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held up the roof.
--v. 2 advertise, announce, proclaim, publish, circulate,
propagate, promulgate; put or pin or tack or stick or hang up,
affix: The notice of the meeting has been posted for all to
see.
postý n. 1 assignment, appointment, position, situation, job, place,
duty, role, function, employment, work, task, chore: Clarke was
given a post as consul in some forgotten country.
--v. 2 place, put, station, assign, appoint, position, situate,
set, locate: Guards have been posted around the enclosure.
post° n. 1 postal service, mail; delivery; collection: I am
expecting an important letter in the post. It hasn't come in the
first post.
--v. 2 send, dispatch or despatch, transmit, Chiefly US and
Canadian mail: I posted your cheque this morning. 3 record,
enter, register, list: We post the daily receipts in this
ledger. 4 keep (someone) posted. inform, advise, brief, notify,
Colloq fill (someone) in on: Our observers have kept me posted
as to your whereabouts every step of the way.
poster n. placard, notice, bill, advertisement, announcement,
broadside, broadsheet; circular, flier: Who designed that
striking poster for the new play?
posterior adj. 1 hind, rear, back, after, hinder, rearward, Nautical aft:
The posterior legs are somewhat longer. 2 later, after, latter,
ensuing, following, succeeding, subsequent: Analysis has
yielded evidence of the posterior origin of the lava.
--n. 3 buttocks, bottom, rump, seat, derriŠre, Colloq behind,
rear, backside, tail, Colloq hinie, Slang Brit bum, Taboo slang
Brit arse, US ass, butt, Yiddish tokus or tochis or tuchis: The
term describing a person with a fat posterior is 'steatopygous'.
posterity n. descendants, successors, heirs, children, offspring, issue,
progeny: It is good that these buildings will be preserved for
posterity. Posterity will be the judge of our success.