Dispatchverb
To send a shipment with promptness.
Postnoun
A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost.
Dispatchverb
To send an important official message sent by a diplomat or military officer with promptness.
Postnoun
(construction) A stud; a two-by-four.
Dispatchverb
To send a journalist to a place in order to report.
Postnoun
A pole in a battery.
Dispatchverb
To hurry.
Postnoun
(dentistry) A long, narrow piece inserted into a root canal to provide retention for a crown.
Dispatchverb
To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform.
Postnoun
A prolonged final melody note, among moving harmony notes.
Dispatchverb
To rid; to free.
Postnoun
A printing paper size measuring 19.25 inches x 15.5 inches.
Dispatchverb
(obsolete) To deprive.
Postnoun
(sports) A goalpost.
Dispatchverb
To destroy quickly and efficiently.
Postnoun
(obsolete) The doorpost of a victualler's shop or inn, on which were chalked the scores of customers; hence, a score; a debt.
Dispatchverb
(computing) To pass on for further processing, especially via a dispatch table (often with to).
Postnoun
(obsolete) Each of a series of men stationed at specific places along a postroad, with responsibility for relaying letters and dispatches of the monarch (and later others) along the route.
Dispatchnoun
A message sent quickly, as a shipment, a prompt settlement of a business, or an important official message sent by a diplomat, or military officer.
Postnoun
(dated) A station, or one of a series of stations, established for the refreshment and accommodation of travellers on some recognized route.
âa stage or railway postâ;
Dispatchnoun
The act of doing something quickly.
âWe must act with dispatch in this matter.â;
Postnoun
A military base; the place at which a soldier or a body of troops is stationed; also, the troops at such a station.
Dispatchnoun
A mission by an emergency response service, typically attend to an emergency in the field.
Postnoun
Someone who travels express along a set route carrying letters and dispatches; a courier.
Dispatchnoun
(computing) The passing on of a message for further processing, especially via a dispatch table.
Postnoun
An organisation for delivering letters, parcels etc., or the service provided by such an organisation.
âsent via post; parcel postâ;
Dispatchnoun
(obsolete) A dismissal.
Postnoun
A single delivery of letters; the letters or deliveries that make up a single batch delivered to one person or one address.
Dispatchverb
To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform.
âEre we put ourselves in arms, dispatch weThe business we have talked of.â; â[The] harvest men . . . almost in one fair day dispatcheth all the harvest work.â;
Postnoun
A message posted in an electronic or Internet forum.
Dispatchverb
To rid; to free.
âI had clean dispatched myself of this great charge.â;
Postnoun
A location on a basketball court near the basket.
Dispatchverb
To get rid of by sending off; to send away hastily.
âUnless dispatched to the mansion house in the country . . . they perish among the lumber of garrets.â;
Postnoun
(American football) 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.
âTwo of the receivers ran post patterns.â;
Dispatchverb
To send off or away; - particularly applied to sending off messengers, messages, letters, etc., on special business, and implying haste.
âEven with the speediest expeditionI will dispatch him to the emperor's cou .â;
Postnoun
(obsolete) Haste or speed, like that of a messenger or mail carrier.
Dispatchverb
To send out of the world; to put to death.
âThe company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their swords.â;
Postnoun
(obsolete) One who has charge of a station, especially a postal station.
Dispatchverb
To make haste; to conclude an affair; to finish a matter of business.
âThey have dispatched with Pompey.â;
Postnoun
An assigned station; a guard post.
Dispatchnoun
The act of sending a message or messenger in haste or on important business.
Postnoun
An appointed position in an organization, job.
Dispatchnoun
Any sending away; dismissal; riddance.
âTo the utter dispatch of all their most beloved comforts.â;
Postnoun
Post-production.
Dispatchnoun
The finishing up of a business; speedy performance, as of business; prompt execution; diligence; haste.
âSerious business, craving quick dispatch.â; âTo carry his scythe . . . with a sufficient dispatch through a sufficient space.â;
Postverb
(transitive) To hang (a notice) in a conspicuous manner for general review.
âPost no bills.â;
Dispatchnoun
A message dispatched or sent with speed; especially, an important official letter sent from one public officer to another; - often used in the plural; as, a messenger has arrived with dispatches for the American minister; naval or military dispatches.
Postverb
To hold up to public blame or reproach; to advertise opprobriously; to denounce by public proclamation.
âto post someone for cowardiceâ;
Dispatchnoun
A message transmitted by telegraph.
Postverb
(accounting) To carry (an account) from the journal to the ledger.
Dispatchnoun
an official report (usually sent in haste)
Postverb
To inform; to give the news to; to make acquainted with the details of a subject; often with up.
Dispatchnoun
the act of sending off something
Postverb
To pay (a blind).
âSince Jim was new to the game, he had to post $4 in order to receive a hand.â;
Dispatchnoun
the property of being prompt and efficient;
âit was done with dispatchâ;
Postverb
To put content online, usually through a publicly accessible mean, such as a video channel, gallery, message board, blog etc.
Dispatchnoun
killing a person or animal
Postverb
To travel with relays of horses; to travel by post horses, originally as a courier.
Dispatchverb
send away towards a designated goal
Postverb
To travel quickly; to hurry.
Dispatchverb
complete or carry out;
âdischarge one's dutiesâ;
Postverb
(UK) To send (an item of mail etc.) through the postal service.
âMail items posted before 7.00pm within the Central Business District and before 5.00pm outside the Central Business District will be delivered the next working day.â;
Dispatchverb
kill intentionally and with premeditation;
âThe mafia boss ordered his enemies murderedâ;
Postverb
(horse-riding) To rise and sink in the saddle, in accordance with the motion of the horse, especially in trotting.
Dispatchverb
dispose of rapidly and without delay and efficiently;
âHe dispatched the task he was assignedâ;
Postverb
(Internet) To publish (a message) to a newsgroup, forum, blog, etc.
âI couldn't figure it out, so I posted a question on the mailing list.â;
Dispatchverb
kill without delay;
âthe traitor was dispatched by the conspiratorsâ;
Postverb
To enter (a name) on a list, as for service, promotion, etc.
Dispatchverb
send off to a destination or for a purpose
âthe government dispatched 150 police to restore orderâ; âhe dispatched messages back to baseâ;
Postverb
To assign to a station; to set; to place.
âPost a sentinel in front of the door.â;
Dispatchverb
deal with (a task or opponent) quickly and efficiently
âthe Welsh team were dispatched comfortably by the oppositionâ;
Postadverb
With the post, on post-horses; express, with speed, quickly
Dispatchverb
kill
âhe dispatched the animal with one blowâ;
Postadverb
Sent via the postal service.
Dispatchnoun
the sending of someone or something to a destination or for a purpose
âa resolution authorizing the dispatch of a peacekeeping forceâ;
Postpreposition
After; especially after a significant event that has long-term ramifications.
Dispatchnoun
promptness and efficiency
âthe situation might change, so he should proceed with dispatchâ;
Postadjective
Hired to do what is wrong; suborned.
Dispatchnoun
an official report on state or military affairs
âin his battle dispatch he described the gunner's braveryâ;
Postnoun
A piece of timber, metal, or other solid substance, fixed, or to be fixed, firmly in an upright position, especially when intended as a stay or support to something else; a pillar; as, a hitching post; a fence post; the posts of a house.
âThey shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper doorpost of the houses.â; âThen by main force pulled up, and on his shoulders bore,The gates of Azza, post and massy bar.â; âUnto his order he was a noble post.â;
Dispatchnoun
a report sent in from abroad by a journalist
âhe conducted meetings for the correspondents and censored their dispatchesâ;
Postnoun
The doorpost of a victualer's shop or inn, on which were chalked the scores of customers; hence, a score; a debt.
âWhen God sends coinI will discharge your post.â;
Dispatchnoun
the killing of someone or something
âthe executioner's merciful dispatch of his victimsâ;
Postnoun
The place at which anything is stopped, placed, or fixed; a station.
Postnoun
A messenger who goes from station; an express; especially, one who is employed by the government to carry letters and parcels regularly from one place to another; a letter carrier; a postman.
âIn certain places there be always fresh posts, to carry that further which is brought unto them by the other.â; âI fear my Julia would not deign my lines,Receiving them from such a worthless post.â;
Postnoun
An established conveyance for letters from one place or station to another; especially, the governmental system in any country for carrying and distributing letters and parcels; the post office; the mail; hence, the carriage by which the mail is transported.
âI send you the fair copy of the poem on dullness, which I should not care to hazard by the common post.â;
Postnoun
Haste or speed, like that of a messenger or mail carrier.
Postnoun
One who has charge of a station, especially of a postal station.
âHe held office of postmaster, or, as it was then called, post, for several years.â;
Postnoun
A station, office, or position of service, trust, or emolument; as, the post of duty; the post of danger.
âThe post of honor is a private station.â;
Postnoun
A size of printing and writing paper. See the Table under Paper.
Postverb
To attach to a post, a wall, or other usual place of affixing public notices; to placard; as, to post a notice; to post playbills.
Postverb
To hold up to public blame or reproach; to advertise opprobriously; to denounce by public proclamation; as, to post one for cowardice.
âOn pain of being posted to your sorrowFail not, at four, to meet me.â;
Postverb
To enter (a name) on a list, as for service, promotion, or the like.
Postverb
To assign to a station; to set; to place; as, to post a sentinel.
Postverb
To carry, as an account, from the journal to the ledger; as, to post an account; to transfer, as accounts, to the ledger.
âYou have not posted your books these ten years.â;
Postverb
To place in the care of the post; to mail; as, to post a letter.
Postverb
To inform; to give the news to; to make (one) acquainted with the details of a subject; - often with up.
âThoroughly posted up in the politics and literature of the day.â;
Postverb
To travel with post horses; figuratively, to travel in haste.
âAnd post o'er land and ocean without rest.â;
Postverb
To rise and sink in the saddle, in accordance with the motion of the horse, esp. in trotting.
Postadverb
With post horses; hence, in haste; as, to travel post.
Postnoun
the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand;
âa soldier manned the entrance postâ; âa sentry stationâ;
Postnoun
military installation at which a body of troops is stationed;
âthis military post provides an important source of income for the town nearbyâ; âthere is an officer's club on the postâ;
Postnoun
a job in an organization;
âhe occupied a post in the treasuryâ;
Postnoun
an upright consisting of a piece of timber or metal fixed firmly in an upright position;
âhe set a row of posts in the ground and strung barbwire between themâ;
Postnoun
United States aviator who in 1933 made the first solo flight around the world (1899-1935)
Postnoun
United States female author who wrote a book and a syndicated newspaper column on etiquette (1872-1960)
Postnoun
United States manufacturer of breakfast cereals and Postum (1854-1914)
Postnoun
any particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered;
âyour mail is on the tableâ; âis there any post for me?â; âshe was opening her postâ;
Postnoun
a pole or stake set up to mark something (as the start or end of a race track);
âa pair of posts marked the goalâ; âthe corner of the lot was indicated by a stakeâ;
Postnoun
the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office;
âthe mail handles billions of items every dayâ; âhe works for the United States mail serviceâ; âin England they call mail `the post'â;
Postnoun
the delivery and collection of letters and packages;
âit came by the first postâ; âif you hurry you'll catch the postâ;
Postverb
affix in a public place or for public notice;
âpost a warningâ;
Postverb
publicize with, or as if with, a poster;
âI'll post the news on the bulletin boardâ;
Postverb
assign to a post; put into a post;
âThe newspaper posted him in Timbuktuâ;
Postverb
assign to a station
Postverb
display, as of records in sports games
Postverb
enter on a public list
Postverb
transfer (entries) from one account book to another
Postverb
ride Western style and bob up and down in the saddle in in rhythm with a horse's trotting gait
Postverb
mark with a stake;
âstake out the pathâ;
Postverb
put up;
âpost a signâ; âpost a warning at the dumpâ;
Postverb
cause to be directed or transmitted to another place;
âsend me your latest resultsâ; âI'll mail you the paper when it's writtenâ;
Postverb
mark or expose as infamous;
âShe was branded a loose womanâ;
Postnoun
a long, sturdy piece of timber or metal set upright in the ground and used as a support or marker
âfollow the blue posts until the track meets a roadâ;
Postnoun
a goalpost
âRobertson, at the near post, headed wideâ;
Postnoun
a starting post or winning post.
Postnoun
a piece of writing, image, or other item of content published online, typically on a blog or social media website or application
âin a recent post, he cautioned investors to be wary of these predictionsâ;
Postnoun
the official service or system that delivers letters and parcels
âthe tickets are in the postâ; âwinners will be notified by postâ;
Postnoun
letters and parcels delivered
âshe was opening her postâ;
Postnoun
a single collection or delivery of mail
âentries must be received no later than first post on 14 Juneâ;
Postnoun
used in names of newspapers
âthe Washington Postâ;
Postnoun
each of a series of couriers who carried mail on horseback between fixed stages.
Postnoun
a person or vehicle that carries mail.
Postnoun
a position of paid employment; a job
âhe resigned from the post of Foreign Ministerâ; âa teaching postâ;
Postnoun
a place where someone is on duty or where a particular activity is carried out
âa customs postâ; âa shift worker asleep at his postâ;
Postnoun
a place where a soldier or police officer is stationed or which they patrol
âhe gave the men orders not to leave their postsâ;
Postnoun
a force stationed at a permanent position or camp; a garrison.
Postnoun
a local group in an organization of military veterans.
Postnoun
the status or rank of full-grade captain in the Royal Navy
âCaptain Miller was made post in 1796â;
Postverb
display (a notice) in a public place
âa curt notice had been posted on the doorâ;
Postverb
put notices on or in
âwe have posted all the barsâ;
Postverb
announce or publish (something, especially a financial result)
âthe company posted a ÂŁ460,000 lossâ;
Postverb
publish the name of (a member of the armed forces) as missing or dead
âa whole troop had been posted missingâ;
Postverb
publish (a piece of writing, image, or other item of content) online, typically on a blog or social media website or application
âthe list was promptly posted all over the Internetâ; âI'll post an article next week revealing the results of the pollâ; âshe posted a photo of herself with the singer on Twitterâ; âthe company posted the news on its blog yesterdayâ;
Postverb
(of a player or team) achieve or record (a particular score or result)
âSmith and Lamb posted a century partnershipâ;
Postverb
send (a letter or parcel) via the postal system
âpost off your order form todayâ; âI've just been to post a letterâ;
Postverb
(in bookkeeping) enter (an item) in a ledger
âpost the transaction in the second columnâ; âinitial records kept in day books are periodically posted to accountsâ;
Postverb
complete (a ledger) by entering items.
Postverb
travel with relays of horses
âwe posted in an open carriageâ;
Postverb
travel with haste; hurry
âhe comes posting up the streetâ;
Postverb
send (someone) to a place to take up an appointment
âhe was posted to Washington as military attachĂ©â;
Postverb
station (someone, especially a soldier or police officer) in a particular place
âa guard was posted at the entranceâ;
Postadverb
with haste
âcome now, come postâ;
Postpreposition
subsequent to; after
âAmerican poetry post the 1950s hasn't had the same impactâ;