repost

Formsreposts, reposting, reposted

Pluralreposts

1. 1
   verbtransitive

   To publish or share a message, image, or other item online again.

   Fans repost their favorite clips across several platforms within minutes.

   He reposted the article after fixing a typo in the headline.

   Similarshare, reshare, reblog

   Note

   Built from re- and post, the verb takes its sense from online posting: putting something up again where others will read it, as when a forum's FAQ goes back up for the benefit of newcomers. It inflects regularly (reposts, reposting, reposted) and is written solid, with no hyphen. Keep it apart from riposte, a quick retort. Writing that word as repost is a misspelling of riposte.

2. 2
   nouncountable

   An act of posting something online again, or the content shared in doing so.

   The repost spread faster than the original message ever had.

   Several reposts of the announcement appeared across the group within an hour.

   Similarreshare, share, reblog

   Note

   The noun names either the act or what it produces, and in the plural it names the product: reposts of the FAQ, reposts of an announcement. It can carry an edge of complaint about recycled content, as in the grumble that a newsgroup "mostly seems to consist of reposts of the FAQ. Doesn't anyone talk?"

3. 3
   verbintransitive

   In basketball, to establish position near the basket again after an earlier post-up attempt.

   The forward reposted hard to seal his defender under the rim.

   When the entry pass sails out of bounds, the big men repost to demand the ball again.

   Note

   Here the post is a spot on the court, not a message. The word shares only its spelling with the online verb. Howard Beck, writing in New York in 2007, describes the typical sequence: when the trap comes, kick it out right away and repost. The player passes out of the double-team, then fights back to position near the basket. Used this way the verb takes no object. The player reposts; nothing gets reposted.

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