Post Definition

pōst
posted, posting, posts
noun
posts
A piece of wood, metal, etc., usually long and square or cylindrical, set upright to support a building, sign, fence, etc.
Webster's New World
A similar vertical support or structure, as:
American Heritage
Anything like this in shape or purpose.
Webster's New World
Any place originally marked by or associated with a post, as the starting or finishing point of a horse race.
Webster's New World
A position of an offensive player near the basket.
Webster's New World
Antonyms:
verb
posted, posting, posts
To display (an announcement) in a place of public view.
American Heritage
To put up (a poster, notice, etc.) on (a wall, post, etc.); placard.
Webster's New World
To send by mail in a system of relays on horseback.
American Heritage
To announce, publicize, or advertise by posting notices, signs, etc.
Post a reward.
Webster's New World
To announce by or as if by posters.
Post banns.
American Heritage
Antonyms:
adverb
With great speed; rapidly.
American Heritage
By post.
Webster's New World
Speedily.
Webster's New World

With the post, on post-horses; express, with speed, quickly.

Wiktionary
Sent via the postal service.
Wiktionary
prefix
After; later.
Postmillennial.
American Heritage
Behind; posterior to.
Postaxial.
American Heritage
Wiktionary
Wiktionary
affix
After in time, later (than), following.
Postnatal, post-obit.
Webster's New World
After in space, behind.
Postcava.
Webster's New World
Coming after in time, often as a rejection of or in reaction to.
Postmodernism.
Webster's New World
preposition
After; especially after a significant event that has long-term ramifications.
Wiktionary
idiom
keep someone posted
  • to keep someone informed about a developing situation
Webster's New World
post up
  • to position oneself against (a defender) in the post
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Post

Noun

Singular:
post
Plural:
posts

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Post

Origin of Post

  • French poste from Old French relay station for horses from Old Italian posta from Vulgar Latin posta station from Latin posita feminine past participle of pōnere to place apo- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • French poste from Italian posto from Old Italian from Vulgar Latin postum from Latin positum neuter past participle of pōnere to place apo- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • L < post, behind, after < *posti < IE *pos, after (prob. < base *apo-, away > L ab) > Gr dial. pos, at

    From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition

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

    From Wiktionary

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

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old English from Latin postis stā- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin from post behind, after apo- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin post (“after, behind").

    From Wiktionary

  • Probably from French poste.

    From Wiktionary

  • From Latin post

    From Wiktionary

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