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poste — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • job noun A paid position of regular employment.
  • mail noun Letters, parcels, and other items sent through the postal system.
  • nick noun A small cut or notch in a surface, or the exact critical point or moment something happens.
  • position noun A place or location where something or someone is.
  • post noun A long upright pole or beam, such as a fence post or lamppost.
  • set verb To put something in a particular place or position.
  • shift verb To move something from one place or position to another.
  • situation noun The set of circumstances or facts affecting something at a particular time.
  • substation noun A facility that converts or regulates electricity from high-voltage transmission lines for local use.
  • television noun A device with a screen and speaker that receives and displays broadcast pictures and sound.
  • watch noun A small timepiece worn on the wrist or carried in a pocket.

Senses

poste is used for these senses in English:

  • job An economic role for which a person is paid.
  • mail (chiefly, _, US, uncountable) The letters, parcels, etc. delivered to a particular address or person. [from 19thc.]
  • mail (uncountable) Electronic mail, e-mail: a computer network–based service for sending, storing, and forwarding electronic messages. [from 20thc.]
  • nick (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, law enforcement, slang) A police station or prison.
  • position A post of employment; a job.
  • position (team sports) A place on the playing field, together with a set of duties, assigned to a player.
  • post An assigned station; a guard post.
  • post office (countable) A place (building, office, shop, or counter) concerned with the business of delivering letters, post or mail and selling stamps, etc.

job — full definition

  1. noun A paid position of regular employment.
  2. noun A particular task or piece of work to be done.
  3. noun Informal for a robbery or heist.
  4. noun A corrupt or self-serving act carried out under the appearance of official duty.
  5. verb To work irregularly, taking on individual pieces of paid work.

mail — full definition

  1. noun Letters, parcels, and other items sent through the postal system.
  2. noun Email; electronic messages sent over a computer network.
  3. verb To send something through the post or by email.
  4. noun Flexible armor made from small interlinked metal rings.

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