Collocations for "posted"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "posted" in context.
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post
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [ordinary, express, certified, registered, first class] post
- UK: your [order, package, parcel] will be sent by [ordinary] post
- the [first, last, next] post
- send your [application, resumé, answers] by post
- the mailman [sorted, delivered] the post
- [fetch, get, collect, pick up, open] the post
- UK: (send it) by return of post
- the [penalty, shot] hit the (goal) post
- the children used [sticks, stones] for goal posts
- sport: the [left, right, near] post
- the [starting, finishing, winning] post
- horse racing: [was, came in, finished] first past the post
- [stick, hammer, fix] a post in the ground
- a [wooden, metal, fence, yellow, tall, short] post
- [wooden, metal] posts marked the boundaries
- a [forum, email, web, news, user] post
- [write, publish, criticize] a post
- [reply, respond] to a post
- holds a [diplomatic, political, advisory] post
- [army, military, tank] posts
- the Post Office
- post office [workers, services, vans]
- post a [photo, comment, question, link]
- post [a position, an opening, a job]
- posted in [January]
- posted online
- post (up) the results
- posted a [loss, profit]
- post to [the forum, a board]
- posted on the [forums]
- posted [on, to] my wall
- post [the rules, regulations, a warning]
- UK: post a [letter, parcel] (to)
- UK: posted you a [letter]
- UK: posted it (out) to you
- UK: post it first class
- post a [payment, credit, debit]
- post [flyers, billboards, leaflets]
- post [flyers] around [town, shopping malls]
'posted' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Belgium
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- a stone's throw
- article
- board
- comment
- decoy
- decrease
- elsewhere
- forum
- graph
- increase
- interim
- journalist
- keep
- lewd
- margin
- marine
- modest
- northern
- originally
- playful
- pointed
- post
- profit
- quarter
- turnover
- web