post

Meaning

Noun

1. A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost.
2. A stud; a two-by-four.
3. A pole in a battery.
4. A long, narrow piece inserted into a root canal to provide retention for a crown.
5. A prolonged final melody note, among moving harmony notes.
6. A printing paper size measuring 19.25 inches x 15.5 inches.
7. A goalpost.
8. A location on a basketball court near the basket.
9. (obsolete) The doorpost of a victualler's shop or inn, on which were chalked the scores of customers; hence, a score; a debt.
10. The vertical part of a crochet stitch.

Verb

1. To hang (a notice) in a conspicuous manner for general review.
2. To hold up to public blame or reproach; to advertise opprobriously; to denounce by public proclamation.
3. To carry (an account) from the journal to the ledger.
4. To inform; to give the news to; to make acquainted with the details of a subject; often with up.
5. To deposit a payment that may or may not be returned.
6. To deposit a payment that may or may not be returned.

Verb

1. To travel with relays of horses; to travel by post horses, originally as a courier.
2. To travel quickly; to hurry.
3. To send (an item of mail etc.) through the postal service.
4. To rise and sink in the saddle, in accordance with the motion of the horse, especially in trotting.
5. To publish (a message) to a newsgroup, forum, blog, etc.

Adv

1. With the post, on post-horses; by a relay of horses (changing at every staging-post); hence, express, with speed, quickly.
2. Sent via the postal service.

Verb

1. To enter (a name) on a list, as for service, promotion, etc.
2. To assign to a station; to set; to place.

Prep

After; especially after a significant event that has long-term ramifications.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pəʊst/

Etymology

From Old English post (“pillar, door-post”) and Latin postis (“a post, a door-post”) through Old French.