post
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- poast (obsolete)
PronunciationEdit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pəʊst/
- (General American) enPR: pōst, IPA(key): /poʊst/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -əʊst
Etymology 1Edit
From Old English post (“pillar, door-post”) and Latin postis (“a post, a door-post”) through Old French.
NounEdit
post (plural posts)
- A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost.
- ram a post into the ground
- (construction) A stud; a two-by-four.
- A pole in a battery.
- (dentistry) A long, narrow piece inserted into a root canal to provide retention for a crown.
- (vocal music, chiefly a cappella) A prolonged final melody note, among moving harmony notes.
- (paper, printing) A printing paper size measuring 19.25 inches x 15.5 inches.
- (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.
- A location on a basketball court near the basket.
- (obsolete) The doorpost of a victualler's shop or inn, on which were chalked the scores of customers; hence, a score; a debt.
- 1600, Samuel Rowlands, The knauve of clubs
- when God ſends coyne,
I will diſcharge your poaſt
- when God ſends coyne,
- 1600, Samuel Rowlands, The knauve of clubs
- the vertical part of a crochet stitch
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
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VerbEdit
post (third-person singular simple present posts, present participle posting, simple past and past participle posted)
- (transitive) To hang (a notice) in a conspicuous manner for general review.
- Post no bills.
- 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.
- (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.
- 1712, John Arbuthnot, The History of John Bull, Chapter X
- 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
- 1872, "Interviewing a Prince", Saturday Review, London, volume 33, number 853, March 2, page 273
- (transitive, poker) To pay (a blind).
- Since Jim was new to the game, he had to post $4 in order to receive a hand.
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- Chinese: po
TranslationsEdit
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Etymology 2Edit
Borrowed from Middle French poste, from Italian posta (“stopping-place for coaches”), feminine of posto (“placed, situated”).
NounEdit
post (plural posts)
- (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.]
- (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
- A military base; the place at which a soldier or a body of troops is stationed; also, the troops at such a station.
- (now historical) Someone who travels express along a set route carrying letters and dispatches; a courier. [from 16th c.]
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- 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.
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- (Britain, Australia, New Zealand) 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.
- (Britain, Australia, New Zealand) 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.]
- 2020 November 18, “Stop & Examine”, in Rail, page 71:
- Royal Mail worker Evette Chapman gathered a team of 12 colleagues to deliver post in fancy dress and raise money for a nurses' charity and patients in Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton.
- A message posted in an electronic or Internet forum, or on a blog, etc. [from 20th c.]
- (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.
- (obsolete) Haste or speed, like that of a messenger or mail carrier.
- a. 1597, William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act V, scene iii, line 273
- And then in post he came from Mantua.
- a. 1597, William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act V, scene iii, line 273
- (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.
- 1858, John Gorham Palfrey, History of New England, Volume 1, chapter IV, page 136
Derived termsEdit
- block post
- crosspost
- outpost
- post bag, postbag
- post box, postbox
- postcard
- post chaise
- post code, postcode
- postgasm
- postgirl
- post-haste, posthaste
- post horn, posthorn
- post-horse, posthorse
- post-house
- postlady
- postman
- postmaster
- post office, postoffice
- post-rider, postrider
- post town
- postwoman
- staging post
- sticky post
- take post
- trading post
DescendantsEdit
All are borrowed
TranslationsEdit
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VerbEdit
post (third-person singular simple present posts, present participle posting, simple past and past participle posted)
- 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 […].
- 1818, Mary Shelley, Frankenstein:
- 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.
- c. 1606, William Shakespeare, King Lear, Act III, scene vi, line 1
- (Britain, Australia, New Zealand) 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.
- (horse-riding) To rise and sink in the saddle, in accordance with the motion of the horse, especially in trotting. [from 19th c.]
- (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.
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AdverbEdit
post (not comparable)
- With the post, on post-horses; by a relay of horses (changing at every staging-post); hence, express, with speed, quickly.
- c. 1602, William Shakespeare, All’s Well That Ends Well, Act IV, Scene 5,[2]
- His highness comes post from Marseilles,
- 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.
- c. 1602, William Shakespeare, All’s Well That Ends Well, Act IV, Scene 5,[2]
- Sent via the postal service.
DescendantsEdit
- German: posten
TranslationsEdit
Etymology 3Edit
NounEdit
post (plural posts)
- 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.
- 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)
- To enter (a name) on a list, as for service, promotion, etc.
- To assign to a station; to set; to place.
- Post a sentinel in front of the door.
- 1839, Thomas De Quincey, Recollections of Grasmere (published in Tait's Edinburgh Magazine)
- It might be to obtain a ship for a lieutenant, […] or to get him posted.
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Etymology 4Edit
PrepositionEdit
post
- 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.
- 2008, Michael Tomasky, "Obama cannot let the right cast him in that 60s show", The Guardian, online,
Etymology 5Edit
NounEdit
post (uncountable)
- (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.
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Etymology 6Edit
NounEdit
post (plural posts)
- (medicine, informal) A post mortem (investigation of body's cause of death).
- 2010, Sandra Glahn, Informed Consent (page 306)
- I gotta run. Yes, send the kid to the morgue. We'll do a post on Monday.
- 2010, Sandra Glahn, Informed Consent (page 306)
AnagramsEdit
CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Occitan, from Latin postus, from positus.
VerbEdit
post
- past participle of pondre
CimbrianEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
post f (Luserna)
- post (method of delivering mail)
- post office
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “post” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
CornishEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
post m (plural postow)
- post (method of sending mail)
Related termsEdit
DanishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Via French poste m from Italian posto (“post, location”), from Latin positus (“position”), from the verb pōnō (“to place”).
NounEdit
post c (singular definite posten, plural indefinite poster)
- post (position, job)
InflectionEdit
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
Via French poste f from Italian posta (“stopping-place, post office”), from Latin posita, the past participle of pōnō (“to place”).
NounEdit
post c (singular definite posten, not used in plural form)
- post, mail (letters or packages)
- post, mail (a public institution distributing letters or packages)
- postman (a person carrying letters or packages)
InflectionEdit
common gender |
Singular | |
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indefinite | definite | |
nominative | post | posten |
genitive | posts | postens |
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 3Edit
Via French poste f from Italian posta (“stopping-place, post office”), from Latin posita, the past participle of pōnō (“to place”).
NounEdit
post c (singular definite posten, plural indefinite poster)
- entry (in a budget)
InflectionEdit
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 4Edit
Via Middle Low German post from Latin postis (“post, door-post”).
NounEdit
post c (singular definite posten, plural indefinite poster)
InflectionEdit
Derived termsEdit
DutchEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Borrowed from Middle French poste, from Italian posta.
NounEdit
post f or m (plural posten, diminutive postje n)
- Mail.
- A mail office, a post office.
Derived termsEdit
- exprespost
- luchtpost
- pakketpost
- postaal
- postadres
- postauto
- postbeambte
- postbedrijf
- postblad
- postbode
- postboot
- postbrief
- postbus
- postcode
- postdienst
- postduif
- posterij
- posthoorn
- postkantoor
- postkoets
- postorder
- postpakket
- postpapier
- poststuk
- posttarief
- posttrein
- postverkeer
- postvlucht
- postwaardestuk
- postweg
- postwezen
- postwissel
- postzak
- postzegel
- streekpost
- veldpost
- zeepost
DescendantsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
Borrowed from French poste, from Italian posto.
NounEdit
post f or m (plural posten, diminutive postje n)
- A location or station, where a soldier is supposed to be; position.
- A post, a position, an 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
DescendantsEdit
Etymology 3Edit
See the etymology of the main entry.
VerbEdit
post
- first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of posten
- imperative of posten
AnagramsEdit
EsperantoEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
Audio (file)
PrepositionEdit
post
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
post m (plural posts)
IrishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
post m (genitive singular poist, nominative plural poist)
- timber post, stake
- (historical) post, letter carrier; (letter) post; postman
- (military) post
- (of employment) post, job
DeclensionEdit
Derived termsEdit
MutationEdit
Irish mutation | ||
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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
NounEdit
post m (invariable)
AnagramsEdit
LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
From earlier poste, from Proto-Italic *posti, from Proto-Indo-European *pósti, from *pós. Related to pōne.
PronunciationEdit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /post/, [pɔs̠t̪]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /post/, [pɔst̪]
Audio (Classical) (file)
PrepositionEdit
post (+ accusative)
AdverbEdit
post (not comparable)
- (of space) behind, back, backwards
- (of time) afterwards, after
AntonymsEdit
- (before): ante
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- post in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- post in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- post in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- post in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[3], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to overtake and pass some one: post se relinquere aliquem
- to become famous, distinguish oneself: clarum fieri, nobilitari, illustrari (not the post-classical clarescere or inclarescere
- within the memory of man: post hominum memoriam
- within the memory of man: post homines natos
- to overtake and pass some one: post se relinquere aliquem
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume III, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 841
LatvianEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
post (tr., 1st conj., pres. pošu, pos, poš, past posu)
ConjugationEdit
INDICATIVE (īstenības izteiksme) | IMPERATIVE (pavēles izteiksme) | ||||
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Present (tagadne) |
Past (pagātne) |
Future (nākotne) | |||
1st pers. sg. | es | pošu | posu | posīšu | — |
2nd pers. sg. | tu | pos | posi | posīsi | pos |
3rd pers. sg. | viņš, viņa | poš | posa | posīs | lai poš |
1st pers. pl. | mēs | pošam | posām | posīsim | posīsim |
2nd pers. pl. | jūs | pošat | posāt | posīsiet, posīsit |
posiet |
3rd pers. pl. | viņi, viņas | poš | posa | posīs | lai poš |
RENARRATIVE (atstāstījuma izteiksme) | PARTICIPLES (divdabji) | ||||
Present | pošot | Present Active 1 (Adj.) | posošs | ||
Past | esot posis | Present Active 2 (Adv.) | posdams | ||
Future | posīšot | Present Active 3 (Adv.) | pošot | ||
Imperative | lai pošot | Present Active 4 (Obj.) | pošam | ||
CONDITIONAL (vēlējuma izteiksme) | Past Active | posis | |||
Present | postu | Present Passive | pošams | ||
Past | būtu posis | Past Passive | posts | ||
DEBITIVE (vajadzības izteiksme) | NOMINAL FORMS | ||||
Indicative | (būt) jāpoš | Infinitive (nenoteiksme) | post | ||
Conjunctive 1 | esot jāpoš | Negative Infinitive | nepost | ||
Conjunctive 2 | jāpošot | Verbal noun | pošana |
MòchenoEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
post f
- post (method of delivering mail)
- post office
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “post” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.
Northern KurdishEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
post m
Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Italian posta (in the given sense)
NounEdit
post m (definite singular posten, indefinite plural poster, definite plural postene)
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “post” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Italian posta (in this sense)
NounEdit
post m (definite singular posten, indefinite plural postar, definite plural postane)
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “post” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin postis (“post, pedestal”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
post m
DeclensionEdit
DescendantsEdit
PolishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Proto-Slavic *postъ.
NounEdit
post m inan
DeclensionEdit
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
post m anim
- post (message)
DeclensionEdit
Further readingEdit
- post in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- post in Polish dictionaries at PWN
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
post m (plural posts)
RomanianEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Proto-Slavic *postъ.
NounEdit
post n (plural posturi)
Related termsEdit
See alsoEdit
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
post n (plural posturi)
Scottish GaelicEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
post m (genitive singular puist, plural puist)
Derived termsEdit
VerbEdit
post (past phost, future postaidh, verbal noun postadh, past participle poste)
MutationEdit
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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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)
DeclensionEdit
SloveneEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
pȍst m inan
- fast (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
InflectionEdit
Masculine inan., hard o-stem | ||
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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. Doublet of puesto.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
post m (plural posts)
SwedishEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
post c
- postal office; an organization delivering mail and parcels
- (uncountable) mail; collectively for things sent through a post office
- item of a list or on an agenda
- post; an assigned station
- 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.
- Posten som ordförande i idrottsföreningen är vakant.
DeclensionEdit
Declension of post | ||||
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Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | post | posten | poster | posterna |
Genitive | posts | postens | posters | posternas |
Related termsEdit
AnagramsEdit
TagalogEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
post
Derived termsEdit
TurkishEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
post (definite accusative postu, plural postlar)
WelshEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /poːsd/, [pʰoːst]
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /pɔsd/, [pʰɔst]
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
post m (uncountable)
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
post m (plural pyst)
Derived termsEdit
- mynegbost (“signpost”)
Alternative formsEdit
MutationEdit
Welsh mutation | |||
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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. |