ADJ
- first-class, second-class
- registered
- inland
PREP
- by ~
- I sent it by first-class post
- in the ~
- My application for the job is in the post
PHRASES
- by return of post
- Orders will be sent by return of post
ADJ
- first, last
- If you hurry you'll just catch the last post
VERB + POST
- check, open
- She arrived at the office early and checked her post
- box (also postbox)
ADJ
- senior
- full-time, part-time
- permanent, temporary
- vacant
- managerial, teaching
- government, university
VERB + POST
- apply for
- take up
- hold
- leave, quit, resign
- appoint sb to, fill
- dismiss sb from, relieve sb of
- He was relieved of his post when he was found to have accepted bribes
PREP
- ~ as
- He quit his post as chief executive
- ~ of
- She applied for the new post of training officer
ADJ
- army, police
- command, observation
- border, frontier
VERB + POST
- take up
- The guard took up his post at the gate
- desert
- The sentries had deserted their posts
PREP
- at your ~
- The gun crew were at their posts
ADJ
- finishing, winning
- far, near (both in football)
- He steered a shot between the keeper and the near post
PHRASES
- first past the post
- The first horse past the post wins the race
- pip sb/sth at the post
- She led for most of the way before being pipped at the post