post
noun
- message of a user in a forum, newsgroup or social media platform
- entry on a social media platform, forum, or blog
- vertical rod affixed to the ground
- cf report, put up for public view
- send via the postal service
verb
- send something by mail
- publish something online
- cf report, put up for public view
- tell someone news as it comes in
- assign to a post, station somewhere
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /pəʊst/ / /poʊst/ / [poːst]
adv
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French poste, from Italian posta (“stopping-place for coaches”), feminine of posto (“placed, situated”).
- 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,”
“In this posture were affairs at the inn when a gentleman arrived there post.”
- Sent via the postal service.
name
- A common name (often in combination) for a newspaper or periodical, such as The Washington Post or the New York Post.
- A surname.
- A village in Iran.
- An unincorporated community in Crook County, Oregon, named after Walter H. Post.
- A city, the county seat of Garza County, Texas, named after C. W. Post.
noun
- Acronym of power-on self-test.
prep
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin postbor. English post Borrowed from Latin post.
- After; especially after a significant event that has long-term ramifications.
“One of the most appealing things for me about Barack Obama has always been that he comes post the post-60s generation.”
“Lew reckons he had three options for the cash-cow which was Premier post the Coles sale.”
verb
- 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.”