To post is defined as to hang something up in a public location, such as a flyer or sign.
(verb)An example of post is when you tack up a flyer announcing a bake sale on a bulletin board.
Post is defined as later, behind or after.
(prefix)An example of post is postpone, which means putting something off until a later time.
The definition of a post is a sturdy piece of wood or other material set in the ground as part of a fence or to support something else.
(noun)An example of a post is the round wooden pieces set into the ground that make up your backyard fence.
See post in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
Origin: ME < OE, akin to Ger pfosten: WGmc loanword < L postis, post, doorpost < *porstis, projection < *por-, akin to for + base of stare, to stand
transitive verb
noun
Origin: Fr poste < It posto < VL *postum, contr. < L positum, neut. pp. of ponere, to place: see position
transitive verb
noun
Origin: Fr poste < It posta, orig., a station, fem. of posto: see post
intransitive verb
transitive verb
adverb
Origin: L < post, behind, after < *posti < IE *pos, after (prob. < base *apo-, away > L ab) > Gr dial. pos, at
See post in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
Origin:
Origin: Middle English
Origin: , from Old English
Origin: , from Latin postis; see stā- in Indo-European roots
.noun
Origin:
Origin: French poste
Origin: , from Italian posto
Origin: , from Old Italian
Origin: , from Vulgar Latin *postum
Origin: , from Latin positum
Origin: , neuter past participle of pōnere, to place; see apo- in Indo-European roots
.noun
Origin:
Origin: French poste
Origin: , from Old French, relay station for horses
Origin: , from Old Italian posta
Origin: , from Vulgar Latin *posta, station
Origin: , from Latin posita
Origin: , feminine past participle of pōnere, to place; see apo- in Indo-European roots
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Origin:
Origin: Latin
Origin: , from post, behind, after; see apo- in Indo-European roots
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