English Explanatory Dictionary

post

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost.
  2. A stud; a two-by-four.
  3. A pole in a battery.
  4. A long, narrow piece inserted into a root canal to provide retention for a crown.
  5. A prolonged final melody note, among moving harmony notes.
  6. A printing paper size measuring 19.25 inches x 15.5 inches.
  7. A goalpost.
  8. A location on a basketball court near the basket.
  9. The doorpost of a victualler's shop or inn, on which were chalked the scores of customers; hence, a score; a debt.
  10. The vertical part of a crochet stitch.
verb
  1. To hang (a notice) in a conspicuous manner for general review.
  2. To announce publicly; to publish.
  3. To hold up to public blame or reproach; to advertise opprobriously; to denounce by public proclamation.
  4. To carry (an account) from the journal to the ledger.
  5. To inform; to give the news to; to make acquainted with the details of a subject; often with up.
  6. To deposit a payment that may or may not be returned.
  7. To pay (a stake or blind).
  8. To pay bail.
noun
  1. 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.
  2. A station, or one of a series of stations, established for the refreshment and accommodation of travellers on some recognized route.
  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. Someone who travels express along a set route carrying letters and dispatches; a courier.
  5. An organisation for delivering letters, parcels etc., or the service provided by such an organisation.
  6. A single delivery of letters; the letters or deliveries that make up a single batch delivered to one person or one address.
  7. A message posted in an electronic or Internet forum, or on a blog, etc.
  8. 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.
  9. Haste or speed, like that of a messenger or mail carrier.
  10. One who has charge of a station, especially a postal station.
verb
  1. To travel with relays of horses; to travel by post horses, originally as a courier.
  2. To travel quickly; to hurry.
  3. To send (an item of mail etc.) through the postal service.
  4. To rise and sink in the saddle, in accordance with the motion of the horse, especially in trotting.
  5. To publish (a message) to a newsgroup, forum, blog, etc.
adv
  1. With the post, on post-horses; by a relay of horses (changing at every staging-post); hence, express, with speed, quickly.
  2. Sent via the postal service.
noun
  1. An assigned station; a guard post.
  2. An appointed position in an organization, job.
verb
  1. To enter (a name) on a list, as for service, promotion, etc.
  2. To assign to a station; to set; to place.
prep
  1. After; especially after a significant event that has long-term ramifications.
noun
  1. Post-production.
noun
  1. A post mortem (an investigation of a body's cause of death).
noun
  1. Acronym of power-on self-test.
verb
  1. To successfully perform a power-on self-test.
name
  1. A common name (often in combination) for a newspaper or periodical, such as The Washington Post or the New York Post.
  2. A surname.
  3. A village in Iran.
  4. An unincorporated community in Crook County, Oregon, named after Walter H. Post.
  5. A city, the county seat of Garza County, Texas, named after C. W. Post.

Pronunciation

/pəʊst/ pōst /poʊst/ [poːst] en-us-post.ogg

Word forms

post posts poast posting posted

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin postisbor. Old English post Latin postisder. Old French postbor. Middle English post English post Inherited from Middle English post, from Old English post (“pillar, door-post”) and Old French post (“post, upright beam”), both from Latin postis (“door, post, doorpost”).

Synonyms

mail

Related words

post-

Derived words

ale post antepost A-post back post backpost barpost bedpost behind post be left at the post Bell Post Hill B-post cattlepost checkpost C-post crownpost deaf as a post doorpost D-post dumb as a post far post fencepost fingerpost first past the post flagpost footpost pillar to post post to pillar gatepost goalpost gradient post guarding post guardpost guidepost handpost headpost heelpost high-post hitching post housepost jack post king post knight of the post lamp post lamppost listening post low post low post area milepost millpost mooring post near post netpost newel post observation post pencil-post bed pip at the post pip to the post pissing post plucking post post hanger

Translations

Bulgarian: ста́нция Bulgarian: по́ща German: Posten German: Post Hindi: चौकी Hindi: डाक Russian: ста́нция Russian: по́чта Swedish: post Albanian: postë Southern Altai: мочто Amharic: ፖስታ Amharic: ደብዳቤ Arabic: بَرِيد Arabic: بريد Arabic: بوسطة Armenian: փոստ Azerbaijani: poçta Azerbaijani: yam Belarusian: по́шта Catalan: correu Chinese Mandarin: 郵件 /邮件 Czech: pošta Danish: post Dutch: post Estonian: post Finnish: posti French: courrier French: poste Fula: 𞤨𞤮𞤧𞤼𞤢 Fula: posta Georgian: ფოსტა Greek: ταχυδρομείο Hebrew: דואר \ דֹּאַר Hungarian: posta Icelandic: póstur Ingrian: posti Italian: posta Japanese: 郵便 Kazakh: пошта Khmer: ប្រៃសណីយ៍ Korean: 우편 Northern Kurdish: posta Northern Kurdish: berîde Kyrgyz: почта Lao: ໄປສະນີ Latvian: pasts Lithuanian: paštas Macedonian: пошта Malay: pos Māori: pōhi
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