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post

See also: Post, POST, pöst, pøst, post., and post-

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EnglishEdit

 
Wooden posts.
 post on Wikipedia

Alternative formsEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old English post (“pillar, door-post”) and Latin postis (“a post, a door-post”) through Old French.

NounEdit

post (plural posts)

  1. A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost.
  2. (construction) A stud; a two-by-four.
  3. A pole in a battery.
  4. (dentistry) A long, narrow piece inserted into a root canal to provide retention for a crown.
  5. (vocal music, chiefly a cappella) A prolonged final melody note, among moving harmony notes.
  6. (paper, printing) A printing paper size measuring 19.25 inches x 15.5 inches.
  7. (sports) A goalpost.
    • 2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC‎[1]:
      But they marginally improved after the break as Didier Drogba hit the post.
  8. (obsolete) The doorpost of a victualler's shop or inn, on which were chalked the scores of customers; hence, a score; a debt.
    • (Can we date this quote?) S. Rowlands
      When God sends coin / I will discharge your post.
Derived termsEdit
Terms derived from post (noun) "dowel"
TranslationsEdit
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VerbEdit

post (third-person singular simple present posts, present participle posting, simple past and past participle posted)

  1. (transitive) To hang (a notice) in a conspicuous manner for general review.
    Post no bills.
  2. To hold up to public blame or reproach; to advertise opprobriously; to denounce by public proclamation.
    to post someone for cowardice
    • 1732, George Granville, Epilogue to the She-Gallants, line 13
      On Pain of being posted to your Sorrow / Fail not, at Four, to meet me here To-morrow.
  3. (accounting) To carry (an account) from the journal to the ledger.
    • 1712, John Arbuthnot, The History of John Bull, Chapter X
      You have not posted your books these ten years.
  4. To inform; to give the news to; to make acquainted with the details of a subject; often with up.
    • 1872, "Interviewing a Prince", Saturday Review, London, volume 33, number 853, March 2, page 273
      thoroughly posted up in the politics and literature of the day
  5. (transitive, poker) To pay (a blind).
    Since Jim was new to the game, he had to post $4 in order to receive a hand.
  6. To put content online, usually through a publicly accessible mean, such as a video channel, gallery, message board, blog etc.
Derived termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

  • Chinese: po
TranslationsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

Borrowed from Middle French poste, from Italian posta (“stopping-place for coaches”), feminine of posto (“placed, situated”).

NounEdit

post (plural posts)

  1. (obsolete) Each of a series of men stationed at specific places along a postroad, with responsibility for relaying letters and dispatches of the monarch (and later others) along the route. [16th-17th c.]
  2. (dated) A station, or one of a series of stations, established for the refreshment and accommodation of travellers on some recognized route.
    a stage or railway post
  3. A military base; the place at which a soldier or a body of troops is stationed; also, the troops at such a station.
  4. (now historical) Someone who travels express along a set route carrying letters and dispatches; a courier. [from 16th c.]
    • (Can we date this quote?) Archbishop Abbot
      In certain places there be always fresh posts, to carry that further which is brought unto them by the other.
    • c. 1591, William Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act I, scene iii, line 152
      I fear my Julia would not deign my lines, / Receiving them from such a worthless post.
    • 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King: Henry VII and the Dawn of Tudor England, Penguin 2012, p. 199:
      information was filtered through the counting-houses and warehouses of Antwerp; posts galloped along the roads of the Low Countries, while dispatches streamed through Calais, and were passed off the merchant galleys arriving in London from the Flanders ports.
  5. An organisation for delivering letters, parcels etc., or the service provided by such an organisation. [from 17th c.]
    sent via post; parcel post
    • 1707, Alexander Pope, Letter VII (to Mr. Wycherly), November 11
      I take it too as an opportunity of sending you the fair copy of the poem on Dullness, which was not then finished, and which I should not care to hazard by the common post.
  6. A single delivery of letters; the letters or deliveries that make up a single batch delivered to one person or one address. [from 17th c.]
  7. A message posted in an electronic or Internet forum. [from 20th c.]
  8. A location on a basketball court near the basket.
  9. (American football) A moderate to deep passing route in which a receiver runs 10-20 yards from the line of scrimmage straight down the field, then cuts toward the middle of the field (towards the facing goalposts) at a 45-degree angle.
    Two of the receivers ran post patterns.
  10. (obsolete) Haste or speed, like that of a messenger or mail carrier.
  11. (obsolete) One who has charge of a station, especially a postal station.
    • 1858, John Gorham Palfrey, History of New England, Volume 1, chapter IV, page 136
      there he held the office of postmaster, or, as it was then called, post, for several years.
Derived termsEdit
Terms derived from post (noun) "position; mail"
TranslationsEdit

VerbEdit

post (third-person singular simple present posts, present participle posting, simple past and past participle posted)

  1. To travel with relays of horses; to travel by post horses, originally as a courier. [from 16th c.]
    • 1818, Mary Shelley, Frankenstein:
      Beyond Cologne we descended to the plain of Holland; and we resolved to post the remainder of our way […].
  2. To travel quickly; to hurry. [from 16th c.]
    • c. 1606, William Shakespeare, King Lear, Act III, scene vi, line 1
      Post speedily to my lord your husband.
    • c. 1652, John Milton, "On His Blindness", line 13
      thousand at his bidding speed, / And post o'er land and ocean without rest; / They also serve who only stand and wait.
  3. (Britain) To send (an item of mail etc.) through the postal service. [from 19th c.]
    Mail items posted before 7.00pm within the Central Business District and before 5.00pm outside the Central Business District will be delivered the next working day.
  4. (horse-riding) To rise and sink in the saddle, in accordance with the motion of the horse, especially in trotting. [from 19th c.]
  5. (Internet) To publish (a message) to a newsgroup, forum, blog, etc. [from 20th c.]
    I couldn't figure it out, so I posted a question on the mailing list.
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit

AdverbEdit

post (not comparable)

  1. With the post, on post-horses; express, with speed, quickly
    • 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 353:
      In this posture were affairs at the inn when a gentleman arrived there post.
    • 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘The Arrest of Lieutenant Golightly’, Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio 2005, p. 93:
      He prided himself on looking neat even when he was riding post.
  2. Sent via the postal service.
DescendantsEdit
TranslationsEdit
with the post, on post horses; express, with speed

Etymology 3Edit

Probably from French poste.

NounEdit

post (plural posts)

  1. An assigned station; a guard post.
    • 2013 June 8, “The new masters and commanders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 52:
      From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.
  2. An appointed position in an organization, job.
    • 2011 December 14, Angelique Chrisafis, “Rachida Dati accuses French PM of sexism and elitism”, in Guardian:
      She was Nicolas Sarkozy's pin-up for diversity, the first Muslim woman with north African parents to hold a major French government post. But Rachida Dati has now turned on her own party elite with such ferocity that some have suggested she should be expelled from the president's ruling party.
TranslationsEdit

VerbEdit

post (third-person singular simple present posts, present participle posting, simple past and past participle posted)

  1. To enter (a name) on a list, as for service, promotion, etc.
  2. To assign to a station; to set; to place.
    Post a sentinel in front of the door.
    • De Quincey
      It might be to obtain a ship for a lieutenant, […] or to get him posted.

Etymology 4Edit

Borrowed from Latin post.

PrepositionEdit

post

  1. After; especially after a significant event that has long-term ramifications.
    • 2008, Michael Tomasky, "Obama cannot let the right cast him in that 60s show", The Guardian, online,
      One of the most appealing things for me about Barack Obama has always been that he comes post the post-60s generation.
    • 2008, Matthew Stevens, "Lew pressured to reveal what he knows", The Australian, online,
      Lew reckons he had three options for the cash-cow which was Premier post the Coles sale.

Etymology 5Edit

Clipping of post-production.

NounEdit

post (uncountable)

  1. (film, informal) Post-production.
    • 2013, Bruce Mamer, Film Production Technique: Creating the Accomplished Image
      Admittedly many of these can be fixed in post, but this may limit your flexibility in other areas.

See alsoEdit

AnagramsEdit

CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Occitan, from Latin postus, from positus.

VerbEdit

post

  1. past participle of pondre

CornishEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

post m (plural postow)

  1. post (method of sending mail)

Related termsEdit

DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

post m (plural posten, diminutive postje n)

  1. mail
  2. mail office
  3. location or station, when a soldier is op post, he is where he is supposed to be.
  4. post (position, office)
    Toekomstig Amerikaans president Barack Obama maakt zijn keuzes bekend voor de posten binnen zijn kabinet op het gebied van veiligheid en buitenlands beleid. — President elect Barack Obama makes his choices known for the posts within his cabinet in the area of security and exterior policy. (nl.wikipedia, 12/3/2008)

Derived termsEdit

VerbEdit

post

  1. first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of posten
  2. imperative of posten

AnagramsEdit

EsperantoEdit

EtymologyEdit

Latin post

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /post/
  • Hyphenation: post

PrepositionEdit

post

  1. after
  2. behind

FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From English post.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

post m (plural posts)

  1. (Internet) post (message on a blog, etc.)

IrishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from English post.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

post m (genitive singular poist, nominative plural poist)

  1. timber post, stake
  2. (historical) post, letter carrier; (letter) post; postman
  3. (military) post
  4. (of employment) post, job

DeclensionEdit

Declension of post

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative post poist
Vocative a phoist a phosta
Genitive poist post
Dative post poist

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an post na poist
Genitive an phoist na bpost
Dative leis an bpost

don phost

leis na poist

Derived termsEdit

timber post
letters
military
job

MutationEdit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
post phost bpost
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further readingEdit

  • "post" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • Entries containing “post” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “post” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

ItalianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from English post.

NounEdit

post m (invariable)

  1. (Internet) post (message in a forum)

AnagramsEdit

KurdishEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

post m

  1. skin

LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

From pre-Italic *pós +‎ *-ti. May also relate to Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi.

PronunciationEdit

PrepositionEdit

post (+ accusative)

  1. (of space) behind
  2. (of time) after, since, (transf.) besides, except

AdverbEdit

post (not comparable)

  1. (of space) behind, back, backwards
  2. (of time) afterwards, after

AntonymsEdit

Derived termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

ReferencesEdit

LatvianEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

post tr., 1st conj., pres. pošu, pos, poš, past posu

  1. tidy, clean, adorn
  2. dress up, smarten

Norwegian BokmålEdit

 
Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

EtymologyEdit

From Italian posta (in the given sense)

NounEdit

post m (definite singular posten, indefinite plural poster, definite plural postene)

  1. post or mail (letters etc. sent via the postal service)

Derived termsEdit

Terms derived from post

ReferencesEdit

Norwegian NynorskEdit

 
Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

EtymologyEdit

From Italian posta (in this sense)

NounEdit

post m (definite singular posten, indefinite plural postar, definite plural postane)

  1. post or mail (letters etc. sent via the postal service)

Derived termsEdit

Terms derived from post

ReferencesEdit

Old EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin postis (“post, pedestal”).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

post m

  1. post
  2. pedestal

DeclensionEdit

Declension of post (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative post postas
accusative post postas
genitive postes posta
dative poste postum

PolishEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Proto-Slavic *postъ.

NounEdit

post m inan

  1. fast

DeclensionEdit

declension of post
singular plural
nominative post posty
genitive postu postów
dative postowi postom
accusative post posty
instrumental postem postami
locative poście postach
vocative poście posty

Derived termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

Borrowed from English post.

NounEdit

post m anim

  1. post (message)

DeclensionEdit

declension of post
singular plural
nominative post posty
genitive posta postów
dative postowi postom
accusative posta posty
instrumental postem postami
locative poście postach
vocative poście posty

Further readingEdit

  • post in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • post in Polish dictionaries at PWN

PortugueseEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from English post.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

post m (plural posts)

  1. (Internet) post (individual message in an on-line discussion)

RomanianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Proto-Slavic *postъ.

NounEdit

post n (plural posturi)

  1. fast (period of abstaining from or eating very little food), fasting

See alsoEdit

Etymology 2Edit

Borrowed from French poste.

NounEdit

post n (plural posturi)

  1. post, position, job, place, appointment, station

Scottish GaelicEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from English post.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

post m (genitive singular puist, plural puist)

  1. post, mail
  2. Alternative form of posta
  3. post, stake

Derived termsEdit

VerbEdit

post (past phost, future postaidh, verbal noun postadh, past participle poste)

  1. post, mail

MutationEdit

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
post phost
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Serbo-CroatianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Slavic *postъ.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

pȏst m (Cyrillic spelling по̑ст)

  1. fast, fasting

DeclensionEdit

Declension of post
singular plural
nominative pȏst pòstovi
genitive pȍsta postova
dative postu postovima
accusative post postove
vocative poste postovi
locative postu postovima
instrumental postom postovima

SloveneEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

pȍst m inan

  1. fast (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)

InflectionEdit

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nominative pòst
genitive pôsta
singular
nominative pòst
accusative pòst
genitive pôsta
dative pôstu
locative pôstu
instrumental pôstom

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

SpanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from English post.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

post m (plural posts)

  1. (computing) post

SwedishEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

post c

  1. postal office; an organization delivering mail and parcels
  2. (uncountable) mail; collectively for things sent through a post office
  3. item of a list or on an agenda
  4. post; an assigned station
  5. position to which someone may be assigned or elected
    Posten som ordförande i idrottsföreningen är vakant.
    The position as chairman in the sports association is free.

DeclensionEdit

Declension of post 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative post posten poster posterna
Genitive posts postens posters posternas

Related termsEdit

TurkishEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

post (definite accusative postu, plural postlar)

  1. fur, hide, pelt
    Synonym: kürk

WelshEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Borrowed from English post.

NounEdit

post m (uncountable)

  1. post, mail
Derived termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Latin postis.

NounEdit

post m (plural pyst)

  1. post, pillar
Derived termsEdit
Alternative formsEdit

MutationEdit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
post bost mhost phost
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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