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/pɔst/

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Translation

post (job position); post office

Word origin

From Italian posta ('a relay station, a fixed place'), from Latin posita, the feminine past participle of ponere ('to place'). The postal and military senses both come from the idea of something or someone set in a fixed position.

Origin
Latin
Root
ponere
English cognates
post, position, posit

Grammar

Gendercommon
Pluralpostes

Examples

l'.

He got an important position in the company.

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I need to stop by the post office to send a letter.

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The police station is open all night.

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I have to stop at the post office before noon to send a letter.

.

He got a new position in a large company.

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This word is part of lesson 16.