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post

noun [C] (PLACE)
 
 
/pəʊst/ US  /poʊst/

Definition

the particular place where someone works, especially where a soldier is told to be for military duty, usually as a guard: The soldier was disciplined for deserting his post. I was ordered to remain at my post until the last customer had left.Places and locationsUnpleasant placesPlaces involved in military activity
(Definition of post noun (PLACE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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