post 2

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Definition of post 2 in English English dictionary

You can use post to refer to the place where a soldier, guard, or other person has been told to remain and to do his or her job. Quick men, back to your post!

If a soldier, guard, or other person is posted somewhere, they are told to stand there, in order to supervise an activity or guard a place. Police have now been posted outside all temples British Rail had to post a signalman at the entrance to the tunnel We have guards posted near the windows. see also posting, staging post

A post in a company or organization is a job or official position in it, usually one that involves responsibility. She had earlier resigned her post as President Menem's assistant Sir Peter has held several senior military posts. = position

If you are posted somewhere, you are sent there by the organization that you work for and usually work there for several years. It is normal to spend two or three years working in this country before being posted overseas