post

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

English

Wooden posts.

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• poast (obsolete)

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -əʊst

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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.

8. (obsolete) The doorpost of a victualler's shop or inn, on which were chalked the scores of customers; hence, a score; a debt.
   • S. Rowlands

     When God sends coin / I will discharge your post.

Derived terms

terms derived from post (noun) "dowel"

doorpost fencepost from pillar to post gatepost goalpost hitching post king post

lamppost listening post milepost newel post post hole poster scratching post signpost tool post

Translations

long dowel or plank protruding from the ground

• Bashkir: бағана (bağana); баған (bağan) (Eastern Bashkir)
• Belarusian: слуп m (slup)
• Bulgarian: стълб (bg) m (stǎlb)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 柱子 (zh) (zhùzi)

• Czech: sloup m
• Esperanto: fosto (eo)
• Finnish: tolppa (fi)
• French: poteau (fr) m
• German: Pfosten (de) m
• Greek: στύλος (el) m (stýlos), πάσσαλος (el) m (pássalos), κολώνα (el) f (kolóna), δοκάρι (el) n (dokári)
• Irish: cuaille m

• Japanese: 柱 (ja) (はしら, hashira)
• Macedonian: дирек m (dírek), столб m (stólb), кол m (kol)
• Polish: słup (pl) m
• Portuguese: mourão (pt) m (of a fence), estaca (pt) f (small), poste (pt) m (big)
• Russian: столб (ru) m (stolb)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: стуб m

  Roman: stub m

• Slovak: stĺp m
• Slovene: steber (sl) m
• Swedish: påle (sv) c, stolpe (sv) c, grindstolpe c
• Ukrainian: стовп m (stovp)

(construction) stud; two-by-four

• Finnish: kakkosnelonen (fi)
• Portuguese: sarrafo (pt) m, ripa (pt) f

• Swedish: regel (sv) c, stolpe (sv) c

pole in a battery

• Finnish: napa (fi)
• Greek: πόλος (el) m (pólos)

• Swedish: pol (sv) c

piece inserted in root canal

(vocal music, eps. a capella) prolonged final melody note

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Translations to be checked

• Lithuanian: paštas

• Spanish: poste m, estaca f

Verb

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

   • Granville

     On pain of being posted to your sorrow / Fail not, at four, to meet me.

3. (accounting) To carry (an account) from the journal to the ledger.
   • Arbuthnot

     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.
   • London Saturday Review

     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.

Translations

to hang a notice in a conspicuous manner

• Swedish: anslå, sätta upp (sv), spika (sv), skriva (sv)

to send to an electronic forum

• French: poster (fr)
• Japanese: 書き込む (かきこむ, kakikomu)
• Jèrriais: poster

• Portuguese: postar (pt)
• Swedish: posta (sv), skriva (sv), skicka (sv)

Derived terms

• poster

Etymology 2

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

Noun

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.]
   • Archbishop Abbot

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

   • Shakespeare

     I fear my Julia would not deign my lines, / Receiving them from such a worthless post.

   • 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.

5. An organisation for delivering letters, parcels etc., or the service provided by such an organisation. [from 17th c.]

   sent via post; parcel post

   • Alexander Pope

     I send you the fair copy of the poem on dullness, 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 forum. [from 20th c.]
8. A location on a basketball court near the basket.
9. (American football) This word needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

   Two of the receivers ran post patterns.

10. (obsolete) Haste or speed, like that of a messenger or mail carrier.
    • Shakespeare

      In post he came.

11. (obsolete) One who has charge of a station, especially a postal station.
    • Palfrey

      He held office of postmaster, or, as it was then called, post, for several years.

Derived terms

terms derived from post (noun) "position", "mail"

crosspost outpost post-haste post-horse post-house post-rider post office post bag

post box post chaise post code postgirl postlady postman postwoman postmaster

Translations

location on a basketball court

method of delivering mail

• Arabic: بريد m (bariid)

  Egyptian Arabic: بريد m (bariid), بوسطة f (buṣṭa)

• French: courrier (fr)
• German: Post (de) f
• Greek: ταχυδρομείο (el) n (tachydromeío)

• Macedonian: пошта f (póšta)
• Malay: pos
• Portuguese: correio (pt) m, postagem f
• Swedish: post (sv) c

individual message in a forum

• Arabic: رسالة f (risaala), خطاب m (khiTaab), كتاب (ar) m (kitaab)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 帖子 (zh) (tiězi)

• French: message (fr) m
• German: Beitrag (de) m
• Greek: ανάρτηση (el) f (anártisi)

• Japanese: 記事 (ja) (きじ, kiji)
• Polish: post (pl) m
• Portuguese: post (pt) m
• Russian: сообщение (ru) n (soobščénije), (colloquial) пост (ru) m (post)
• Swedish: postning c, meddelande (sv) n, inlägg (sv) n

Verb

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

1. To send an item of 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. To travel with post horses; figuratively, to travel in haste.
   • Shakespeare

     Post speedily to my lord your husband.

   • Milton

     And post o'er land and ocean without rest.

3. (UK, horse-riding) To rise and sink in the saddle, in accordance with the motion of the horse, especially in trotting.
4. (Internet) To publish a message to a newsgroup, forum, blog, etc.

   I couldn't figure it out, so I posted a question on the mailing list.

Derived terms

• poster

Translations

to send mail

• Finnish: lähettää viesti
• French: poster (fr), mettre à la poste
• German: schicken (de)

• Greek: ταχυδρομώ (el) (tachydromó)
• Portuguese: postar (pt)
• Swedish: posta (sv), skicka (sv)

(Internet) to publish a message

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 張貼, 张贴 (zh) (zhāngtiē)

• Finnish: lähettää viesti
• French: poster (fr)

• Portuguese: postar (pt)
• Russian: помещать сообщение (pomeščát' soobščénije), (perfective) поместить сообщение (pomestít' soobščénije)
• Swedish: posta (sv), skicka (sv), skriva (sv)

Adverb

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

Translations

With the post, on post horses; express, with speed

sent via the postal service

Descendants

• German: posten

Etymology 3

Probably from French poste.

Noun

post (plural posts)

1. An assigned station; a guard post.
   • 2013 June 8, “The new masters and commanders”, 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.
   • 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.

Translations

assigned station

• Danish: post (da) c
• Esperanto: posteno
• Estonian: punkt (et)
• French: poste (fr) m
• German: Stelle (de) f, Posten (de) m

• Greek: θέση (el) f (thési)
• Portuguese: posto (pt) m
• Russian: должность (ru) f (dólžnost’)
• Swedish: vaktpost c, postering (sv) c, post (sv) c, kur (sv) c, vaktkur c

Verb

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 4

From Latin post

Preposition

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.

Quotations

• For usage examples of this term, see the citations page.

See also

• post-

Anagrams

• opts, pots, POTS, spot, Spot, stop, tops

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin postus > positus.

Verb

post

1. Past participle of pondre.

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Cornish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [poːst]

Noun

post m (plural postow)

1. post (method of sending mail)

Related terms

• lytherva
• postya
• sodhva an post

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔst

• audio

  (file)

Noun

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 terms

• handelspost
• postzegel

Verb

post

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

Anagrams

• spot, stop

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Esperanto

Etymology

Latin post

Preposition

post

1. after

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Irish

Alternative forms

• posta

Etymology

Borrowing from English post.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pˠɔsˠt̪ˠ]

Noun

post m (genitive poist, nominative plural poist)

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

Derived terms

Derived terms

(timber post): post deiridh (“stern-post”) (timber post): post leapa (“bedpost”) (letters): oifig an phoist (“post office”) (letters): seirbhís phoist (“postal service”) (letters): teach poist (“post-house”) (military): post ceannais (“command post”) (military): post comhraic (“combat post”)

(military): post éisteachta (“listening post”) (military): post faire (“lookout post”) (military): post rialaithe (“control post”) (job): i bpost (“in the office”) (job): post muiníne (“position of trust”) (job): post mór (“big job”)

Declension

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

Mutation

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.

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowing from English post.

Noun

post m (invariable)

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

Anagrams

• spot, stop

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Kurdish

Noun

post m

1. skin

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /post/

• Audio (Classical)

  (file)

Adverb

post (not comparable)

1. behind, afterwards, after

Descendants

• Aromanian: apoi
• French: puis
• Italian: poi

• Portuguese: pois, após
• Romanian: păi, apoi
• Spanish: pues

Preposition

post (takes accusative)

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

Antonyms

• (behind, after): ante

Descendants

• English: post

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɔs̪t̪]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *postъ.

Noun

post m

1. fast

Declension

    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

Etymology 2

Borrowing from English post.

Noun

post m

1. post (message)

Declension

    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

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Romanian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *postъ.

Noun

post n (plural posturi)

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

See also

• păresimi
• Postul Mare

Etymology 2

Borrowing from French poste.

Noun

post n (plural posturi)

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

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Borrowing from English post.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʰɔs̪t̪/

Noun

post m (genitive and plural puist)

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

Derived terms

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

Verb

post (verbal noun postadh)

1. post, mail

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *postъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pôːst/

Noun

pȏst m (Cyrillic spelling по̑ст)

1. fast, fasting

Declension

    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

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Slovene

Noun

post m inan (^??? please provide the genitive!, ^??? please provide the nominative plural!)

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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Swedish

Pronunciation

• audio

  (file)

Noun

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.

Declension

Declension of post 3-5

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	post	posten	poster	posterna
genitive	posts	postens	posters	posternas

Related terms

• posta
• postkontor
• postlåda
• Posten