post
Part of speech: noun
verb
adv
prep
Morphological type: simple
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Etymology: Etymology tree
Latin postisbor.
Old English post
Latin postisder.
Old French postbor.
Middle English post
English post
Inherited from Middle English post, from Old English post (“pillar, door-post”) and Old French post (“post, upright beam”), both from Latin postis (“door, post, doorpost”).
Inflected forms:
form: posts
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: poast
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: posts
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: posting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: posted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: posted
pos: verb
tags: past
form: poast
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: poast
pos: adv
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: poast
pos: prep
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost.
pos: noun
examples: ram a post into the ground
gloss: A stud; a two-by-four.
pos: noun
gloss: A pole in a battery.
pos: noun
gloss: A long, narrow piece inserted into a root canal to provide retention for a crown.
pos: noun
gloss: A prolonged final melody note, among moving harmony notes.
pos: noun
gloss: A printing paper size measuring 19.25 inches x 15.5 inches.
pos: noun
gloss: A goalpost.
pos: noun
examples: But they marginally improved after the break as Didier Drogba hit the post.
gloss: A location on a basketball court near the basket.
pos: noun
gloss: The doorpost of a victualler's shop or inn, on which were chalked the scores of customers; hence, a score; a debt.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
examples: when God ſends coyne,
I will diſcharge your poaſt
gloss: The vertical part of a crochet stitch.
pos: noun
gloss: To hang (a notice) in a conspicuous manner for general review.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Post no bills.
Martin Luther posted his ninety five theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenburg.
gloss: To announce publicly; to publish.
pos: verb
tags: broadly
transitive
examples: The company posted record profits this quarter.
Although New York City preceded many large cities in posting a drop in homicides and other violent offenses in the early 1990s, by the end of the decade it also seemed to be at the forefront of a possible cyclical rebound.
He’s saying if you can’t win, quitting is okay? What would the PGA say if golfers quit the tournament after posting a high score?
gloss: To hold up to public blame or reproach; to advertise opprobriously; to denounce by public proclamation.
pos: verb
examples: to post someone for cowardice
On Pain of being posted to your Sorrow
Fail not, at Four, to meet me here To-morrow.
gloss: To carry (an account) from the journal to the ledger.
pos: verb
examples: You have not poſted your Books theſe Ten years; hovv is it poſſible for a Man of Buſineſs to keep his Affairs even in the VVorld at this rate?
gloss: To inform; to give the news to; to make acquainted with the details of a subject; often with up.
pos: verb
examples: thoroughly posted up in the politics and literature of the day
gloss: To deposit a payment that may or may not be returned.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Since Jim was new to the game, he had to post $4 in order to receive a hand.
gloss: To deposit a payment that may or may not be returned.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: to post bail
For example, if the police or court sets bail at $1,000, and a suspect owns a fancy watch worth at least that amount, the defendant may be able to use the watch to post bail.
Because wealthy defendants are better positioned to post bail or provide collateral, the American bail system has been criticized as being biased against the poor.
Carmen posted a $15,000 bond, and like the other Valenzuelas before her, failed to appear for trial. Morgan's scorecard for case 4: 4.4 pounds seized, 2 Valenzuelas arrested, 1 Valenzuela dismissed, 1 bail jump.
When you post bail, and the case is over, the court system will take 30 percent of that bail which, in this example, will be $3,000 of the original 10 percent that you posted. Hence, you will get $7,000 back.
gloss: With the post, on post-horses; by a relay of horses (changing at every staging-post); hence, express, with speed, quickly.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: His highness comes post from Marseilles,
In this posture were affairs at the inn when a gentleman arrived there post.
We therefore determined to change Horses at the next Town and to travel Post the remainder of the Journey.
He prided himself on looking neat even when he was riding post.
gloss: Sent via the postal service.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
gloss: After; especially after a significant event that has long-term ramifications.
pos: prep
examples: 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.
Derived words: ale post
antepost
A-post
back post
backpost
barpost
bedpost
behind post
be left at the post
Bell Post Hill
B-post
cattlepost
checkpost
C-post
crownpost
deaf as a post
doorpost
D-post
dumb as a post
far post
fencepost
fingerpost
first past the post
flagpost
footpost
pillar to post
post to pillar
gatepost
goalpost
gradient post
guarding post
guardpost
guidepost
handpost
headpost
heelpost
high-post
hitching post
housepost
jack post
king post
knight of the post
lamp post
lamppost
listening post
low post
low post area
milepost
millpost
mooring post
near post
netpost
newel post
observation post
pencil-post bed
pip at the post
pip to the post
pissing post
plucking post
post hanger
posthole
postless
postlike
post mill
post mold
post oak
post parade
postpipe
post position
post prison
post time
postward
postwise
powder-post
powder-post beetle
prick post
queen post
quoin post
reaching-post
ringpost
rubbing post
rudderpost
Samson post
scratching post
seat post
sidepost
signalpost
signal post
signpost
snubbing post
snub post
sound post
starting post
stempost
sternpost
strainer post
swinging post
telegraph post
tool post
toolpost
travelling post office
turning post
warping post
watchpost
whipping post
whistle post
winning post
mispost
poster
blogpost
nonposted
post the coal
post up
preposted
unposted
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