post
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 →
2) The post (UK, Australia) is the mail: letters and parcels sent and delivered. tree →
3) To post a letter is to send it by mail. tree →
4) To post something online is to put it on a website. tree →
5) A post is a job or a place where someone stands on duty. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and 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 →
- And thou shalt write them upon the door-posts of thy house, and upon thy gates; (Torah DEU.11.20, JPS 1917) tree →
- 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 →
- 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 →
- And I will thrust thee from thy post, and from thy station shalt thou be pulled down. (Prophets ISA.22.19, JPS 1917) tree →
- 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 →
- A fence has 10 posts 2 m apart. tree →
- Posts stand every 3 m along a 30 m path. tree →
- She posted 4 letters and 2 parcels. tree →
- How many posts are needed for a 20 m fence? tree →
- The ball hit the post and bounced out. tree →
- Has the post come yet? tree →
- We posted Grandma a birthday card. tree →
- Never post your address online. tree →
- They had made up their minds to die at their post. tree →
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
- And thou shalt write them upon the door-posts of thy house, and upon thy gates.
- And thou shalt write them upon the door-posts of thy house, and upon thy gates;
- So also made he for the entrance of the temple door-posts of olive-wood, within a frame four-square;
- And all the doors with their posts were square in the frame; and light was over against light in three ranks.
- And the posts of the door were moved at the voice of them that called, and the house was filled with smoke.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «post» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.