post

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See also post-, Post, pöst, pøst, and pôšt

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English [edit]

Wooden posts.
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Pronunciation [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

From Old English post (pillar, door-post) and Old French, from Latin postis (a post, a door-post)

Noun [edit]

post (plural posts)

  1. A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fence post; a light post
  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 strengthen the tooth
  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) goalpost
    • 2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, BBC:
      But they marginally improved after the break as Didier Drogba hit the post.
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Verb [edit]

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. (transitive, poker) To pay (a blind)
    Since Jim was new to the game, he had to post $4 in order to receive a hand.
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Etymology 2 [edit]

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

Noun [edit]

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. (now historical) Someone who travels express along a set route carrying letters and dispatches; a courier. [from 16th c.]
    • 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, 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.
  3. A state organisation for delivering letters, parcels etc., or the service provided by such an organisation. [from 17th c.]
    sent via post; parcel post
  4. 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.]
  5. A message posted in an electronic forum. [from 20th c.]
  6. A location on a basketball court near the basket.
  7. (American football) This word needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
    Two the receivers ran post patterns.
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Verb [edit]

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

  1. 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.
  2. (Internet) To send a message to a Usenet newsgroup 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.
  3. (transitive, Internet) To send to an electronic forum.
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Adverb [edit]

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
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Etymology 3 [edit]

Probably from French poste.

Noun [edit]

post (plural posts)

  1. An assigned station; a guard post.
  2. An appointed position in an organization.
    • 2011 December 14, Angelique Chrisafis, “Rachida Dati accuses French PM of sexism and elitism”, 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.
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Etymology 4 [edit]

From Latin post

Preposition [edit]

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.

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Catalan [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Latin postus > positus.

Verb [edit]

post

  1. Past participle of pondre.

Cornish [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: [poːst]

Noun [edit]

post m (plural postow)

  1. post (method of sending mail)

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Dutch [edit]

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post m (??? please provide the plural!, ??? please provide the diminutive!)

  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)

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Verb [edit]

post

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

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Esperanto [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Latin post

Preposition [edit]

post

  1. after

Irish [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: [pˠɔsˠt̪ˠ]

Noun [edit]

post m (genitive poist, nominative plural poist)

  1. job
  2. post

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Mutation [edit]

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.

Italian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From English post

Noun [edit]

post m (invariable)

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

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Kurdish [edit]

Noun [edit]

post m

  1. skin

Latin [edit]

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Adverb [edit]

post (not comparable)

  1. behind, afterwards, after

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Preposition [edit]

post (takes accusative)

  1. behind (in space), after (in time), subordinate to (in rank)

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  • (behind, after): ante

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Polish [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: [pɔs̪t̪]

Etymology 1 [edit]

From Proto-Slavic *postъ.

Noun [edit]

post m

  1. fast
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Etymology 2 [edit]

From English post

Noun [edit]

post m

  1. post (message)
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Romanian [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

From Slavic [[postŭ#Template:sla|postŭ]].

Noun [edit]

post n (plural posturi)

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

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Etymology 2 [edit]

From French poste.

Noun [edit]

post n (plural posturi)

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

Scottish Gaelic [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /pʰɔs̪t̪/

Noun [edit]

post m (genitive and plural puist)

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

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Verb [edit]

post (verbal noun postadh)

  1. post, mail

Serbo-Croatian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Proto-Slavic *postъ.

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /pôːst/

Noun [edit]

pȏst m (Cyrillic spelling по̑ст)

  1. fast, fasting

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Slovene [edit]

Noun [edit]

post m inan.

  1. 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


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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.

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