post
Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary
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English
Pronunciation
- (RP) IPA: /pəʊst/, SAMPA: /p@Ust/
- (US) enPR: pōst, IPA: /poʊst/, SAMPA: /poUst/
- Audio (US)help, file
- Rhymes: -əʊst
Etymology
From Old English and Old French post, from Latin postis.
Noun
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Singular |
Plural |
post (plural posts)
- A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fence post; a light post.
- An assigned station; a guard post.
- A location on a basketball court near the basket.
- A particular method of sending mail; sent via post.
- (construction) : a stud; a two-by-four.
- (vocal music, esp. a cappella) a prolonged final melody note, among moving harmony notes.
- A pole in a battery
- An individual message in a forum
- (paper, printing) A printing paper size measuring 19.25 inches x 15.5 inches.
Translations
long dowel or plank protruding from the ground
assigned station
location on a basketball court
method of sending mail
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(construction) stud; two-by-four
(vocal music, eps. a capella) prolonged final melody note
individual message in a forum
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Verb
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Infinitive |
Third person singular |
Simple past |
Past participle |
Present participle |
to post (third-person singular simple present posts, present participle posting, simple past and past participle posted)
- To hang a notice in a conspicuous manner for general review.
- Post no bills.
- To send mail.
- 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.
- (Internet) To send a message to a Usenet newsgroup, internet forum or to a mailing list; to save a message on a blog.
- I couldn't figure it out so I posted a question on Usenet.
- (poker) To pay a blind
- Since Jim was new to the game, he had to post $4 in order to receive a hand.
Translations
to hang a notice in a conspicuous manner
(internet) to send a message to a Usenet; to save a message on a blog
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(poker) to pay a blind
Adverb
post (not comparable)
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Positive |
Superlative |
- 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.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 353:
- sent via the postal service
Derived terms
Translations
With the post, on post horses; express, with speed
sent via the postal service
Preposition
post
- after; esp. after a significant event that has long-term ramifications.
Quotations
- For examples of the usage of this term see the citations page.
Anagrams
See also
Croatian
Noun
post m
Dutch
Pronunciation
Noun
post m. (plural posten, diminutive postje, diminutive plural postjes)
- mail office
- location or station, when a soldier is op post, he is where he is supposed to be.
- 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 terms
Esperanto
Etymology
Latin post
Preposition
post
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA: [pˠɔsˠt̪ˠ]
Noun
post m.
Declension
- First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
| 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. |
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Kurdish
Noun
post m
Latin
Adverb
post
Descendants
Preposition
post + accusative
- behind (in space), after (in time), subordinate to (in rank)
Polish
Noun
post
Scottish Gaelic
Noun
post m. (genitive and plural puist )
Derived terms
Verb
post (present participle form postadh)
Slovene
Noun
post m.
- fast (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
This Slovene entry was created from the translations listed at fast. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see post in the Slovene Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) April 2008
Swedish
Pronunciation
Noun
post c.
| Inflection for post 3-5 | Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| common | Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite |
| Nominative | post | posten | poster | posterna |
| Genitive | posts | postens | posters | posternas |
- postal office; an organization delivering mail and parcels
- (mass noun) 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.
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