post

• poast (obsolete)

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pəʊst/
• (General American) enPR: pōst, IPA^(key): /poʊst/

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• Rhymes: -əʊst

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

post (plural posts)

1. A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost.

   ram a post into the ground

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:

     But they marginally improved after the break as Didier Drogba hit the post.

8. A location on a basketball court near the basket.
9. (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

10. The vertical part of a crochet stitch.

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, chapter X, in The History of John Bull:

     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, gambling) To pay down (the stake).
   1. (transitive, poker) To pay (a blind).

      Since Jim was new to the game, he had to post $4 in order to receive a hand.

• poster

• Chinese: po

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

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?)

     In certain places there be always fresh posts, to carry that further which is brought unto them by the other.

   • c. 1590–1591, William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [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. (UK, 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.

6. (UK, 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.

7. A message posted in an electronic or Internet forum, or on a blog, etc. [from 20th c.]
8. (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.

9. (obsolete) Haste or speed, like that of a messenger or mail carrier.
   • c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act V, scene iii], line 273:

     And then in post he came from Mantua.

10. (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.

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; or, The Modern Prometheus. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [Macdonald and Son] for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, OCLC 830979744:

     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. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [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. (UK, 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.

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.

• poster

post (not comparable)

1. With the post, on post-horses; by a relay of horses (changing at every staging-post); hence, express, with speed, quickly.
   • c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s VVell, that Ends VVell”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act IV, scene v]:

     His highness comes post from Marseilles,

   • 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], OCLC 928184292:

     In this posture were affairs at the inn when a gentleman arrived there post.

   • 1790, Jane Austen, ‘Love and Freindship’, Juvenilia:

     We therefore determined to change Horses at the next Town and to travel Post the remainder of the Journey.

   • 1886 November 23​, Rudyard Kipling, “The Arrest of Lieutenant Golightly”, in Plain Tales from the Hills, 2nd edition, Calcutta: Thacker, Spink and Co.; London: W. Thacker & Co., published 1888, OCLC 904346177, pages 134–135:

     He prided himself on looking neat even when he was riding post.

2. Sent via the postal service.

• German: posten

Probably from French poste.

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.
   • 2005, Helms, Jesse, “Bill Clinton”, in Here's Where I Stand: A Memoir‎, New York: Random House, →ISBN, LCCN 2005042795, OCLC 835465798, page 198:

     As hard as this may seem for some people to understand, my adamant stand in favor of President Clinton leaving his post was not personal.

   • 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.

See Etymology 2.

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.

   • 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.

Borrowed from Latin post.

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.

Clipping of post-production.

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.

• post-

Clipping of post mortem

post (plural posts)

1. (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.

• OTPs, POTS, PTOs, Spot, TPOs, opts, pots, spot, stop, tops

From Latin postis.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpost/

post m (plural postoù or pester)

1. pillar; post; pole

• peul

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔst/

From Latin postis.

post f (plural posts or postes)

1. board, plank
2. shelf

   Synonyms: lleixa, prestatge

• tauló

• post de pit
• post de planxar

From Vulgar Latin postus, from positus.

post m (plural posts or postos)

1. (military) post

post

1. past participle of pondre

• “post” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Borrowed from Italian posta.

post f (Luserna)

1. post (method of delivering mail)
2. post office

• postkart

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

• IPA^(key): [poːst]

post m (plural postow)

1. post (method of sending mail)

• lytherva
• postya
• sodhva an post

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔst/, [ˈpʰʌsd̥]

Via French poste m from Italian posto (“post, location”), from Latin positus (“position”), from the verb pōnō (“to place”).

post c (singular definite posten, plural indefinite poster)

1. post (position, job)

• postere
• vagtpost

Via French poste f from Italian posta (“stopping-place, post office”), from Latin posita, the past participle of pōnō (“to place”).

post c (singular definite posten, not used in plural form)

1. post, mail (letters or packages)
2. post, mail (a public institution distributing letters or packages)
3. postman (a person carrying letters or packages)

• postbud
• postkontor

Via French poste f from Italian posta (“stopping-place, post office”), from Latin posita, the past participle of pōnō (“to place”).

post c (singular definite posten, plural indefinite poster)

1. entry (in a budget)

• postere

Via Middle Low German post from Latin postis (“post, door-post”).

post c (singular definite posten, plural indefinite poster)

1. pump, tap, faucet (an outdoor water pump)
2. (rare, in compounds) post (supporting a door or a window)

• dørpost
• vandpost
• vinduespost

• IPA^(key): /pɔst/

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• Hyphenation: post
• Rhymes: -ɔst

Borrowed from Middle French poste, from Italian posta.

post f or m (plural posten, diminutive postje n)

1. Mail.
2. A mail office, a post office.

• Afrikaans: pos
• → Caribbean Javanese: pos
• → Indonesian: pos
  • → Petjo: pos
• → Papiamentu: pòst

Borrowed from French poste, from Italian posto.

post f or m (plural posten, diminutive postje n)

1. A location or station, where a soldier is supposed to be; position.
2. 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)

• grenspost
• handelspost
• legerpost

• Afrikaans: pos
• → Indonesian: pos
• → Saramaccan: pósu
• → Sranan Tongo: postu
  • → Caribbean Javanese: postu

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

post

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

• spot, stop

From Latin post.

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• IPA^(key): [post]
• Hyphenation: post

post

1. after
2. behind

From English post.

• IPA^(key): /pɔst/

post m (plural posts)

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

post

1. inflection of posen:
   1. third/second-person singular present
   2. second-person plural present
   3. plural imperative
2. singular imperative of posten

• posta (Cois Fharraige)

Borrowed from English post.

• IPA^(key): [pˠɔsˠt̪ˠ]

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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “post”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• 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.

Unadapted borrowing from English post.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔst/, /ˈpost/, (careful style) /ˈpowst/[1]
• Rhymes: -ɔst, -ost, (careful style) -owst
• Hyphenation: pòst, póst

post m (invariable)

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

• spot, stop

From earlier poste, from Proto-Italic *posti, from Proto-Indo-European *pósti, from *pós. Related to pōne.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /post/, [pɔs̠t̪]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /post/, [pɔst̪]

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post (+ accusative)

1. (of space) behind

   Antonyms: ante, prae

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

post (not comparable)

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

• post-
• poster/ posterus
• postīcus

• “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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• post in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, 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
    
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 841

• IPA^(key): [puôst]

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

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

Borrowed from Italian posta.

post f

1. post (method of delivering mail)
2. post office

• postkòrt

• “post” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

• IPA^(key): /poːst/

post m

1. skin

From Italian posta (in the given sense).

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

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

• “post” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Italian posta (in this sense).

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

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

• “post” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Latin postis (“post, pedestal”).

• IPA^(key): /post/

post m

1. post
2. pedestal

• Middle English: post, poste
  • English: post
    • → German: Post
  • Scots: post, poist

• IPA^(key): /pɔst/

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• Rhymes: -ɔst
• Syllabification: post

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *postъ.

post m inan

1. fast (act or practice of abstaining from food)
2. fast (period of time during which one abstains from food)

Borrowed from English post.

post m anim

1. post (message)

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

Unadapted borrowing from English post.

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpowst͡ʃ/, /ˈpost͡ʃ/

post m (plural posts)

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

From Proto-Slavic *postъ.

post n (plural posturi)

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

• posti

• păresimi
• Postul Mare

Borrowed from French poste.

post n (plural posturi)

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

Borrowed from English post.

• IPA^(key): /pʰɔs̪t̪/

post m (genitive singular puist, plural puist)

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

   Synonym: posta

• cairt-phuist
• post-bàire
• post-dealain

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

1. post, mail

From Proto-Slavic *postъ.

• IPA^(key): /pôːst/

pȏst m (Cyrillic spelling по̑ст)

1. fast, fasting

• IPA^(key): /pɔ́st/

pȍst m inan

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