Technology / B2

POHST/pəʊst/

Post is the official mail system; also a job, an online message, or the verb to send / publish: in the post; a teaching post; post a comment. Mail is a close twin for letters; job is everyday for work. The job post closed at noon. Mix-up: postpone (already in the dictionary); poster; past. Do not write post for “after” without a hyphen in after-post contexts — use after.

Meaning

The official mail system; also a job, a message online, or to send/publish (verb).

Examples

• “The job post closed at noon; a tweet is not an application.”
• “Put the scripts in the internal post, which is the mail sense.”

Good to know

in the post; a vacant post; post + letter / comment. Trap: postpone / past / poster. Work, mail, and media. Mail, a job, or to publish — specify.

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