1. Organisation de transport du courrier.
2. Bureau de cette organisation.
3. Courrier.
(Homonym: male).
1. The system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office; SYN. post, postal service.
2. The bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service.
3. Any particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered.
4. A conveyance that transports mail.
1. A piece of timber or metal fixed firmly in an upright position.
2. A pole or stake set up to mark something (as the start of a race track); SYN. stake.
3. The position where something or someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand; SYN. station.
1. A children's game in which kisses are exchanged for pretended letters.
2. A local branch of the Post Office Department; SYN. local post office. post-office
1. Local. Un poste de police.
2. Appareil. Un poste de téléphone.
3. Distributeur. Un poste d'essence.
4. Position.
5. Emploi. Un poste de secrétaire.
6. Rubrique. Un poste budgétaire.
ETYM Latin extensio: cf. French extension. Related to Extend.
1. A mutually agreed delay in the date set for the completion of a job or payment of a debt.
2. Act of expanding in scope; making more widely available.
3. Act of stretching or straightening out a flexed limb.
4. Amount or degree or range to which something extends; SYN. lengthiness, prolongation.
5. An additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line.
6. An educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who not enrolled as regular students; SYN. extension service, university extension.
ETYM Prov. Eng. job, gob, a small piece of wood, v., to stab, strike; cf. Eng. gob, gobbet; perh. influenced by Eng. chop to cut off, to mince. Related to Gob.
1. The occupation for which one is paid; SYN. employment, work.
2. The performance of a piece of work.
3. A specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee; SYN. task, chore.
4. A workplace; as in the expression.
5. (Computer science) A program application that may consist of several steps but is a single logical unit.
6. The responsibility to do something.
ETYM French position, Latin positio, from ponere, positum, to put, place.
2. The spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated; SYN. spatial relation.
3. The appropriate or customary location.
4. Position or arrangement of the body and its limbs; SYN. posture, attitude.
5. A way of regarding situations or topics etc.; SYN. view, perspective.
6. A rationalized mental attitude; SYN. posture.
7. A job in an organization or hierarchy; SYN. post, berth, slot, office, spot, place, situation.
8. (In team sports) The role assigned to an individual player.
1. A piece of timber or metal fixed firmly in an upright position.
2. A pole or stake set up to mark something (as the start of a race track); SYN. stake.
3. The position where something or someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand; SYN. station.
1. The act of putting something in position
2. A group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used:
3. An abstract collection of numbers or symbols
4. An unofficial association of people or groups; SYN. circle, band, lot.
5. Several exercises intended to be done in series; SYN. exercise set.
6. Any electronic equipment that receives or transmits radio or tv signals
7. A unit of play in tennis or squash
8. (Psychology) A temporary readiness to respond in a particular way; SYN. readiness.
9. The descent of a heavenly body below the horizon