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Webster 1913 Edition

Post

Post

,
Adj.
[F.
aposter
to place in a post or position, generally for a bad purpose.]
Hired to do what is wrong; suborned.
[Obs.]
Sir E. Sandys.

Post

,
Noun.
[AS., fr. L.
postis
, akin to
ponere
,
positum
, to place. See
Position
, and cf. 4th
Post
.]
1.
A piece of timber, metal, or other solid substance, fixed, or to be fixed, firmly in an upright position, especially when intended as a stay or support to something else; a pillar;
as, a hitching
post
; a fence
post
; the
posts
of a house.
They shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side
posts
and on the upper doorpost of the houses.
Ex. xii. 7.
Then by main force pulled up, and on his shoulders bore,
The gates of Azza,
post
and massy bar.
Milton.
Unto his order he was a noble
post
.
Chaucer.
☞ Post, in the sense of an upright timber or strut, is used in composition, in such words as king-post, queen-post, crown-post, gatepost, etc.
2.
The doorpost of a victualer’s shop or inn, on which were chalked the scores of customers; hence, a score; a debt.
[Obs.]
When God sends coin
I will discharge your
post
.
S. Rowlands.
From pillar to post
.
See under
Pillar
.
–
Knight of the post
.
See under
Knight
.
–
Post hanger
(Mach.)
,
a bearing for a revolving shaft, adapted to be fastened to a post.
–
Post hole
,
a hole in the ground to set the foot of a post in.
–
Post mill
,
a form of windmill so constructed that the whole fabric rests on a vertical axis firmly fastened to the ground, and capable of being turned as the direction of the wind varies.
–
Post and stall
(Coal Mining)
,
a mode of working in which pillars of coal are left to support the roof of the mine.

Post

,
Noun.
[F.
poste
, LL.
posta
station, post (where horses were kept), properly, a fixed or set place, fem. fr. L.
positus
placed, p. p. of
ponere
. See
Position
, and cf.
Post
a pillar.]
1.
The place at which anything is stopped, placed, or fixed; a station.
Specifically:
(a)
A station, or one of a series of stations, established for the refreshment and accommodation of travelers on some recognized route;
as, a stage or railway
post
.
(b)
A military station; the place at which a soldier or a body of troops is stationed; also, the troops at such a station.
(c)
The piece of ground to which a sentinel's walk is limited.
2.
A messenger who goes from station; an express; especially, one who is employed by the government to carry letters and parcels regularly from one place to another; a letter carrier; a postman.
In certain places there be always fresh
posts
, to carry that further which is brought unto them by the other.
Abp. Abbot.
I fear my Julia would not deign my lines,
Receiving them from such a worthless
post
.
Shakespeare
3.
An established conveyance for letters from one place or station to another; especially, the governmental system in any country for carrying and distributing letters and parcels; the post office; the mail; hence, the carriage by which the mail is transported.
I send you the fair copy of the poem on dullness, which I should not care to hazard by the common
post
.
Pope.
4.
Haste or speed, like that of a messenger or mail carrier.
[Obs.]
“In post he came.”
Shak.
5.
One who has charge of a station, especially of a postal station.
[Obs.]
He held office of postmaster, or, as it was then called,
post
, for several years.
Palfrey.
6.
A station, office, or position of service, trust, or emolument;
as, the
post
of duty; the
post
of danger.
The
post
of honor is a private station.
Addison.
7.
A size of printing and writing paper. See the Table under
Paper
.
Post and pair
,
an old game at cards, in which each player a hand of three cards.
B. Jonson.
–
Post bag
,
a mail bag.
–
Post bill
,
a bill of letters mailed by a postmaster.
–
Post chaise
, or
Post coach
,
a carriage usually with four wheels, for the conveyance of travelers who travel post.
–
Post day
,
a day on which the mall arrives or departs.
–
Post hackney
,
a hired post horse.
Sir H. Wotton.
–
Post horn
,
a horn, or trumpet, carried and blown by a carrier of the public mail, or by a coachman.
–
Post horse
,
a horse stationed, intended, or used for the post.
–
Post hour
,
hour for posting letters.
Dickens.
–
Post office
.
(a)
An office under governmental superintendence, where letters, papers, and other mailable matter, are received and distributed; a place appointed for attending to all business connected with the mail
.
(b)
The governmental system for forwarding mail matter.
–
Postoffice order
.
See
Money order
, under
Money
.
–
Post road
, or
Post route
,
a road or way over which the mail is carried.
–
Post town
.
(a)
A town in which post horses are kept
.
(b)
A town in which a post office is established by law.
–
To ride post
,
to ride, as a carrier of dispatches, from place to place; hence, to ride rapidly, with as little delay as possible.
–
To travel post
,
to travel, as a post does, by relays of horses, or by keeping one carriage to which fresh horses are attached at each stopping place.

Post

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Posted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Posting
.]
1.
To attach to a post, a wall, or other usual place of affixing public notices; to placard;
as, to
post
a notice; to
post
playbills.
☞ Formerly, a large post was erected before the sheriff's office, or in some public place, upon which legal notices were displayed. This way of advertisement has not entirely gone of use.
2.
To hold up to public blame or reproach; to advertise opprobriously; to denounce by public proclamation;
as, to
post
one for cowardice
.
On pain of being
posted
to your sorrow
Fail not, at four, to meet me.
Granville.
3.
To enter (a name) on a list, as for service, promotion, or the like.
4.
To assign to a station; to set; to place;
as, to
post
a sentinel
.
“It might be to obtain a ship for a lieutenant, . . . or to get him posted.”
De Quincey.
5.
(Bookkeeping)
To carry, as an account, from the journal to the ledger;
as, to
post
an account
; to transfer, as accounts, to the ledger.
You have not
posted
your books these ten years.
Arbuthnot.
6.
To place in the care of the post; to mail;
as, to
post
a letter
.
7.
To inform; to give the news to; to make (one) acquainted with the details of a subject; – often with up.
Thoroughly
posted
up in the politics and literature of the day.
Lond. Sat. Rev.
To post off
,
to put off; to delay.
[Obs.]
“Why did I, venturously, post off so great a business?”
Baxter.
–
To post over
,
to hurry over.
[Obs.]
Fuller.

Post

,
Verb.
I.
[Cf. OF.
poster
. See 4th
Post
.]
1.
To travel with post horses; figuratively, to travel in haste.
“Post seedily to my lord your husband.”
Shak.
And
post
o'er land and ocean without rest.
Milton.
2.
(Man.)
To rise and sink in the saddle, in accordance with the motion of the horse, esp. in trotting.
[Eng.]

Post

,
adv.
With post horses; hence, in haste;
as, to travel
post
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Post

POST

,
Adj.
Suborned; hired to do what is wrong. [Not in use.]

POST

,
Noun.
[L. postis, from positus, the given participle of pono, to place.]
1.
A piece of timber set upright, usually larger than a stake, and intended to support something else; as the posts of a house; the posts of a door; the posts of a gate; the posts of a fence.
2.
A military station; the place where a single soldier or a body of troops is stationed. The sentinel must not desert his post. The troops are ordered to defend the post. Hence,
3.
The troops stationed in a particular place, or the ground they occupy.
4.
A public office or employment, that is, a fixed place or station.
When vice prevails and impious men bear sway,
The post of honor is a private station.
5.
A messenger or a carrier of letters and papers; one that goes at stated times to convey the mail or dispatches. This sense also denotes fixedness, either from the practice of using relays of horses stationed at particular places, or of stationing men for carrying dispatches, or from the fixed stages where they were to be supplied with refreshment. [See Stage.] Xenophon informs us the Cyrus, king of Persia, established such stations or houses.
6.
A seat or situation.
7.
A sort of writing paper, such as is used for letters; letter paper.
8.
An old game at cards.
To ride post, to be employed to carry dispatches and papers, and as such carriers rode in haste, hence the phrase signifies to ride in haste, to pass with expedition. Post is used also adverbially, for swiftly, expeditiously, or expressly.
Sent from Media post to Egypt.
Hence, to travel post, is to travel expeditiously by the use of fresh horses taken at certain stations.
Knight of the post, a fellow suborned or hired to do a bad action.

POST

,
Verb.
I.
To travel with speed.
And post o'er land and ocean without rest.

POST

,
Verb.
T.
To fix to a post; as, to post a notification.
1.
To expose to public reproach by fixing the name to a post; to expose to opprobrium by some public action; as, to post a coward.
2.
To advertise on a post or in a public place; as, to post a stray horse.
3.
To set; to place; to station; as, to post troops on a hill, or in front or on the flank of an army.
4.
In book-keeping, to carry accounts from the waste-book or journal to the ledger.
To post off, to put off; to delay. [Not used.]

POST

, a Latin preposition, signifying after. It is used in this sense in composition in many English words.

Definition 2024

Post

Post

See also: post, POST, pöst, pøst, and post-

English

Proper noun

Post

  1. A surname​.
  2. A village in Iran
  3. An unincorporated community in Oregon
  4. A city in Texas

German

Etymology

From Italian posta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɔst/

Noun

Post f ‎(genitive Post, no plural)

  1. (method of sending mail or mail sent by this method) post
  2. post office

Synonyms

Derived terms

Related terms

Luxembourgish

Noun

Post f ‎(uncountable)

  1. post
  2. post office

post

post

See also: Post, POST, pöst, pøst, and post-

English

Wooden posts.

Alternative forms

Noun

post ‎(plural posts)

  1. A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fence post; a light post.
  2. (construction) A stud; a two-by-four.
  3. A pole in a battery.
  4. (dentistry) A long, narrow piece inserted into a root canal to provide retention for a crown.
  5. (vocal music, chiefly a cappella) A prolonged final melody note, among moving harmony notes.
  6. (paper, printing) A printing paper size measuring 19.25 inches x 15.5 inches.
  7. (sports) A goalpost.
    • 2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC:
      But they marginally improved after the break as Didier Drogba hit the post.
  8. (obsolete) The doorpost of a victualler's shop or inn, on which were chalked the scores of customers; hence, a score; a debt.
    • S. Rowlands
      When God sends coin / I will discharge your post.
Derived terms
Translations

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To hang (a notice) in a conspicuous manner for general review.
    Post no bills.
  2. To hold up to public blame or reproach; to advertise opprobriously; to denounce by public proclamation.
    to post someone for cowardice
    • Granville
      On pain of being posted to your sorrow / Fail not, at four, to meet me.
  3. (accounting) To carry (an account) from the journal to the ledger.
    • Arbuthnot
      You have not posted your books these ten years.
  4. To inform; to give the news to; to make acquainted with the details of a subject; often with up.
    • London Saturday Review
      thoroughly posted up in the politics and literature of the day
  5. (transitive, poker) To pay (a blind).
    Since Jim was new to the game, he had to post $4 in order to receive a hand.
Translations
Derived terms

Etymology 2

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

Noun

post ‎(plural posts)

  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. [16th-17th c.]
  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.
  4. (now historical) Someone who travels express along a set route carrying letters and dispatches; a courier. [from 16th c.]
    • Archbishop Abbot
      In certain places there be always fresh posts, to carry that further which is brought unto them by the other.
    • Shakespeare
      I fear my Julia would not deign my lines, / Receiving them from such a worthless post.
    • 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, 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.
  5. An organisation for delivering letters, parcels etc., or the service provided by such an organisation. [from 17th c.]
    sent via post; parcel post
    • Alexander Pope
      I send you the fair copy of the poem on dullness, which I should not care to hazard by the common post.
  6. 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.]
  7. A message posted in an electronic or Internet forum. [from 20th c.]
  8. A location on a basketball court near the basket.
  9. (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.
  10. (obsolete) Haste or speed, like that of a messenger or mail carrier.
    • Shakespeare
      In post he came.
  11. (obsolete) One who has charge of a station, especially a postal station.
    • Palfrey
      He held office of postmaster, or, as it was then called, post, for several years.
Derived terms
Translations

Verb

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

  1. 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 […].
  2. To travel quickly; to hurry. [from 16th c.]
    • Shakespeare
      Post speedily to my lord your husband.
    • Milton
      And post o'er land and ocean without rest.
  3. (Britain) 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.
  4. (horse-riding) To rise and sink in the saddle, in accordance with the motion of the horse, especially in trotting. [from 19th c.]
  5. (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
Translations

Adverb

post ‎(not comparable)

  1. With the post, on post-horses; express, with speed, quickly
    • 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.
  2. Sent via the postal service.
Translations
with the post, on post horses; express, with speed
Descendants

Etymology 3

Probably from French poste.

Noun

post ‎(plural posts)

  1. An assigned station; a guard post.
    • 2013 June 8, “The new masters and commanders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 52:
      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.
    • 2011 December 14, Angelique Chrisafis, “Rachida Dati accuses French PM of sexism and elitism”, in Guardian:
      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.
Translations

Verb

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

  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.
    • De Quincey
      It might be to obtain a ship for a lieutenant, […] or to get him posted.

Etymology 4

Borrowing from Latin post.

Preposition

post

  1. 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.

Noun

post ‎(uncountable)

  1. (film, informal) Post-production.
    • 2013, Bruce Mamer, Film Production Technique: Creating the Accomplished Image
      Admittedly many of these can be fixed in post, but this may limit your flexibility in other areas.

See also

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Provençal, from Latin postus, from positus.

Verb

post

  1. past participle of pondre

Cornish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [poːst]

Noun

post m ‎(plural postow)

  1. post (method of sending mail)

Related terms

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɔst

Noun

post m ‎(plural posten, diminutive postje n)

  1. mail
  2. mail office
  3. location or station, when a soldier is op post, he is where he is supposed to be.
  4. post (position, 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

Verb

post

  1. first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of posten
  2. imperative of posten

Anagrams

Esperanto

Etymology

Latin post

Preposition

post

  1. after
  2. behind

French

Etymology

From English.

Noun

post m ‎(plural posts)

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

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowing from English post.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pˠɔsˠt̪ˠ]

Noun

post m ‎(genitive singular poist, nominative plural poist)

  1. timber post, stake
  2. (historical) post, letter carrier; (letter) post; postman
  3. (military) post
  4. (of employment) post, job

Declension

Derived terms

  • (timber post):
    • post deiridh ‎(“stern-post”)
    • post leapa ‎(“bedpost”)
  • (letters):
    • aerphost ‎(“airmail”)
    • oifig an phoist ‎(“post office”)
    • seirbhís phoist ‎(“postal service”)
    • teach poist ‎(“post-house”)
  • (military):
    • post ceannais ‎(“command post”)
    • post comhraic ‎(“combat post”)
    • post éisteachta ‎(“listening post”)
    • post faire ‎(“lookout post”)
    • post rialaithe ‎(“control post”)
  • (job):
    • i bpost ‎(“in the office”)
    • post muiníne ‎(“position of trust”)
    • post mór ‎(“big job”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
post phost bpost
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Italian

Etymology

Borrowing from English post.

Noun

post m ‎(invariable)

  1. (Internet) post (message in a forum)

Anagrams

Kurdish

Noun

post m

  1. skin

Latin

Etymology

May refer to Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi.

Pronunciation

Preposition

post

  1. (with accusative) (of space) behind
  2. (with accusative) (of time) after, since, (transf.) besides, except

Adverb

post ‎(not comparable)

  1. (of space) behind, back, backwards
  2. (of time) afterwards, after

Antonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

References

Latvian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [puôst]

Verb

post tr., 1st conj., pres. pošu, pos, poš, past posu

  1. tidy, clean, adorn
  2. dress up, smarten

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Italian posta

Noun

post m ‎(definite singular posten, indefinite plural poster, definite plural postene)

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

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Italian posta

Noun

post m ‎(definite singular posten, indefinite plural postar, definite plural postane)

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

Derived terms

References

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pɔs̪t̪]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *postъ.

Noun

post m inan

  1. fast

Declension

Derived terms

  • (verb) pościć impf
  • (adjective) postny

Etymology 2

Borrowing from English post.

Noun

post m anim

  1. post (message)

Declension

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowing from English post.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpowst͡ʃ/, /ˈpost͡ʃ/

Noun

post m (plural posts)

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

Romanian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *postъ.

Noun

post n ‎(plural posturi)

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

See also

Etymology 2

Borrowing from French poste.

Noun

post n ‎(plural posturi)

  1. post, position, job, place, appointment, station

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Borrowing from English post.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʰɔs̪t̪/

Noun

post m ‎(genitive singular puist, plural puist)

  1. post, mail
  2. Alternative form of posta
  3. post, stake

Derived terms

Verb

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

  1. post, mail

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *postъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pôːst/

Noun

pȏst m ‎(Cyrillic spelling по̑ст)

  1. fast, fasting

Declension

Slovene

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔ́st/
  • Tonal orthography: pȍst

Noun

pòst m inan ‎(genitive pôsta, uncountable)

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

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Spanish

Noun

post m ‎(plural posts)

  1. (computing) post

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

post c

  1. postal office; an organization delivering mail and parcels
  2. (uncountable) mail; collectively for things sent through a post office
  3. item of a list or on an agenda
  4. post; an assigned station
  5. 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.

Declension

Inflection of post 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative post posten poster posterna
Genitive posts postens posters posternas

Related terms

Turkish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [post]

Noun

post ‎(definite accusative postu, plural postlar)

  1. fur, hide, pelt

Synonyms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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