# post

Pronunciation: say "POHST" US /poʊst/, UK /pəʊst/

## Noun

1. A message published to an online forum, blog, social media platform, or similar venue.
   - Simple: A message that someone shares online, on a website, blog, or social media.
   - _The company's blog post announcing the merger drew thousands of readers._
   - _Moderators removed several posts that violated the forum's rules._
3. A position or job to which someone is appointed within an organization.
   - Simple: A job or official position in a company or organization.
   - _The ambassador held the post for nearly a decade._
   - _Several senior posts at the agency remain unfilled._
4. An organization that delivers letters and parcels, or the delivery service it provides. *(Australia, New Zealand, UK)*
   - Simple: The system that picks up and delivers letters and packages.
   - _Her grandmother still pays every bill by post._
   - _The post has struggled to compete with private courier firms._
5. A strong upright piece of wood, metal, or concrete, set in the ground or used to hold up part of a structure.
   - Simple: A strong piece of wood or metal that stands straight up, often fixed in the ground.
   - _The surveyor drove a post into the ground at each corner of the lot._
   - _A row of concrete posts keeps cars off the bike path._
9. A small settlement or station founded for one purpose, like trading, guarding a border or providing services to the area.
   - Simple: A small station or place where people live, set up for one purpose, like trade, border checks or services.
   - _The company ran a post on the lake where trappers exchanged furs for tools and flour._
   - _Government health posts in remote districts offer vaccines and basic care._
10. Either of the upright bars that form the sides of a goal; a goalpost.
   - Simple: One of the tall bars that mark the sides of a goal in sports like soccer.
   - _The striker's header clipped the post and went out for a goal kick._
   - _The puck deflected off the near post and into the net._
11. A military base where a soldier or body of troops is stationed; also, the troops stationed there.
   - Simple: A military base where soldiers live and work.
   - _The general inspected every barracks on the post._
   - _Supplies for the entire post arrived by convoy each week._
15. An assigned station where someone, such as a guard or sentry, is required to remain on duty.
   - Simple: The place where a worker or guard must stay while on duty.
   - _The sentry was disciplined for abandoning his post._
   - _Nurses returned to their posts as soon as the alarm ended._
16. On a basketball court, the zone near the basket.
   - Simple: In basketball, the area of the court close to the basket.
   - _He backed his defender down in the post before spinning toward the rim._
   - _Centers who dominate the post draw double-teams all game long._
17. Either pole of a battery, the terminal point where a cable or wire is attached.
   - Simple: One of the two metal points on a battery where wires connect.
   - _Corrosion on the negative post can keep a car from starting._
   - _He tightened the clamps on both posts before turning the key._
21. Work done on a film or television program after shooting ends, known in full as post-production. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: The work done on a movie or show after filming is finished.
   - _The director spent six months in post reshaping the film's ending._
   - _The director spent eight months in post, fine-tuning the sound and visual effects._
22. A single delivery of mail, or the batch of letters delivered together to one person or address. *(Australia, New Zealand, UK)*
   - Simple: All the letters that arrive at one home or office in a single delivery.
   - _She sorted through the morning post over her coffee._
   - _His acceptance letter finally arrived in Tuesday's post._
23. On an earring, the slender metal pin that passes through the piercing in a person's ear.
   - Simple: The small metal pin on an earring that you push through the hole in your ear.
   - _The post snapped off just behind the pearl, so she took the earring to a jeweler._
   - _Earrings with surgical-steel posts are a safe choice for newly pierced ears._
24. A local branch of a veterans' group, such as the American Legion, that meets in a hall of its own. *(US)*
   - Simple: A local branch of a club for people who served in the military, with its own meeting hall.
   - _The local VFW post rents out its hall for weddings and graduation parties._
   - _Members of three American Legion posts raised money together for a new veterans' memorial._

## Verb

2. To publish a message or other content to a newsgroup, forum, blog, or similar online venue.
   - Simple: To put a message or picture on a website so other people can see it.
   - _He posts updates to the community forum every week._
   - _Please post your questions in the comments section._
6. To announce publicly or publish, especially results, figures, or other information of general interest.
   - Simple: To announce something to everyone or make it public.
   - _The retailer posted quarterly earnings well above analysts' expectations._
   - _Officials will post the certified election results once the recount is complete._
8. To hang or display a notice in a conspicuous place for general viewing.
   - Simple: To put a notice up on a wall or board where everyone can see it.
   - _The city posted the zoning changes at the entrance to town hall._
   - _Landlords must post safety inspection certificates in every lobby._
12. To assign someone or something to a particular station or place, especially for duty.
   - Simple: To send someone to a place to do a job or keep watch.
   - _The company plans to post two engineers to its Singapore office._
   - _Sentries were posted along the perimeter before nightfall._
13. To inform or bring someone up to date on the details of a matter, often with up.
   - Simple: To tell someone the latest news about something.
   - _Her assistant kept her posted on every change to the travel schedule._
   - _The contractor promised to keep us posted on the repairs, and he sent a short update every evening._
14. To pay a sum of money that must be put up in advance, such as bail or a required stake in a betting game.
   - Simple: To pay money that you must give first, such as bail or a bet in a card game.
   - _She posted bail within hours of the arraignment._
   - _The defendant's employer agreed to post the $50,000 bond._
18. To send a letter, parcel, or other item of mail through the postal service. *(Australia, New Zealand, UK)*
   - Simple: To send a letter or package through the mail.
   - _He posted the signed contract back to the solicitor that afternoon._
   - _Remember to post your ballot at least a week before the election._
20. To transfer an entry or account from the journal to the ledger.
   - Simple: To copy a money record from one account book into the main one.
   - _Bookkeepers post each journal entry to the proper ledger account._
   - _The accountant posted the month's transactions before preparing the trial balance._

## Preposition

7. After; used especially of time following a significant event with long-term consequences.
   - Simple: After something, especially a big event that changes things.
   - _Post the financial crisis, banks faced far stricter regulation._
   - _The team's roster looks completely different post the trade deadline._

## Adverb

19. By means of the postal service, as a method of sending or delivery.
   - Simple: Through the mail, using the postal service to send something.

## Other meanings

- (noun) An autopsy, or post-mortem examination, conducted to determine the cause of death.
- (noun) In American football, a passing route in which a receiver runs ten to twenty yards straight downfield, then cuts at an angle toward the middle of the field and the goalposts.
- (verb) To denounce or hold someone up to public blame, as by a public notice or proclamation.
- (verb) To enter a name on an official list or register, as for military service or promotion.
- (noun) In dentistry, a slender rod set into a tooth's root canal to help hold a crown in place.
- (noun) The vertical, upright section of a crochet stitch.
- (verb) To rise and sink in the saddle in rhythm with a horse's motion, especially at the trot.
- (noun) In barbershop and similar singing, the melody's last note, held long while the other voices change chords around it.
- (noun) A traditional sheet size for paper, about 19¼ inches long and 15½ inches wide.
- (noun) The doorpost of an inn or tavern where customers' tabs were marked in chalk, and so a tab or debt itself.
- (noun) One of a line of messengers stationed at stages along a road, each carrying the ruler's letters, and later other mail, to the next.
- (noun) A stopping place on an established route where travelers could rest, eat, and often change horses.
- (noun) Rapid, urgent movement, of the kind expected from someone carrying the mail.
- (noun) A person who manages a station, particularly one where mail is handled or relayed.
- (verb) To journey by changing to fresh horses at each stage, as couriers first did.
- (verb) To go somewhere fast.
- (adverb) By relays of fresh horses, or more loosely, with great speed.

## Origin

**Meanings 5–6, 8, 10, 13–14, 16–17, 20, 23** — This sense was inherited from Old English "post" ("pillar, door-post") and reinforced by Old French "post" ("post, upright beam"), both from Latin "postis" ("a post, a door-post").
**Meanings 1–2, 4, 9, 11, 18–19, 22, 24** — Italian "posto" ("placed, situated") has a feminine form, "posta" ("stopping-place for coaches"), which passed into Middle French as "poste." English borrowed it from there.
**Meanings 3, 12, 15** — This sense probably comes from French "poste."
**Meaning 7** — Borrowed from Latin "post."
**Meaning 21** — A clipping of "post-production."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/post (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).