posting

Pluralpostings

1. 1
   nouncountable

   A message sent to an online bulletin board, newsgroup, blog, or similar forum.

   The forum removed her posting for breaking the rules.

   Several postings in the thread linked to the same article.

   Similarpost

   Note

   The computing noun for a single contribution to a forum has a shorter twin: post means the same thing and is used interchangeably. Posting is the fuller form, and it sits comfortably beside other kinds of expression. Alan M. Dershowitz's Taking the Stand (2013) groups Internet postings with speeches, cartoons, faxes and videos.

2. 2
   noununcountable

   The act of posting something, such as mailing an item or putting up a notice.

   The posting of the parcel was delayed by the strike.

   He oversaw the posting of notices on every door in the building.

   Similarmailing, dispatch, sending

3. 3
   verb

   Present participle of post.

   He is posting the results as they come in.

   Volunteers are posting signs along the trail.

   Note

   One spelling does two jobs. After be it forms the progressive (she is posting the notice). As a gerund it names the activity while still taking an object (posting notices is forbidden). It carries every sense of the verb, from hanging a notice to carrying an account to the ledger or paying a stake. Once it takes the, a, or a plural, it has become the noun for the act.

4. 4
   nounBritishcountable

   The place where a soldier or airman is assigned for duty, or the length of time spent serving there.

   His first posting was at a remote airfield in the north.

   The sergeant requested a posting closer to home.

   Similarassignment, station, deployment

   Note

   A British service word that holds both place and time. A posting can be the airfield you are sent to, or the stretch you serve there. So a posting in the north and a long posting are equally natural. Servicemen request a posting, receive one, and count their first; the verb behind it is to be posted for duty.

5. 5
   nouncountable

   A record of a single item written into a ledger, register, or diary.

   The accountant reviewed every posting in the sales ledger.

   A single posting recorded the entire month's rent.

   Similarentry, record

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