post

Inherited from Vulgar Latin postus, from positus.


post

ca-pp

post (feminine posta, masculine plural posts or postos, feminine plural postes)

posta (feminine)
posts (masculine plural)
postos (masculine plural)
postes (feminine plural)


post

head

post c (singular definite posten, plural indefinite poster)

posten (definite singular)
poster (indefinite plural)
post (indefinite nominative singular)
posten (definite nominative singular)
poster (indefinite nominative plural)
posterne (definite nominative plural)
posts (genitive indefinite singular)
postens (definite genitive singular)
posters (genitive indefinite plural)
posternes (definite genitive plural)

Via French poste m from Italian posto (“post, location”), from Latin positus (“position”), from the verb pōnō (“to place”).


post

post, mail (a public institution distributing letters or packages)

postman (a person carrying letters or packages)

post c (singular definite posten, not used in plural form)

posten (definite singular)
post (indefinite nominative singular)
posten (definite nominative singular)
posts (genitive indefinite singular)
postens (definite genitive singular)

Via French poste f from Italian posta (“stopping-place, post office”), from Latin posita, the past participle of pōnō (“to place”).


post

pump, tap, faucet (an outdoor water pump)

(rare, in compounds) post (supporting a door or a window)

Via Middle Low German post from Latin postis (“post, door-post”).


post

nl-noun

post f or m (plural posten, diminutive postje n)

posten (plural)
postje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: pos

→ Caribbean Javanese: pos

→ Indonesian: pos

→ Petjo: pos

→ Papiamentu: pòst

Borrowed from Middle French poste, from Italian posta.


post

a location or station, where a soldier is supposed to be; position

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)

Afrikaans: pos

→ Indonesian: pos

→ Saramaccan: pósu

→ Sranan Tongo: postu

→ Caribbean Javanese: postu

Borrowed from French poste, from Italian posto.


post

first/second/third-person singular present indicative

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


post

ram a post into the ground

A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost.

(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.

vocal music; chiefly a cappella; vocal music; chiefly a cappella

(paper, printing) A printing paper size measuring 19.25 inches x 15.5 inches.

But they marginally improved after the break as Didier Drogba hit the post.

2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC:

A location on a basketball court near the basket.

when God ſends coyne,
I will diſcharge your poaſt

1600, Samuel Rowlands, The knauve of clubs:

(obsolete) The doorpost of a victualler's shop or inn, on which were chalked the scores of customers; hence, a score; a debt.

shtyllë

Inherited from Old English post (“pillar, door-post”) and Latin postis (“a post, a door-post”) through Old French. .


post

Post no bills.

(transitive) To hang (a notice) in a conspicuous manner for general review.

to post someone for cowardice

On Pain of being posted to your Sorrow
Fail not, at Four, to meet me here To-morrow.

1732, George Granville, Epilogue to the She-Gallants, line 13:

To hold up to public blame or reproach; to advertise opprobriously; to denounce by public proclamation.

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?

1712, Humphry Polesworth [pseudonym; John Arbuthnot], “Of John Bull’s Second Wife, and the Good Advice that She Gave Him”, in Law is a Bottomless-Pit. […], London: […] John Morphew, […], →OCLC, page 18:

(accounting) To carry (an account) from the journal to the ledger.

thoroughly posted up in the politics and literature of the day

1872 March 2, “Interviewing a Prince”, in Saturday Review, volume 33, number 853, London, page 273:

To inform; to give the news to; to make acquainted with the details of a subject; often with up.

Since Jim was new to the game, he had to post $4 in order to receive a hand.

(transitive) To deposit a payment that may or may not be returned.

to post bail

For example, if the police or court sets bail at $1,000, and a suspect owns a fancy watch worth at least that amount, the defendant may be able to use the watch to post bail.

2022 January 1, Paul Bergman, Sara J. Berman, The Criminal Law Handbook: Know Your Rights, Survive the System, Nolo, →ISBN:

Because wealthy defendants are better positioned to post bail or provide collateral, the American bail system has been criticized as being biased against the poor.

2010 May 18, David Andrew Schultz, Encyclopedia of the United States Constitution, Infobase Publishing, →ISBN, page 45:

Carmen posted a $15,000 bond, and like the other Valenzuelas before her, failed to appear for trial. Morgan's scorecard for case 4: 4.4 pounds seized, 2 Valenzuelas arrested, 1 Valenzuela dismissed, 1 bail jump.

2006 05, Robert Perry, Dirty Money, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 34:

When you post bail, and the case is over, the court system will take 30 percent of that bail which, in this example, will be $3,000 of the original 10 percent that you posted. Hence, you will get $7,000 back.

1996, Lee N. June, Matthew Parker, Men to Men: Perspectives of Sixteen African-American Christian Men, Harper Collins, →ISBN, page 201:

en-verb

post (third-person singular simple present posts, present participle posting, simple past and past participle posted)

posts (present singular third-person)
posting (participle present)
posted (participle past)
posted (past)

Chinese: po


post

(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.

a stage or railway post

(dated) A station, or one of a series of stations, established for the refreshment and accommodation of travellers on some recognized route.

A military base; the place at which a soldier or a body of troops is stationed; also, the troops at such a station.

in certain ſet places there be alwaies fresh Poſts, to carry that further which is brought unto them by the others

1599, George Abbot, Geography, or a Brief Description of the Whole World:

I fear my Julia would not deign my lines,
Receiving them from such a worthless post.

c. 1590–1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii], line 152:

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.

2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King: Henry VII and the Dawn of Tudor England, Penguin, published 2012, page 199:

(now historical) Someone who travels express along a set route carrying letters and dispatches; a courier.

sent via post; parcel post

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.

1707, Alexander Pope, Letter VII (to Mr. Wycherly), November 11

(UK, Australia, New Zealand) An organisation for delivering letters, parcels etc., or the service provided by such an organisation.

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.

2020 November 18, “Stop & Examine”, in Rail, page 71:

(UK, 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.

A message posted in an electronic or Internet forum, or on a blog, etc.

Two of the receivers ran post patterns.

(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.

And then in post he came from Mantua.

c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii], line 273:

(obsolete) Haste or speed, like that of a messenger or mail carrier.

there he held the office of postmaster, or, as it was then called, post, for several years.

1858, John Gorham Palfrey, chapter IV, in History of New England, volume 1, page 136:

(obsolete) One who has charge of a station, especially a postal station.

→ Bulgarian: пост (post) (Internet)

→ Chinese: po, PO

Cantonese: pou¹

Mandarin: pōu

Min Nan: pho͘

→ French: post

→ Irish: post

→ Italian: post

→ Malay: pos

→ Maori: pōhi

→ Polish: post

→ Portuguese: post

→ Russian: пост (post)

→ Scottish Gaelic: post

→ Spanish: post

→ Swahili: posta

→ Welsh: post

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


post

Beyond Cologne we descended to the plain of Holland; and we resolved to post the remainder of our way […].

1816 June – 1817 April/May (date written), [Mary Shelley], Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [Macdonald and Son] for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, published 1 January 1818, →OCLC:

To travel with relays of horses; to travel by post horses, originally as a courier.

Post speedily to my lord your husband.

c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene vi], line 1:

thousand at his bidding speed,
And post o'er land and ocean without rest;
They also serve who only stand and wait.

c. 1652, John Milton, "On His Blindness", line 13

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.

(UK, Australia, New Zealand) To send (an item of mail etc.) through the postal service.

(horse-riding) To rise and sink in the saddle, in accordance with the motion of the horse, especially in trotting.

I couldn't figure it out, so I posted a question on the mailing list.

(Internet) To publish (a message) to a newsgroup, forum, blog, etc.

→ Finnish: postata


post

His highness comes post from Marseilles,

c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene v]:

In this posture were affairs at the inn when a gentleman arrived there post.

1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:

We therefore determined to change Horses at the next Town and to travel Post the remainder of the Journey.

1790, Jane Austen, “Love and Freindship”, in Juvenilia:

He prided himself on looking neat even when he was riding post.

1886 November 23, Rudyard Kipling, “The Arrest of Lieutenant Golightly”, in Plain Tales from the Hills, 2nd edition, Calcutta: Thacker, Spink and Co.; London: W. Thacker & Co., published 1888, →OCLC, pages 134–135:

With the post, on post-horses; by a relay of horses (changing at every staging-post); hence, express, with speed, quickly.

German: posten

по пощата

with the post, on post horses; express, with speed


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.

2013 June 8, “The new masters and commanders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 52:

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.

2005, Jesse Helms, “Bill Clinton”, in Here's Where I Stand: A Memoir, New York: Random House, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 198:

She was Nicolas Sarkozy's pin-up for diversity, the first Muslim woman with north African parents to hold a major French government post. But Rachida Dati has now turned on her own party elite with such ferocity that some have suggested she should be expelled from the president's ruling party.

2011 December 14, Angelique Chrisafis, “Rachida Dati accuses French PM of sexism and elitism”, in Guardian:

An appointed position in an organization, job.


post

To enter (a name) on a list, as for service, promotion, etc.

Post a sentinel in front of the door.

[I]t might be to obtain a ship for a lieutenant that had passed as master and commander, or to get him "posted"— […]

1839 September, Thomas De Quincey, “Early Memorials of Grasmere”, in Autobiographic Sketches: With Recollections of the Lakes (De Quincey’s Works; II), London: James Hogg & Sons, →OCLC, page 116:

To assign to a station; to set; to place.


post

One of the most appealing things for me about Barack Obama has always been that he comes post the post-60s generation.

2008, Michael Tomasky, “Obama cannot let the right cast him in that 60s show”, in The Guardian:

Lew reckons he had three options for the cash-cow which was Premier post the Coles sale.

2008, Matthew Stevens, “Lew pressured to reveal what he knows”, in The Australian:

After; especially after a significant event that has long-term ramifications.


post

we'll fix it in post

Admittedly many of these can be fixed in post, but this may limit your flexibility in other areas.

2013, Bruce Mamer, Film Production Technique: Creating the Accomplished Image:


post

I gotta run. Yes, send the kid to the morgue. We'll do a post on Monday.

2010, Sandra Glahn, Informed Consent, page 306:

(medicine, informal) A post mortem (an investigation of a body's cause of death).


post

(Internet) post (message on a blog, etc.)


post

inflection of posen:
second/third-person singular present

inflection of posen:
second-person plural present


post

(historical) post, letter carrier; (letter) post; postman

head

post m (genitive singular poist, nominative plural poist)

poist (genitive singular)
poist (nominative plural)
nominative (indefinite)
post (indefinite singular)
poist (indefinite plural)
vocative (indefinite)
a phoist (indefinite singular)
a phosta (indefinite plural)
genitive (indefinite)
poist (indefinite singular)
post (indefinite plural)
dative (indefinite)
nominative (definite)
an post (definite singular)
na poist (definite plural)
genitive (definite)
an phoist (definite singular)
na bpost (definite plural)
dative (definite)
leis an bpost (definite singular)
don phost (definite singular)
leis na poist (definite plural)
post
phost
bpost


post

after, since, (transf.) besides, except (of time)

From earlier poste, from Proto-Italic *posti, from Proto-Indo-European *pósti, from *pós. Related to pōne.
The accusative is from analogy with ante or inherited like Ancient Greek πρός (prós) with the same metaphor.


post

→? Albanian: poshtë

Aromanian: apoi

Asturian: pues

Catalan: puix

→ English: post-

Franco-Provençal: pués, pi, pu, pè

French: puis, post-

Galician: pois, despois, pus

Istriot: puoi

Italian: poi, dopo, pos-, post-

Mirandese: pus

desc

Portuguese: pois, depois, após, pos-, pós-

Romanian: păi, apoi

Spanish: pues, después, pos-, post-

Venetan: po, può


post

head

post (transitive, 1st conjugation, present pošu, pos, poš, past posu)

conjugation (first-person)
pošu (present)
pos (present)
poš (present)
posu (past)
pošu (first-person indicative present singular)
posu (first-person indicative past singular)
posīšu (first-person future indicative singular)
pos (indicative present second-person singular)
posi (indicative past second-person singular)
posīsi (future indicative second-person singular)
pos (imperative second-person singular)
poš (indicative present singular third-person)
posa (indicative past singular third-person)
posīs (future indicative singular third-person)
lai poš (imperative singular third-person)
pošam (first-person indicative plural present)
posām (first-person indicative past plural)
posīsim (first-person future indicative plural)
posīsim (first-person imperative plural)
pošat (indicative plural present second-person)
posāt (indicative past plural second-person)
posīsiet (future indicative plural second-person)
posīsit (future indicative plural second-person)
posiet (imperative plural second-person)
poš (indicative plural present third-person)
posa (indicative past plural third-person)
posīs (future indicative plural third-person)
lai poš (imperative plural third-person)
pošot (present renarrative)
posošs (active adjectival participle participle-1 present)
esot posis (past renarrative)
posdams (active adverbial participle participle-2 present)
posīšot (future renarrative)
pošot (active adverbial participle participle-3 present)
lai pošot (imperative)
pošam (active participle participle-4 present)
posis (active participle past)
postu (conditional present)
pošams (participle passive present)
būtu posis (conditional past)
posts (participle passive past)
jāpoš (debitive indicative)
būt jāpoš (debitive indicative)
post (infinitive)
esot jāpoš (conjunctive conjunctive-1 debitive)
nepost (infinitive negative)
jāpošot (conjunctive conjunctive-2 debitive)
pošana (noun-from-verb)


post

post or mail (letters, etc., sent via the postal service)

posten (definite singular)
poster (indefinite plural)
postene (definite plural)

Derived from Italian posta (in the given sense).


post

post or mail (letters etc. sent via the postal service)

posten (definite singular)
postar (indefinite plural)
postane (definite plural)

Derived from Italian posta (in this sense).


post

post (nominative singular)
postas (nominative plural)
post (accusative singular)
postas (accusative plural)
postes (genitive singular)
posta (genitive plural)
poste (dative singular)
postum (dative plural)

Middle English: post, poste

English: post

→ German: Post

Scots: post, poist

Borrowed from Latin postis (“post, pedestal”).


post

fast (the act or practice of abstaining from food)

fast (the period of time during which one abstains from food)

post (nominative singular)
posty (nominative plural)
postu (genitive singular)
postów (genitive plural)
postowi (dative singular)
postom (dative plural)
post (accusative singular)
posty (accusative plural)
postem (instrumental singular)
postami (instrumental plural)
poście (locative singular)
postach (locative plural)
poście (singular vocative)
posty (plural vocative)


post

post (nominative singular)
posty (nominative plural)
posta (genitive singular)
postów (genitive plural)
postowi (dative singular)
postom (dative plural)
posta (accusative singular)
posty (accusative plural)
postem (instrumental singular)
postami (instrumental plural)
poście (locative singular)
postach (locative plural)
poście (singular vocative)
posty (plural vocative)


post

(Internet slang) post (an individual message in an on-line discussion)


post

post (nominative singular)
postō (nominative plural)
postōs (nominative plural)
post (accusative singular)
postā (accusative plural)
postas (genitive singular)
postō (genitive plural)
postē (dative singular)
postum (dative plural)
postu (instrumental singular)
postum (instrumental plural)

desctree

Old English: post
Middle English: post, poste
English: post
→ German: Post
Scots: post, poist

Old Frisian: post

Old Saxon: post

Middle Low German: post

→ Danish: post

→ Old Swedish: poster

Swedish: post

→ Estonian: post

Old Dutch: *post

Middle Dutch: post

Dutch: post

Old High German: pfost
Middle High German: pfoste, pfost
German: Pfosten


post

fast (a period of abstaining from or eating very little food), fasting

posturi (plural)
post (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
postul (accusative definite nominative singular)
posturi (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
posturile (accusative definite nominative plural)
post (indefinite singular)
postului (definite singular)
posturi (indefinite singular)
posturilor (definite plural)
postule (singular vocative)
posturilor (vocative)


post

post, position, job, place, appointment, station


post

head

post m (genitive singular puist, plural puist)

puist (genitive singular)
puist (plural)


post

post (past phost, future postaidh, verbal noun postadh, past participle poste)

phost (past)
postaidh (future)
postadh (noun-from-verb)
poste (participle past)
post
phost


post

pȏst (canonical masculine)
по̑ст (Cyrillic)
pȏst (nominative singular)
pòstovi (nominative plural)
pȍsta (genitive singular)
postova (genitive plural)
postu (dative singular)
postovima (dative plural)
post (accusative singular)
postove (accusative plural)
poste (singular vocative)
postovi (plural vocative)
postu (locative singular)
postovima (locative plural)
postom (instrumental singular)
postovima (instrumental plural)


post

fast (the act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)

pȍst (canonical inanimate masculine)
please help by adding the tonal marks.
pòst (nominative singular)
pôsta (genitive singular)
pôstu (dative singular)
pòst (accusative singular)
pôstu (locative singular)
pôstom (instrumental singular)


post

Borrowed from English post. Doublet of puesto.


post

postal office; an organization delivering mail and parcels

(uncountable) mail; collectively for things sent through a post office

Posten som ordförande i idrottsföreningen är vakant.

The position as chairman in the sports association is free.

position to which someone may be assigned or elected

post (indefinite nominative singular)
posts (genitive indefinite singular)
posten (definite nominative singular)
postens (definite genitive singular)
poster (indefinite nominative plural)
posters (genitive indefinite plural)
posterna (definite nominative plural)
posternas (definite genitive plural)


post

(Islam, Sufism, figuratively, by extension from the pelt used as sitting mat) The position of Sheikhdom in tariqas.

(figuratively) A position, an office, a chair.

(figuratively) One's life; hide, ass, heinie.

post (definite accusative postu, plural postlar)

postu (accusative definite)
postlar (plural)
post (nominative singular)
postlar (nominative plural)
postu (accusative definite singular)
postları (accusative definite plural)
posta (dative singular)
postlara (dative plural)
postta (locative singular)
postlarda (locative plural)
posttan (ablative singular)
postlardan (ablative plural)
postun (genitive singular)
postların (genitive plural)
postum (first-person nominative singular)
postlarım (first-person nominative singular)
postun (nominative second-person singular)
postların (nominative second-person singular)
postu (nominative singular third-person)
postları (nominative singular third-person)
postumuz (first-person nominative plural)
postlarımız (first-person nominative plural)
postunuz (nominative plural second-person)
postlarınız (nominative plural second-person)
postları (nominative plural third-person)
postumu (accusative definite first-person singular)
postlarımı (accusative definite first-person singular)
postunu (accusative definite second-person singular)
postlarını (accusative definite second-person singular)
postunu (accusative definite singular third-person)
postlarını (accusative definite singular third-person)
postumuzu (accusative definite first-person plural)
postlarımızı (accusative definite first-person plural)
postunuzu (accusative definite plural second-person)
postlarınızı (accusative definite plural second-person)
postlarını (accusative definite plural third-person)
postuma (dative first-person singular)
postlarıma (dative first-person singular)
postuna (dative second-person singular)
postlarına (dative second-person singular)
postuna (dative singular third-person)
postlarına (dative singular third-person)
postumuza (dative first-person plural)
postlarımıza (dative first-person plural)
postunuza (dative plural second-person)
postlarınıza (dative plural second-person)
postlarına (dative plural third-person)
postumda (first-person locative singular)
postlarımda (first-person locative singular)
postunda (locative second-person singular)
postlarında (locative second-person singular)
postunda (locative singular third-person)
postlarında (locative singular third-person)
postumuzda (first-person locative plural)
postlarımızda (first-person locative plural)
postunuzda (locative plural second-person)
postlarınızda (locative plural second-person)
postlarında (locative plural third-person)
postumdan (ablative first-person singular)
postlarımdan (ablative first-person singular)
postundan (ablative second-person singular)
postlarından (ablative second-person singular)
postundan (ablative singular third-person)
postlarından (ablative singular third-person)
postumuzdan (ablative first-person plural)
postlarımızdan (ablative first-person plural)
postunuzdan (ablative plural second-person)
postlarınızdan (ablative plural second-person)
postlarından (ablative plural third-person)
postumun (first-person genitive singular)
postlarımın (first-person genitive singular)
postunun (genitive second-person singular)
postlarının (genitive second-person singular)
postunun (genitive singular third-person)
postlarının (genitive singular third-person)
postumuzun (first-person genitive plural)
postlarımızın (first-person genitive plural)
postunuzun (genitive plural second-person)
postlarınızın (genitive plural second-person)
postlarının (genitive plural third-person)

Derived from Ottoman Turkish پوست, borrowed from Persian پوست (skin).


post

pyst (plural)
post
bost (soft)
mhost
phost