post
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Contents
- 1 English
- 2 Catalan
- 3 Cornish
- 4 Dutch
- 5 Esperanto
- 6 French
- 7 Irish
- 8 Italian
- 9 Kurdish
- 10 Latin
- 11 Latvian
- 12 Norwegian Bokmål
- 13 Norwegian Nynorsk
- 14 Polish
- 15 Portuguese
- 16 Romanian
- 17 Scottish Gaelic
- 18 Serbo-Croatian
- 19 Slovene
- 20 Spanish
- 21 Swedish
- 22 Turkish
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- poast (obsolete)
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pəʊst/
- (General American) enPR: pōst, IPA(key): /poʊst/
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Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -əʊst
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old English post (“pillar, door-post”) and Latin postis (“a post, a door-post”) through Old French.
Noun[edit]
post (plural posts)
- A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fence post; a light post.
- (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.
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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.
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- (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.
- S. Rowlands
Derived terms[edit]
terms derived from post (noun) "dowel"
Translations[edit]
long dowel or plank protruding from the ground
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(construction) stud; two-by-four
pole in a battery
piece inserted in root canal
(vocal music, eps. a capella) prolonged final melody note
goalpost (sports)
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Verb[edit]
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
- Granville
- On pain of being posted to your sorrow / Fail not, at four, to meet me.
- (accounting) To carry (an account) from the journal to the ledger.
- Arbuthnot
- You have not posted your books these ten years.
- Arbuthnot
- 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
- London Saturday Review
- (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[edit]
to hang a notice in a conspicuous manner
to send to an electronic forum
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Borrowing from Middle French poste, from Italian posta (“stopping-place for coaches”), feminine of posto (“placed, situated”).
Noun[edit]
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.]
- 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.
- Archbishop Abbot
- 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.
- 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.]
- A message posted in an electronic or Internet forum. [from 20th c.]
- A location on a basketball court near the basket.
- (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.
- Shakespeare
- In post he came.
- Shakespeare
- (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.
- Palfrey
Derived terms[edit]
terms derived from post (noun) "position", "mail"
Translations[edit]
method of delivering mail
individual message in a forum
Verb[edit]
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.]
- Shakespeare
- Post speedily to my lord your husband.
- Milton
- And post o'er land and ocean without rest.
- Shakespeare
- (Britain) 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.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
to send mail
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(Internet) to publish a message
Adverb[edit]
post (not comparable)
- 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.
Translations[edit]
sent via the postal service
Descendants[edit]
- German: posten
Etymology 3[edit]
Noun[edit]
post (plural posts)
- An assigned station; a guard post.
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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.
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- An appointed position in an organization, job.
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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.
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Translations[edit]
assigned station
Verb[edit]
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.
- De Quincey
- It might be to obtain a ship for a lieutenant, […] or to get him posted.
Etymology 4[edit]
Preposition[edit]
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,
Noun[edit]
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.
- 2013, Bruce Mamer, Film Production Technique: Creating the Accomplished Image
See also[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Provençal, from Latin postus, from positus.
Verb[edit]
post
- past participle of pondre
Cornish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
post m (plural postow)
- post (method of sending mail)
Related terms[edit]
Dutch[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
post m (plural posten, diminutive postje n)
- 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[edit]
Verb[edit]
post
- first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of posten
- imperative of posten
Anagrams[edit]
Esperanto[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Preposition[edit]
post
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From English.
Noun[edit]
post m (plural posts)
Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- posta (Cois Fharraige)
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
post m (genitive singular poist, nominative plural poist)
- timber post, stake
- (historical) post, letter carrier; (letter) post; postman
- (military) post
- (of employment) post, job
Declension[edit]
Declension of post
Derived terms[edit]
- (timber post):
- post deiridh (“stern-post”)
- post leapa (“bedpost”)
- (letters):
- aerphost (“airmail”)
- oifig an phoist (“post office”)
- seirbhís phoist (“postal service”)
- teach poist (“post-house”)
- (military):
- post ceannais (“command post”)
- post comhraic (“combat post”)
- post éisteachta (“listening post”)
- post faire (“lookout post”)
- post rialaithe (“control post”)
- (job):
- i bpost (“in the office”)
- post muiníne (“position of trust”)
- post mór (“big job”)
Mutation[edit]
| 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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References[edit]
- "post" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
post m (invariable)
Anagrams[edit]
Kurdish[edit]
Noun[edit]
post m
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
May refer to Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi.
Pronunciation[edit]
Preposition[edit]
post
- (with accusative) (of space) behind
- (with accusative) (of time) after, since, (transf.) besides, except
Adverb[edit]
post (not comparable)
- (of space) behind, back, backwards
- (of time) afterwards, after
Antonyms[edit]
- (before): ante
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- post in Charlton T. Lewis & 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 Félix Gaffiot (1934), Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[2], 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
Latvian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
post tr., 1st conj., pres. pošu, pos, poš, past posu
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
post m (definite singular posten, indefinite plural poster, definite plural postene)
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “post” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
post m (definite singular posten, indefinite plural postar, definite plural postane)
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “post” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-Slavic *postъ.
Noun[edit]
post m inan
Declension[edit]
declension of post
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
post m anim
- post (message)
Declension[edit]
declension of post
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
post m (plural posts)
Romanian[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-Slavic *postъ.
Noun[edit]
post n (plural posturi)
See also[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
post n (plural posturi)
- post, position, job, place, appointment, station
Scottish Gaelic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
post m (genitive singular puist, plural puist)
Derived terms[edit]
Verb[edit]
post (past phost, future postaidh, verbal noun postadh, past participle poste)
Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Slavic *postъ.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
pȏst m (Cyrillic spelling по̑ст)
Declension[edit]
Declension of post
Slovene[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈpɔ́st/
- Tonal orthography: pȍst
Noun[edit]
pòst m inan (genitive pôsta, uncountable)
- fast (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
Declension[edit]
Declension of pòst (masculine inan., hard o-stem)
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Spanish[edit]
Noun[edit]
post m (plural posts)
Swedish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
-
audio (file)
Noun[edit]
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.
Declension[edit]
| Inflection of post | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | post | posten | poster | posterna |
| Genitive | posts | postens | posters | posternas |
Related terms[edit]
Turkish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
post (definite accusative postu, plural postlar)
Synonyms[edit]
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