post

SayPOHST/poʊst/UK/pəʊst/

Pluralposts

Verbposts, posting, posted

41 meanings of post

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1
an online messagenouncountable
A message that someone shares online, on a website, blog, or social media.
Like a note put up on a board for everyone to read.
Her post about the lost dog got hundreds of comments.
He read every post in the thread before writing his reply.
UsageSay a post on Instagram, or write a post.
Similarentry, message, comment, update, article
2
verbtransitive or intransitive
To put a message or picture on a website so other people can see it.
She posted photos from her trip last night.
I post a short video every Friday.
UsageYou post something on a website.
Similarpublish, share, upload, submit
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3
jobnouncountable
A job or official position in a company or organization.
She got a post as a teacher at the local school.
He left his post at the bank after ten years.
UsageA formal word for a job: leave your post.
Similarposition, job, office, appointment, role
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4
nounAustraliaNew ZealandUKuncountable
The system that picks up and delivers letters and packages.
Send the form back by post before Friday.
The post doesn't deliver on Sundays here.
UsageSend things by post.
Similarmail
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upright polenouncountable
A strong piece of wood or metal that stands straight up, often fixed in the ground.
Dad tied the dog's leash to a post in the yard.
The old wooden posts along the fence are starting to rot.
Similarpole, stake, upright, pillar, column
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6
verbtransitive
To announce something to everyone or make it public.
The company posted strong sales numbers this week.
The judges will post the contest results on Monday.
UsageCompanies post profits or losses.
Similarreport, announce, publish, release, record
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7
afterpreposition
After something, especially a big event that changes things.
Airport security got much stricter post 9/11.
She needed extra rest post surgery.
UsageLike after: post 9/11. After is usually simpler.
Similarafter, following
Oppositebefore, pre
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8
put up a noticeverbtransitive
To put a notice up on a wall or board where everyone can see it.
The teacher posted the test results outside the classroom.
Workers will post warning signs near the wet floor.
UsageYou post a notice on a wall.
Similardisplay, exhibit, hang, pin
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9
nouncountable
A small station or place where people live, set up for one purpose, like trade, border checks or services.
The village grew up around a small post where farmers came to buy salt and trade grain.
The guards at the border post checked our passports before we drove on.
UsagePeople often say trading post or border post.
Similarstation, outpost, settlement
10
side of goalnouncountable
One of the tall bars that mark the sides of a goal in sports like soccer.
The ball hit the post and rolled away from the goal.
Her shot bounced off the post in the last minute of the hockey game.
Similarupright, goalpost
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army basenouncountable
A military base where soldiers live and work.
Her family moved to a new army post every few years.
The soldiers returned to the post before dark.
Similarbase, garrison, station, camp, installation
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12
station someoneverbtransitive
To send someone to a place to do a job or keep watch.
The army will post him to a base in Germany next year.
Guards were posted at every door of the museum.
UsageYou are posted to a new office, or posted at a door.
Similarassign, station, send, deploy, place
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Less common meanings

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informverbtransitive
To tell someone the latest news about something.
Please keep me posted while Grandma is in the hospital.
Text me during the game and keep me posted on the score.
UsageSay keep me posted, meaning tell me the news.
Similarinform, update, brief, advise, apprise
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pay bailverbtransitive
To pay money that you must give first, such as bail or a bet in a card game.
Her family posted bail the same night she was arrested.
He could not post the amount the judge set, so he waited in jail.
UsageSay post bail.
Similarpay, deposit, lodge
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15
place of dutynouncountable
The place where a worker or guard must stay while on duty.
The security guard never left his post during the night.
Each lifeguard stayed at her post until the beach closed.
UsageSay stay at your post or leave your post.
Similarstation, position, place
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near the basketnouncountable
In basketball, the area of the court close to the basket.
Our tallest player stands in the post and waits for a pass.
The coach told him to stay out of the post on defense.
Similarpaint
Oppositeperimeter
17
battery terminalnouncountable
One of the two metal points on a battery where wires connect.
Connect the red cable to the positive post on the car battery.
Clean the white powder off the battery post before you charge it.
Similarterminal, pole
18
send by mailverbAustraliaNew ZealandUKtransitive
To send a letter or package through the mail.
Can you post this letter on your way to school?
She posted the birthday card a week early.
UsageSay post a letter to someone, or post someone a letter.
Similarmail, send, dispatch
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19
adverb
Through the mail, using the postal service to send something.
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20
enter in ledgerverbtransitive
To copy a money record from one account book into the main one.
The clerk will post each sale into the main account book.
She posted the day's payments before closing the office.
Similarenter, record, transfer
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21
after filmingnouncolloquialuncountable
The work done on a movie or show after filming is finished.
The movie is in post now, and editors are adding the music.
Post on the show took three months longer than planned.
UsageSay in post: the film is in post.
Similarpost-production
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22
nounAustraliaNew ZealandUKcountable or uncountable
All the letters that arrive at one home or office in a single delivery.
The post came late this morning.
There was nothing but bills in today's post.
UsageSay the morning post or in today's post.
Similarmail, delivery
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23
nouncountable
The small metal pin on an earring that you push through the hole in your ear.
The post on my new earring is too thick for my ear.
Clean the posts before you put the earrings in.
Similarpin
24
nounUScountableus
A local branch of a club for people who served in the military, with its own meeting hall.
My grandpa eats lunch at the American Legion post every Friday.
Both posts in our town marched in the parade on Veterans Day.
Similarchapter, branch
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25
nouncolloquial
A medical check of a body after death to find out why the person died.
26
noun
In football, a play where a receiver runs straight down the field, then turns toward the middle.
27
verb
To blame or shame someone in public, often with a notice everyone can see.
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-GallantsHere, posted means publicly shamed, named on a notice for all to see.
28
verb
To put someone's name on an official list.
29
noun
A small rod placed inside a tooth's root to help hold a crown, the tooth's new cap.
30
noun
The straight up-and-down part of a stitch in crochet.
31
verb
To rise and sit again in the saddle with each step of a trotting horse.
32
noun
In group singing, the last note of the tune, held long while the others change notes.
33
noun
An old size of paper for printing, about 19¼ by 15½ inches.
34
nounobsolete
A post at an old inn where debts were written, or the debt.
when God ſends coyne, I will diſcharge your poaſt
1600, Samuel Rowlands, The knauve of clubs
35
nounobsolete
One of a line of messengers who passed letters along a road, first for kings and later others.
36
noundated
A stopping place on a travel route where travelers could eat and stay the night.
37
nounobsolete
Great speed.
And then in post he came from Mantua.
c. 1591, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”
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nounobsolete
A person who runs a station, mostly one that handles mail.
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
39
verb
To travel by getting fresh horses along the way.
40
verb
To hurry.
41
adverb
By changing horses along the way, or just very fast.

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Origins

Meanings 5–6, 8, 10, 13–14, 16–17, 20, 23

It comes from Old English "post" and Old French "post," both from Latin "postis," meaning a post or door-post.

Checked 1 Nov 2026 · 3 facts

English post derives from Old English post. en.wiktionary.org
Old French post also contributed to English post. en.wiktionary.org
Both forms derive from Latin postis, meaning a post or door-post. en.wiktionary.org

Meanings 1–2, 4, 9, 11, 18–19, 22, 24

It was borrowed from Middle French "poste," which came from Italian "posta," a stopping-place for coaches.

Checked 1 Nov 2026 · 3 facts

Post was borrowed from Middle French poste. en.wiktionary.org
Middle French poste came from Italian posta. en.wiktionary.org
Italian posta meant a stopping-place for coaches. en.wiktionary.org

Meanings 3, 12, 15

It probably comes from French "poste."

Checked 1 Nov 2026 · 1 fact

Post probably comes from French poste. en.wiktionary.org

Meaning 7

It was borrowed from Latin "post."

Checked 1 Nov 2026 · 1 fact

English post was borrowed from Latin post. en.wiktionary.org

Meaning 21

It is a short form of "post-production."

Checked 1 Nov 2026 · 1 fact

Post is a shortened form of post-production. en.wiktionary.org