposts marked the Israelite houses on the night of the Exodus. Isaiah says a proud official will be thrust from his post. In the primary 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

- And thou shalt write them upon the door-posts of thy house, and upon thy gates. (Torah DEU.6.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/post/#x1)
- And thou shalt write them upon the door-posts of thy house, and upon thy gates; (Torah DEU.11.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/post/#x2)
- And they shall take of the blood, and put it on the two side-posts and on the lintel, upon the houses wherein they shall eat it. (Torah EXO.12.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/post/#x3)
- So also made he for the entrance of the temple door-posts of olive-wood, within a frame four-square; (Prophets 1KI.6.33, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/post/#x4)
- And I will thrust thee from thy post, and from thy station shalt thou be pulled down. (Prophets ISA.22.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/post/#x5)
- He made also posts of threescore cubits; even unto the posts of the court in the gates round about. (Prophets EZK.40.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/post/#x6)

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «post» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/post/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«post» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/post.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «post» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/post/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«post» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/post.html) on Mova free.