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 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 →
- 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
- The internet also makes things that look real but are not: AI videos, fake screenshots, forum posts with no name.
- Influencers must say when a post is a paid advert; asking "is someone paid to say this?" protects you.
- An anonymous forum post is not news, and children's lives should never be dragged into gossip.
- Accounts that post gossip about real pupils should not be followed or shared; they should be reported.
- Sometimes there are clues, but often you can't tell by looking, so ask who posted it first.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «post» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.