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post
English
Alternative forms
- poast (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /p??st/
- (General American) enPR: p?st, IPA(key): /po?st/
- Rhymes: -??st
Etymology 1
From Old English post (“pillar, door-post”) and Latin postis (“a post, a door-post”) through Old French.
Noun
post (plural posts)
- A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost.
- (construction) A stud; a two-by-four.
- A pole in a battery.
- (dentistry) A long, narrow piece inserted into a root canal to provide retention for a crown.
- (vocal music, chiefly a cappella) A prolonged final melody note, among moving harmony notes.
- (paper, printing) A printing paper size measuring 19.25 inches x 15.5 inches.
- (sports) A goalpost.
- A location on a basketball court near the basket.
- (obsolete) The doorpost of a victualler's shop or inn, on which were chalked the scores of customers; hence, a score; a debt.
- 1600, Samuel Rowlands, The knauve of clubs
- when God ?ends coyne,
I will di?charge your poa?t
- when God ?ends coyne,
- 1600, Samuel Rowlands, The knauve of clubs
- the vertical part of a crochet stitch
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
post (third-person singular simple present posts, present participle posting, simple past and past participle posted)
- (transitive) To hang (a notice) in a conspicuous manner for general review.
- Post no bills.
- To hold up to public blame or reproach; to advertise opprobriously; to denounce by public proclamation.
- to post someone for cowardice
- 1732, George Granville, Epilogue to the She-Gallants, line 13
- On Pain of being posted to your Sorrow / Fail not, at Four, to meet me here To-morrow.
- (accounting) To carry (an account) from the journal to the ledger.
- 1712, John Arbuthnot, The History of John Bull, Chapter X
- You have not posted your books these ten years.
- 1712, John Arbuthnot, The History of John Bull, Chapter X
- To inform; to give the news to; to make acquainted with the details of a subject; often with up.
- 1872, "Interviewing a Prince", Saturday Review, London, volume 33, number 853, March 2, page 273
- thoroughly posted up in the politics and literature of the day
- 1872, "Interviewing a Prince", Saturday Review, London, volume 33, number 853, March 2, page 273
- (transitive, poker) To pay (a blind).
- Since Jim was new to the game, he had to post $4 in order to receive a hand.
Derived terms
- poster
Descendants
- Chinese: po
Translations
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Middle French poste, from Italian posta (“stopping-place for coaches”), feminine of posto (“placed, situated”).
Noun
post (plural posts)
- (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. [16th-17th c.]
- (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
- A military base; the place at which a soldier or a body of troops is stationed; also, the troops at such a station.
- (now historical) Someone who travels express along a set route carrying letters and dispatches; a courier. [from 16th c.]
- (Can we date this quote?)
- In certain places there be always fresh posts, to carry that further which is brought unto them by the other.
- c. 1591, William Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act I, scene iii, line 152
- I fear my Julia would not deign my lines, / Receiving them from such a worthless post.
- 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King: Henry VII and the Dawn of Tudor England, Penguin 2012, p. 199:
- information was filtered through the counting-houses and warehouses of Antwerp; posts galloped along the roads of the Low Countries, while dispatches streamed through Calais, and were passed off the merchant galleys arriving in London from the Flanders ports.
- (Can we date this quote?)
- (Britain, Australia, New Zealand) An organisation for delivering letters, parcels etc., or the service provided by such an organisation. [from 17th c.]
- sent via post; parcel post
- 1707, Alexander Pope, Letter VII (to Mr. Wycherly), November 11
- I take it too as an opportunity of sending you the fair copy of the poem on Dullness, which was not then finished, and which I should not care to hazard by the common post.
- (Britain, Australia, New Zealand) A single delivery of letters; the letters or deliveries that make up a single batch delivered to one person or one address. [from 17th c.]
- A message posted in an electronic or Internet forum, or on a blog, etc. [from 20th c.]
- (American football) 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.
- (obsolete) Haste or speed, like that of a messenger or mail carrier.
- a. 1597, William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act V, scene iii, line 273
- And then in post he came from Mantua.
- a. 1597, William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act V, scene iii, line 273
- (obsolete) One who has charge of a station, especially a postal station.
- 1858, John Gorham Palfrey, History of New England, Volume 1, chapter IV, page 136
- there he held the office of postmaster, or, as it was then called, post, for several years.
- 1858, John Gorham Palfrey, History of New England, Volume 1, chapter IV, page 136
Derived terms
Descendants
All are borrowed
Translations
Verb
post (third-person singular simple present posts, present participle posting, simple past and past participle posted)
- To travel with relays of horses; to travel by post horses, originally as a courier. [from 16th c.]
- 1818, Mary Shelley, Frankenstein:
- Beyond Cologne we descended to the plain of Holland; and we resolved to post the remainder of our way […].
- 1818, Mary Shelley, Frankenstein:
- To travel quickly; to hurry. [from 16th c.]
- c. 1606, William Shakespeare, King Lear, Act III, scene vi, line 1
- Post speedily to my lord your husband.
- c. 1652, John Milton, "On His Blindness", line 13
- thousand at his bidding speed, / And post o'er land and ocean without rest; / They also serve who only stand and wait.
- c. 1606, William Shakespeare, King Lear, Act III, scene vi, line 1
- (Britain, Australia, New Zealand) To send (an item of mail etc.) through the postal service. [from 19th c.]
- 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.
- (horse-riding) To rise and sink in the saddle, in accordance with the motion of the horse, especially in trotting. [from 19th c.]
- (Internet) To publish (a message) to a newsgroup, forum, blog, etc. [from 20th c.]
- I couldn't figure it out, so I posted a question on the mailing list.
Derived terms
- poster
Translations
Adverb
post (not comparable)
- With the post, on post-horses; by a relay of horses (changing at every staging-post); hence, express, with speed, quickly.
- c. 1602, William Shakespeare, All’s Well That Ends Well, Act IV, Scene 5,[2]
- His highness comes post from Marseilles,
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 353:
- In this posture were affairs at the inn when a gentleman arrived there post.
- 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘The Arrest of Lieutenant Golightly’, Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio 2005, p. 93:
- He prided himself on looking neat even when he was riding post.
- c. 1602, William Shakespeare, All’s Well That Ends Well, Act IV, Scene 5,[2]
- Sent via the postal service.
Descendants
- German: posten
Translations
Etymology 3
Probably from French poste.
Noun
post (plural posts)
- An assigned station; a guard post.
- An appointed position in an organization, job.
Translations
Verb
post (third-person singular simple present posts, present participle posting, simple past and past participle posted)
- To enter (a name) on a list, as for service, promotion, etc.
- To assign to a station; to set; to place.
- Post a sentinel in front of the door.
- 1839, Thomas De Quincey, Recollections of Grasmere (published in Tait's Edinburgh Magazine)
- It might be to obtain a ship for a lieutenant, […] or to get him posted.
Translations
Etymology 4
Borrowed from Latin post.
Preposition
post
- After; especially after a significant event that has long-term ramifications.
- 2008, Michael Tomasky, "Obama cannot let the right cast him in that 60s show", The Guardian, online,
- One of the most appealing things for me about Barack Obama has always been that he comes post the post-60s generation.
- 2008, Matthew Stevens, "Lew pressured to reveal what he knows", The Australian, online,
- Lew reckons he had three options for the cash-cow which was Premier post the Coles sale.
- 2008, Michael Tomasky, "Obama cannot let the right cast him in that 60s show", The Guardian, online,
Etymology 5
Clipping of post-production.
Noun
post (uncountable)
- (film, informal) Post-production.
See also
- post-
Etymology 6
Clipping of post mortem
Noun
post (plural posts)
- (medicine, informal) A post mortem (investigation of body's cause of death).
- 2010, Sandra Glahn, Informed Consent (page 306)
- I gotta run. Yes, send the kid to the morgue. We'll do a post on Monday.
- 2010, Sandra Glahn, Informed Consent (page 306)
Anagrams
- OTPs, POTS, PTOs, Spot, TPOs, opts, pots, spot, stop, tops
Catalan
Etymology
From Old Occitan, from Latin postus, from positus.
Verb
post
- past participle of pondre
Cimbrian
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian posta.
Noun
post f (Luserna)
- post (method of delivering mail)
- post office
Derived terms
- postkart
References
- “post” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Cornish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [po?st]
Noun
post m (plural postow)
- post (method of sending mail)
Related terms
- lytherva
- postya
- sodhva an post
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p?st/, [?p??sd?]
Etymology 1
Via French poste m from Italian posto (“post, location”), from Latin positus (“position”), from the verb p?n? (“to place”).
Noun
post c (singular definite posten, plural indefinite poster)
- post (position, job)
Inflection
Derived terms
- postere
- vagtpost
Etymology 2
Via French poste f from Italian posta (“stopping-place, post office”), from Latin posita, the past participle of p?n? (“to place”).
Noun
post c (singular definite posten, not used in plural form)
- post, mail (letters or packages)
- post, mail (a public institution distributing letters or packages)
- postman (a person carrying letters or packages)
Inflection
Derived terms
- postbud
- postkontor
Etymology 3
Via French poste f from Italian posta (“stopping-place, post office”), from Latin posita, the past participle of p?n? (“to place”).
Noun
post c (singular definite posten, plural indefinite poster)
- entry (in a budget)
Inflection
Derived terms
- postere
Etymology 4
Via Middle Low German post from Latin postis (“post, door-post”).
Noun
post c (singular definite posten, plural indefinite poster)
- pump, tap, faucet (an outdoor water pump)
- (rare, in compounds) post (supporting a door or a window)
Inflection
Derived terms
- dørpost
- vandpost
- vinduespost
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p?st/
- Hyphenation: post
- Rhymes: -?st
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Middle French poste, from Italian posta.
Noun
post f or m (plural posten, diminutive postje n)
- Mail.
- A mail office, a post office.
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: pos
- ? Indonesian: pos
Etymology 2
Borrowed from French poste, from Italian posto.
Noun
post f or m (plural posten, diminutive postje n)
- A location or station, where a soldier is supposed to be; position.
- A post, a position, an office.
- Toekomstig Amerikaans president Barack Obama maakt zijn keuzes bekend voor de posten binnen zijn kabinet op het gebied van veiligheid en buitenlands beleid. — President elect Barack Obama makes his choices known for the posts within his cabinet in the area of security and exterior policy. (nl.wikipedia, 12/3/2008)
Derived terms
- grenspost
- handelspost
- legerpost
Descendants
- Afrikaans: pos
- ? Indonesian: pos
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
post
- first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of posten
- imperative of posten
Anagrams
- spot, stop
Esperanto
Etymology
Latin post
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /post/
- Hyphenation: post
Preposition
post
- after
- behind
French
Etymology
From English post.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p?st/
Noun
post m (plural posts)
- (Internet) post (message on a blog, etc.)
Irish
Alternative forms
- posta (Cois Fharraige)
Etymology
Borrowed from English post.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [p??s?t??]
Noun
post m (genitive singular poist, nominative plural poist)
- timber post, stake
- (historical) post, letter carrier; (letter) post; postman
- (military) post
- (of employment) post, job
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
Further reading
- "post" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Entries containing “post” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “post” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English post.
Noun
post m (invariable)
- (Internet) post (message in a forum)
Anagrams
- spot, stop
Latin
Etymology
From earlier poste, from Proto-Italic *posti, from Proto-Indo-European *pósti, from *pós. Related to p?ne.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /post/, [p?s?t?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /post/, [p?st?]
Preposition
post (+ accusative)
- (of space) behind
- (of time) after, since, (transf.) besides, except
Adverb
post (not comparable)
- (of space) behind, back, backwards
- (of time) afterwards, after
Antonyms
- (before): ante
Derived terms
- post-
- poster/ posterus
- post?cus
Descendants
References
- post in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- post in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- post in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- post in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?[3], London: Macmillan and Co.
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume III, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 841
Latvian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [puôst]
Verb
post (tr., 1st conj., pres. pošu, pos, poš, past posu)
- tidy, clean, adorn
- dress up, smarten
Conjugation
Mòcheno
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian posta.
Noun
post f
- post (method of delivering mail)
- post office
Derived terms
- postkòrt
References
- “post” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.
Northern Kurdish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /po?st/
Noun
post m
- skin
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Italian posta (in the given sense)
Noun
post m (definite singular posten, indefinite plural poster, definite plural postene)
- post or mail (letters etc. sent via the postal service)
Derived terms
References
- “post” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Italian posta (in this sense)
Noun
post m (definite singular posten, indefinite plural postar, definite plural postane)
- post or mail (letters etc. sent via the postal service)
Derived terms
References
- “post” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English
Etymology
From Latin postis (“post, pedestal”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /post/
Noun
post m
- post
- pedestal
Declension
Descendants
- Middle English: post, poste
- English: post
- ? German: Post
- Scots: post, poist
- English: post
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p?st/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic *post?.
Noun
post m inan
- fast
Declension
Derived terms
- (verb) po?ci? impf
- (adjective) postny
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English post.
Noun
post m anim
- post (message)
Declension
Further reading
- post in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- post in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from English post.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /?powst??/, /?post??/
Noun
post m (plural posts)
- (Internet) post (individual message in an on-line discussion)
Romanian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic *post?.
Noun
post n (plural posturi)
- fast (period of abstaining from or eating very little food), fasting
Related terms
- posti
See also
- p?resimi
- Postul Mare
Etymology 2
Borrowed from French poste.
Noun
post n (plural posturi)
- post, position, job, place, appointment, station
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
Borrowed from English post.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p??s?t?/
Noun
post m (genitive singular puist, plural puist)
- post, mail
- Alternative form of posta
- post, stake
Derived terms
- cairt-phuist
- post-bàire
- post-dealain
Verb
post (past phost, future postaidh, verbal noun postadh, past participle poste)
- post, mail
Mutation
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *post?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pô?st/
Noun
p?st m (Cyrillic spelling ?????)
- fast, fasting
Declension
Slovene
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p??st/
Noun
p?st m inan
- fast (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English post. Doublet of puesto.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?post/, [?post?]
Noun
post m (plural posts)
- (computing) post
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p?st/
- Rhymes: -?st
Noun
post c
- postal office; an organization delivering mail and parcels
- (uncountable) mail; collectively for things sent through a post office
- item of a list or on an agenda
- post; an assigned station
- position to which someone may be assigned or elected
- Posten som ordförande i idrottsföreningen är vakant.
- The position as chairman in the sports association is free.
- Posten som ordförande i idrottsföreningen är vakant.
Declension
Related terms
- posta
- postkontor
- postlåda
- Posten
Anagrams
- stop
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed English post.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /poust/, [po?st]
Noun
post
- (computing, Internet) post
Derived terms
Turkish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [post]
Noun
post (definite accusative postu, plural postlar)
- fur, hide, pelt
- Synonym: kürk
Welsh
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /po?sd/, [p?o?st]
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /p?sd/, [p??st]
Etymology 1
Borrowed from English post.
Noun
post m (uncountable)
- post, mail
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Latin postis.
Noun
post m (plural pyst)
- post, pillar
Derived terms
- mynegbost (“signpost”)
Alternative forms
- postyn
Mutation
post From the web:
- what post office delivers my mail
- what postal code
- what postal code am i in
- what post office is open today
- what post office delivers to my address
- what post office can i get a passport
- what postpartum depression
- what postpones elizabeth's execution
postcode
English
Etymology
From post +? code.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?p??s(t)k??d/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?po?s(t)?ko?d/
- Hyphenation: post?code
Noun
postcode (plural postcodes)
- (Australia, Britain, New Zealand) A sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address to aid the sorting and delivery of post or mail.
- (by extension) The region denoted by a postcode.
Derived terms
- postcode lottery
Translations
See also
- postal code
- zip code (for US addresses)
Verb
postcode (third-person singular simple present postcodes, present participle postcoding, simple past and past participle postcoded)
- (Britain) To give a postcode to; to mark with a postcode.
Anagrams
- topcodes
Dutch
Etymology
Compound of post +? code.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p?st?ko?.d?/
- Hyphenation: post?co?de
Noun
postcode m (plural postcodes)
- A postcode, a postal code.
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- what postcode mean
- what postcode is chelsea
- what postcode is brixton
- what postcode is bx9 1as
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