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post-

  • /poʊst/ US
  • /pəʊst/ UK

Where it comes from

From Latin post (“after, behind”). Cognate with Spanish pues (“well, so, then”)

prefix

  1. morpheme after; later. Representatives of the Syrian National Council and the National Coordination Body for Democratic Change in Syria signed an agreement late Friday in Cairo for a transition in a post-Assad era, the NCB said on its Facebook page.

    Similar: after- · Opposite: pre-, ante-, fore-, retro-

  2. morpheme behind.

    Similar: retro- · Opposite: pre-, ante-, fore-

Translations

Every language

prefix later

Españolpos-, post-
中文後- /后- hòu, -後 /-后 hòu
Portuguêspós-
Françaispost-
Deutschnach-, post-
Italianopost-
Ελληνικάμετα- meta-, υστερο- ystero-
Русскийпосле- posle-, пост- post-
Tiếng Việthậu
עבריתפוסט־ po'st-, ־בתר

prefix behind

Françaispost-
Русскийза- za-

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MLA

"post-." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/post-. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

post-. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/post-

Chicago

"post-." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/post-.

BibTeX
@misc{post_2026,
  title = {post-},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/post-},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}