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especially a soldier, in a
particular place so that they can guard a building or area StF ; fp S •• • ft : Guards
have been posted along the border. j£|?-±E bPH
7i&l»Bn8,
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PUBLIC NOTICE £H'i 6 [VN] [often
passive] to put a notice, etc. in a public place so that people can see it
BH3 display: A copy of the letter was posted on the
noticeboard. J$ ± % Eft f & W
mifiiti&o 0 The
results will be posted on the
Internet.
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GIVE INFORMATION A ff S 7 (especially NAmE) to
announce sth publicly or
officially, especially financial information or a warning AfU, Itffc ( ttaMi
) : [VN] The company posted a
$1.1 billion loss. 11 O A snow warning
was posted for
The aircraft and its crew were posted missing,
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PAY MONEY TO COURT £ tfc 8 [VN] ~ bail/(a) bond
{especially NAmE) to pay money to a
court so that a person accused of a crime can go free until their trial # ( ) : She was released after
posting $100 cash
bond and her driver’s
license. 100
IKIEI keep sb posted (about/on sth) to regularly give sb
the most recent information about sth and how it is developing
post- /paust; NAmE poust/ prefix (in nouns, verbs and
adjectives is], ill) after fs; 1a
postgraduate 0 a post-impressionist Jp A#
0
the post-1945 period * 1945 —compare
ANTE-,
PRE-
post-age /'paustid3; NAmE 'poo-/ noun [U] the cost of
sending a letter, etc. by post ftp ^; ftp H: an increase in postage
rates (fti#ftp 0 How much was the
postage
on that letter? '> fk ? 0 {BrE) All prices
include postage and
packing, faft
0 {NAmE) All prices
include postage and handling. -
'postage meter noun (NAmE) = franking machine 'postage stamp noun (formal) = stamp n.(l) postal /'paustl; NAmE 'poustl/ adj. [only before noun]
1
connected with the official
system for sending and delivering letters, etc. ftPil& (ft); ftPli : your full postal
address W'MWiMhttfl'k'W o the postal
service/system ftp ik #r / o postal charges ftp ^ 2 {especially BrE) involving things that
are sent by post ftP'lf #/qp (ft; ftP'l? W: postal bookings ftPtFMiT IWBI go 'postal {informal, especially
NAmE)
to become very angry A &: He went postal when he found out.
'postal ballot noun {BrE) a system of voting on
a particular issue in which everyone sends their vote by post ftPfi^tl
'postal code noun {BrE, CanE) = postcode 'postal order (BrE) (also 'money order NAmE, BrE) noun {abbr.
'postal service noun 1 a system of
collecting and delivering letters, etc. ftPij&ik#: a good postal service & Itff ftP &. IK # 2 the Postal Service (US) = post office(2)
'postal vote (BrE) {US .absentee 'ballot) noun a vote in an election
that you can send when you cannot be present ftpftP^S^ post-bag /'paustbaeg; NAmE ‘poust-/ noun {BrE) 1 (also mail-bag NAmE, BrE) [usually sing.] all
the letters, emails, etc. received by a newspaper, a TV station, a website, or
an important person at a particular time or about a particular subject ( fell
a , , lc A# ) : We had a huge postbag
on the
subject from our readers. Ml WJ7i^#AAi£A|R]®II#J AJiAlSo 2 = mailbag(I)
post-box /'paustbnks; NAmE 'poustbaiks/ (also letter box) (both BrE) {NAmE mail-box) noun a public box, for
example in the street, that you put letters into when
you send them ftp ; ftp ff — picture o letter box
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compare pillar
box
post-card /'paustkard; NAmE 'poustkaird/ (also card) noun a card used for
sending messages by post without an envelope, especially one that has a picture
on one side BJfitft: colourful postcards of California SMAfe iftftPfIfi/EMBfIfsfr 0 Send us a postcard
from
I!j±jdLi&Jlfco. — see
also picture postcard post-code /'paustkaud; NAmE 'poustkoud/ (also postal code) {BrE, CanE) {US 'Zip code) noun a group of letters
and/or numbers that are used as part of an address so that post/mail can be
separated into groups and delivered more quickly ftp$ti|fi3; ftP^H .postcode 'lottery noun [sing.] {BrE) a situation in which
the amount or type of medical treatment that is provided to people depends on
the particular area of the country they live in ftP^S^iiE?? (
post-coital /.paust 'koitl;
'kauitl; NAmE .poust; ’kouitl/ adj. happening or done
after sexual intercourse £*]©££< *«*)■»; JEMBM
,
post-' date verb [VN]
1
to write a date on a cheque that is later than the actual date so that the
cheque cannot be cashed (=
exchanged for money) until that date
*b ( JiHi ) sis; mm ( 3cm ) 0$; m
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compare backdate(I) 2 to happen, exist or be
made at a later date than sth else in the past ( eS/t/E.
k&&-Zl5 H23PRE-DATE post-doc tor al /.paust'dnktaral; NAmE .poust'daik-/ adj. connected with
advanced research or study that is done after a PhD has been completed ff±fsl$ pos ter /'pausta(r); NAmE ‘pou-/ noun 1 a large notice, often with a picture on
it, that is put in a public place to advertise sth JgJIft®; Mfi H771 placard : election posters o a poster campaign (= an attempt to
educate people about sth by using posters) if] 2 a large picture
that is printed on paper and put on a wall as decoration |=i i|® ^ !j : posters of her favourite pop stars
3 a person who posts a message on a message board (= a place on a website
where people can read or write messages) (
WA
'poster
child (also
poster
boy, 'poster girl) noun {especially NAmE) 1 a child with a
particular illness or other problem whose picture appears on a poster
advertising an organization that helps children with that illness or problem ( A M @ #1 ) ttiMfE'faffi ± (ft JLH 2 (often humorous) a person who is seen
as representing a particular quality or activity ft ^ A : He is the poster child
for incompetent government.
imummmmm a®,
poste rest-ante /.paust 'restarnt; NAmE .poust re'st-/ {BrE) {NAmE .general de'livery) noun [U] an arrangement
in which a post office keeps a person’s mail until they go to collect it, used
especially when sb is travelling (ftps*)) tfmm
pos-ter-ior/pD‘sti0ria(r); NAmEpai'stir-/ adj., noun
madj. [only before noun] {technical A iff) located behind sth or
at the back of sth Jg ffi (ft ; PH3
ANTERIOR
■ noun {humorous) the part of your body
that you sit on;
your bottom MIS: pos teri ori oa posteriori
pos-ter-ity /pD’sterati; NAmE pa:‘s-/ noun [U] (formal) all the people who
will live in the future Jg ft; ; ff
#; Their music has been preserved for posterity,
mAo 0 Posterity will
remember him as a great man. Jg Aft^ififtflWl'NIAo 'poster paint noun [U, C] a thick paint used
especially for children’s paintings r .post ex' change noun = PX
,post-'free adj. [only before noun] (BrE) used to describe sth
that you can send by post without having to pay anything fk#ftP$f$J ► .post-'free adv.: Information