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post¹

  • /pəʊst/ UK
  • /poʊst/ US
  • [poːst] Canada

Rhymes with -əʊst

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Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *pér

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *pró

Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *pr̥-sth₂-i-s

Proto-Italic *porstis

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó

Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó

Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó-sth₂-i-s

Proto-Italic *postis

Latin postisbor.

Old English post

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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”).

noun posts · poast

  1. A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost. ram a post into the ground
  2. A pole erected to mark a spot. The posts mark the boundaries of the property.
  3. The stakes that mark the beginning or end of a horse race
  4. obsolete The doorpost of a victualler's shop or inn, on which were chalked the scores of customers; hence, a score; a debt. when God ſends coyne, I will diſcharge your poaſt
  5. A goalpost. But they marginally improved after the break as Didier Drogba hit the post.
  6. A long, narrow piece inserted into a root canal to provide retention for a crown.
  7. A stud; a two-by-four.
  8. The wire-like core of metal in an earring.
  9. A pole in a battery.
  10. A prolonged final melody note, among moving harmony notes.
  11. A printing paper size measuring 19.25 inches x 15.5 inches.
  12. The vertical part of a crochet stitch.

verb posts · posting · posted · poast

  1. transitive To hang (a notice) in a conspicuous manner for general review. Post no bills.
  2. broadly, transitive To announce publicly; to publish. The company posted record profits this quarter.
  3. To hold up to public blame or reproach; to advertise opprobriously; to denounce by public proclamation. to post someone for cowardice
  4. To carry (an account) from the journal to the ledger. You have not poſted your Books theſe Ten years; hovv is it poſſible for a Man of Buſineſs to keep his Affairs even in the VVorld at this rate?
  5. To inform; to give the news to; to make acquainted with the details of a subject; often with up. thoroughly posted up in the politics and literature of the day
  6. transitive To pay (a stake or blind). Since Jim was new to the game, he had to post $4 in order to receive a hand.
  7. transitive To pay bail. to post bail

post²

  • /pəʊst/ UK
  • /poʊst/ US
  • [poːst] Canada

Rhymes with -əʊst

Where it comes from

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó

Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó

Proto-Italic *po

Proto-Indo-European *teḱ-

Proto-Indo-European *-éyti

Proto-Indo-European *tḱéytibf.

Proto-Indo-European *tḱey-

Proto-Indo-European *-né-

Proto-Indo-European *-ti

Proto-Indo-European *tḱinéti

Proto-Italic *sinō

Proto-Italic *pozinō

Latin pōnō

Latin posita

Italian postader.

Middle French postebor.

English post

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

noun posts · poast

  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.
  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. September 6th.—The English mail of the 10th of July arrived to-day, and while Mr. Hart was at the Foreign Office engaged on business with Wan-se-ang and Hang-Ki, he received his Shang-hai letters, one of which contained the news of the recapture by the Imperial forces of the cities of Woo-tu and Nan
  4. historical Someone who travels express along a set route carrying letters and dispatches; a courier. I fear my Julia would not deign my lines, Receiving them from such a worthless post.
  5. Australia, India, Ireland, New Zealand, UK An organisation for delivering letters, parcels etc., or the service provided by such an organisation. I sent a parcel via/by post.
  6. Australia, India, Ireland, New Zealand, UK A single delivery of letters; the letters or deliveries that make up a single batch delivered to one person or one address. Royal Mail worker Evette Chapman gathered a team of 12 colleagues to deliver post in fancy dress and raise money for a nurses' charity and patients in Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton.
  7. A message posted in an electronic or Internet forum, or on a blog, etc. Oli conceded defeat and, in a post on X Saturday, congratulated Shah. “Balen Babu, Congratulations to you for the victory! May your five-year tenure be smooth and successful—heartfelt best wishes!”
  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. Two of the receivers ran post patterns.
  9. obsolete Haste or speed, like that of a messenger or mail carrier. And then in post he came from Mantua.
  10. obsolete One who has charge of a station, especially a postal station. there he held the office of postmaster, or, as it was then called, post, for several years.

verb posts · posting · posted · poast

  1. To travel with relays of horses; to travel by post horses, originally as a courier. Beyond Cologne we descended to the plain of Holland; and we resolved to post the remainder of our way […].
  2. To travel quickly; to hurry. Post speedily to my lord your husband.
  3. Australia, India, Ireland, New Zealand, UK To send (an item of mail etc.) through the postal service. 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.
  4. To rise and sink in the saddle, in accordance with the motion of the horse, especially in trotting.
  5. 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.

adverb poast

  1. not comparable With the post, on post-horses; by a relay of horses (changing at every staging-post); hence, express, with speed, quickly. His highness comes post from Marseilles,
  2. not comparable Sent via the postal service.

post³

  • /pəʊst/ UK
  • /poʊst/ US
  • [poːst] Canada

Rhymes with -əʊst

Where it comes from

Probably from French poste.

noun posts · poast

  1. An assigned station; a guard post. 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, job. As hard as this may seem for some people to understand, my adamant stand in favor of President Clinton leaving his post was not personal.

verb posts · posting · posted · poast

  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.

post⁴

  • /pəʊst/ UK
  • /poʊst/ US
  • [poːst] Canada

Rhymes with -əʊst

Where it comes from

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *pós

Proto-Indo-European *-ti

Proto-Indo-European *pósti

Proto-Italic *posti

Old Latin poste

Latin postlbor.

English post

Learned borrowing from Latin post.

preposition poast

  1. Synonym of after, particularly used with historical dating. The chronicle mentions the defenestration of the local bishop, indicating a composition sometime post 1327.

post⁵

  • /pəʊst/ UK
  • /poʊst/ US
  • [poːst] Canada

Rhymes with -əʊst

Where it comes from

Clipping of post-production.

noun poast

  1. informal, uncountable Post-production. We'll fix it in post.

post⁶

  • /pəʊst/ UK
  • /poʊst/ US
  • [poːst] Canada

Rhymes with -əʊst

Where it comes from

Clipping of post mortem.

noun posts · poast

  1. informal A post mortem (an investigation of a body's cause of death). I gotta run. Yes, send the kid to the morgue. We'll do a post on Monday.

POST⁷

  • /poʊst/ US

noun POSTs

  1. abbreviation, acronym Acronym of power-on self-test.power-on self-test

verb POSTs · POSTing · POSTed

  1. To successfully perform a power-on self-test. The computer had a bunch of strange components, but it still POSTed so I assumed everything worked.

Post⁸

proper noun Posts

  1. countable, uncountable A common name (often in combination) for a newspaper or periodical, such as The Washington Post or the New York Post.
  2. countable, uncountable A surname.
  3. countable, uncountable A village in Iran.
  4. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Crook County, Oregon, named after Walter H. Post.
  5. countable, uncountable A city, the county seat of Garza County, Texas, named after C. W. Post.

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