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post

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English

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Wooden posts.
 post on Wikipedia

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old English post (“pillar, door-post”) and Latin postis (“a post, a door-post”) through Old French. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. OED indicates there's more to this.

Noun

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post (plural posts)

  1. A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost.
    ram a post into the ground
  2. (construction) A stud; a two-by-four.
  3. A pole in a battery.
  4. (dentistry) A long, narrow piece inserted into a root canal to provide retention for a crown.
  5. (vocal music, chiefly a cappella) A prolonged final melody note, among moving harmony notes.
  6. (paper, printing) A printing paper size measuring 19.25 inches x 15.5 inches.
  7. (sports) A goalpost.
    • 2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC‎[1]:
      But they marginally improved after the break as Didier Drogba hit the post.
  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.
    • 1600, Samuel Rowlands, The knauve of clubs:
      when God ſends coyne,
      I will diſcharge your poaſt
  10. The vertical part of a crochet stitch.
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Verb

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post (third-person singular simple present posts, present participle posting, simple past and past participle posted)

  1. (transitive) To hang (a notice) in a conspicuous manner for general review.
    Post no bills.
  2. To hold up to public blame or reproach; to advertise opprobriously; to denounce by public proclamation.
    to post someone for cowardice
    • 1732, George Granville, Epilogue to the She-Gallants, line 13:
      On Pain of being posted to your Sorrow
      Fail not, at Four, to meet me here To-morrow.
  3. (accounting) To carry (an account) from the journal to the ledger.
    • 1712, Humphry Polesworth [pseudonym; John Arbuthnot], “Of John Bull’s Second Wife, and the Good Advice that She Gave Him”, in Law is a Bottomless-Pit. […], London: […] John Morphew, […], →OCLC, page 18:
      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?
  4. To inform; to give the news to; to make acquainted with the details of a subject; often with up.
    • 1872 March 2, “Interviewing a Prince”, in Saturday Review, volume 33, number 853, London, page 273:
      thoroughly posted up in the politics and literature of the day
  5. (transitive) To deposit a payment that may or may not be returned.
    1. (gambling) To pay (a stake or blind).
      Since Jim was new to the game, he had to post $4 in order to receive a hand.
    2. (law) To pay bail.
      to post bail
      • 2022 January 1, Paul Bergman, Sara J. Berman, The Criminal Law Handbook: Know Your Rights, Survive the System, Nolo, →ISBN:
        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.
      • 2010 May 18, David Andrew Schultz, Encyclopedia of the United States Constitution, Infobase Publishing, →ISBN, page 45:
        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.
      • 2006 05, Robert Perry, Dirty Money, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 34:
        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.
      • 1996, Lee N. June, Matthew Parker, Men to Men: Perspectives of Sixteen African-American Christian Men, Harper Collins, →ISBN, page 201:
        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.
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  • Chinese: po
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Middle French poste, from Italian posta (“stopping-place for coaches”), feminine of posto (“placed, situated”).

Noun

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post (plural posts)

  1. (obsolete) Each of a series of men stationed at specific places along a postroad, with responsibility for relaying letters and dispatches of the monarch (and later others) along the route. [16th–17th c.]
  2. (dated) A station, or one of a series of stations, established for the refreshment and accommodation of travellers on some recognized route.
    a stage or railway post
  3. A military base; the place at which a soldier or a body of troops is stationed; also, the troops at such a station.
  4. (now historical) Someone who travels express along a set route carrying letters and dispatches; a courier. [from 16th c.]
    • 1599, George Abbot, Geography, or a Brief Description of the Whole World:
      in certain ſet places there be alwaies fresh Poſts, to carry that further which is brought unto them by the others
    • c. 1590–1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii], line 152:
      I fear my Julia would not deign my lines,
      Receiving them from such a worthless post.
    • 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King: Henry VII and the Dawn of Tudor England, Penguin, published 2012, page 199:
      information was filtered through the counting-houses and warehouses of Antwerp; posts galloped along the roads of the Low Countries, while dispatches streamed through Calais, and were passed off the merchant galleys arriving in London from the Flanders ports.
  5. (UK, Australia, New Zealand) An organisation for delivering letters, parcels etc., or the service provided by such an organisation. [from 17th c.]
    sent via post; parcel post
    • 1707, Alexander Pope, Letter VII (to Mr. Wycherly), November 11
      I take it too as an opportunity of sending you the fair copy of the poem on Dullness, which was not then finished, and which I should not care to hazard by the common post.
  6. (UK, Australia, New Zealand) A single delivery of letters; the letters or deliveries that make up a single batch delivered to one person or one address. [from 17th c.]
    • 2020 November 18, “Stop & Examine”, in Rail, page 71:
      Royal Mail worker Evette Chapman gathered a team of 12 colleagues to deliver post in fancy dress and raise money for a nurses' charity and patients in Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton.
  8. A message posted in an electronic or Internet forum, or on a blog, etc. [from 20th c.]
  9. (American football) A moderate to deep passing route in which a receiver runs 10-20 yards from the line of scrimmage straight down the field, then cuts toward the middle of the field (towards the facing goalposts) at a 45-degree angle.
    Two of the receivers ran post patterns.
  10. (obsolete) Haste or speed, like that of a messenger or mail carrier.
  11. (obsolete) One who has charge of a station, especially a postal station.
    • 1858, John Gorham Palfrey, chapter IV, in History of New England, volume 1, page 136:
      there he held the office of postmaster, or, as it was then called, post, for several years.
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  • → Bulgarian: пост (post) (Internet)
  • → Chinese: po, PO
    Cantonese: pou1
    Mandarin: pōu
    Min Nan: pho͘
  • → French: post
  • → Irish: post
  • → Italian: post
  • → Malay: pos
  • → Maori: pōhi
  • → Polish: post
  • → Portuguese: post
  • → Russian: пост (post)
  • → Scottish Gaelic: post
  • → Spanish: post
  • → Swahili: posta
  • → Welsh: post
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Verb

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post (third-person singular simple present posts, present participle posting, simple past and past participle posted)

  1. To travel with relays of horses; to travel by post horses, originally as a courier. [from 16th c.]
    • 1816 June – 1817 April/May (date written), [Mary Shelley], Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [Macdonald and Son] for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, published 1 January 1818, →OCLC:
      Beyond Cologne we descended to the plain of Holland; and we resolved to post the remainder of our way […].
  2. To travel quickly; to hurry. [from 16th c.]
    • c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene vi], line 1:
      Post speedily to my lord your husband.
    • c. 1652, John Milton, "On His Blindness", line 13
      thousand at his bidding speed,
      And post o'er land and ocean without rest;
      They also serve who only stand and wait.
  3. (UK, Australia, New Zealand) To send (an item of mail etc.) through the postal service. [from 19th c.]
    Mail items posted before 7.00pm within the Central Business District and before 5.00pm outside the Central Business District will be delivered the next working day.
  4. (horse-riding) To rise and sink in the saddle, in accordance with the motion of the horse, especially in trotting. [from 19th c.]
  5. (Internet) To publish (a message) to a newsgroup, forum, blog, etc. [from 20th c.]
    I couldn't figure it out, so I posted a question on the mailing list.
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Adverb

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post (not comparable)

  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.
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with the post, on post horses; express, with speed

Etymology 3

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Probably from French poste.

Noun

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post (plural posts)

  1. An assigned station; a guard post.
    • 2013 June 8, “The new masters and commanders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 52:
      From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.
  2. An appointed position in an organization, job.
    • 2005, Jesse Helms, “Bill Clinton”, in Here's Where I Stand: A Memoir‎[2], New York: Random House, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 198:
      As hard as this may seem for some people to understand, my adamant stand in favor of President Clinton leaving his post was not personal.
    • 2011 December 14, Angelique Chrisafis, “Rachida Dati accuses French PM of sexism and elitism”, in Guardian:
      She was Nicolas Sarkozy's pin-up for diversity, the first Muslim woman with north African parents to hold a major French government post. But Rachida Dati has now turned on her own party elite with such ferocity that some have suggested she should be expelled from the president's ruling party.
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post (third-person singular simple present posts, present participle posting, simple past and past participle posted)

  1. To enter (a name) on a list, as for service, promotion, etc.
  2. To assign to a station; to set; to place.
    Post a sentinel in front of the door.
    • 1839 September, Thomas De Quincey, “Early Memorials of Grasmere”, in Autobiographic Sketches: With Recollections of the Lakes (De Quincey’s Works; II), London: James Hogg & Sons, →OCLC, page 116:
      [I]t might be to obtain a ship for a lieutenant that had passed as master and commander, or to get him "posted"— […]
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Etymology 4

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Borrowed from Latin post.

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post

  1. After; especially after a significant event that has long-term ramifications.
    • 2008, Michael Tomasky, “Obama cannot let the right cast him in that 60s show”, in The Guardian‎[3]:
      One of the most appealing things for me about Barack Obama has always been that he comes post the post-60s generation.
    • 2008, Matthew Stevens, “Lew pressured to reveal what he knows”, in The Australian‎[4]:
      Lew reckons he had three options for the cash-cow which was Premier post the Coles sale.
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Etymology 5

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Clipping of post-production.

Noun

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post (uncountable)

  1. (film, informal) Post-production.
    we'll fix it in post
    • 2013, Bruce Mamer, Film Production Technique: Creating the Accomplished Image:
      Admittedly many of these can be fixed in post, but this may limit your flexibility in other areas.

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Etymology 6

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Clipping of post mortem.

Noun

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post (plural posts)

  1. (medicine, informal) A post mortem (an investigation of a body's cause of death).
    • 2010, Sandra Glahn, Informed Consent, page 306:
      I gotta run. Yes, send the kid to the morgue. We'll do a post on Monday.

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Breton

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Etymology

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Derived from Latin postis.

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post m (plural postoù or pester)

  1. pillar; post; pole

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Latin postis.

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post f (plural posts or postes)

  1. board, plank
  2. shelf
    Synonyms: lleixa, prestatge
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Etymology 2

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Inherited from Vulgar Latin postus, from positus.

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post m (plural posts or postos)

  1. (military) post

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post (feminine posta, masculine plural posts or postos, feminine plural postes)

  1. past participle of pondre

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian posta.

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post f (Luserna)

  1. post (method of delivering mail)
  2. post office

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Cornish

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post m (plural postow)

  1. post (method of sending mail)
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Danish

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔst/, [ˈpʰʌsd̥]

Etymology 1

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Via French poste m from Italian posto (“post, location”), from Latin positus (“position”), from the verb pōnō (“to place”).

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post c (singular definite posten, plural indefinite poster)

  1. post (position, job)
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Declension of post
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gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative post posten poster posterne
genitive posts postens posters posternes
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Etymology 2

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Via French poste f from Italian posta (“stopping-place, post office”), from Latin posita, the past participle of pōnō (“to place”).

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post c (singular definite posten, not used in plural form)

  1. post, mail (letters or packages)
  2. post, mail (a public institution distributing letters or packages)
  3. postman (a person carrying letters or packages)
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Declension of post
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gender 		Singular
indefinite definite
nominative post posten
genitive posts postens
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Etymology 3

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Via French poste f from Italian posta (“stopping-place, post office”), from Latin posita, the past participle of pōnō (“to place”).

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post c (singular definite posten, plural indefinite poster)

  1. entry (in a budget)
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Declension of post
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gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative post posten poster posterne
genitive posts postens posters posternes
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Etymology 4

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Via Middle Low German post from Latin postis (“post, door-post”).

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post c (singular definite posten, plural indefinite poster)

  1. pump, tap, faucet (an outdoor water pump)
  2. (rare, in compounds) post (supporting a door or a window)
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Declension of post
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gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative post posten poster posterne
genitive posts postens posters posternes
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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Middle French poste, from Italian posta.

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post f or m (plural posten, diminutive postje n)

  1. mail
  2. a mail office, a post office
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  • Afrikaans: pos
  • → Caribbean Javanese: pos
  • → Indonesian: pos
  • → Papiamentu: pòst

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from French poste, from Italian posto.

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post f or m (plural posten, diminutive postje n)

  1. a location or station, where a soldier is supposed to be; position
  2. a post, a position, an office
    Toekomstig Amerikaans president Barack Obama maakt zijn keuzes bekend voor de posten binnen zijn kabinet op het gebied van veiligheid en buitenlands beleid. — President elect Barack Obama makes his choices known for the posts within his cabinet in the area of security and exterior policy. (nl.wikipedia, 12/3/2008)
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  • Afrikaans: pos
  • → Indonesian: pos
  • → Saramaccan: pósu
  • → Sranan Tongo: postu
    • → Caribbean Javanese: postu

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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post

  1. inflection of posten:
    1. first/second/third-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin post.

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  • IPA(key): [post]
  • Hyphenation: post

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post

  1. after
  2. behind

French

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Etymology

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Derived from English post.

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post m (plural posts)

  1. (Internet) post (message on a blog, etc.)

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German

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post

  1. inflection of posen:
    1. third/second-person singular present
    2. second-person plural present
    3. plural imperative
  2. singular imperative of posten

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Borrowed from English post.

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post m (genitive singular poist, nominative plural poist)

  1. timber post, stake
  2. (historical) post, letter carrier; (letter) post; postman
  3. (military) post
  4. post, job (of employment)

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Declension of post

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative post poist
Vocative a phoist a phosta
Genitive poist post
Dative post poist

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an post na poist
Genitive an phoist na bpost
Dative leis an bpost

don phost

leis na poist

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timber post
letters
military
job

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Radical Lenition Eclipsis
post phost bpost
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Unadapted borrowing from English post.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔst/, /ˈpost/, (careful style) /ˈpowst/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɔst, -ost, (careful style) -owst
  • Hyphenation: pòst, póst

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post m (invariable)

  1. (Internet) post (message in a forum)

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  1. ^ post in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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Etymology

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    From earlier poste, from Proto-Italic *posti, from Proto-Indo-European *pósti, from *pós. Related to pōne.

    The accusative is from analogy with ante or inherited like Ancient Greek πρός (prós) with the same metaphor.

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    post (+ accusative)

    1. behind (of space)
      Antonyms: ante, prae
    2. after, since, (transf.) besides, except (of time)

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    post (not comparable)

    1. behind, back, backwards (of space)
    2. afterwards, after (of time)

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    post (transitive, 1st conjugation, present pošu, pos, poš, past posu)

    1. tidy, clean, adorn
    2. dress up, smarten

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    conjugation of post
    INDICATIVE (īstenības izteiksme) IMPERATIVE
    (pavēles izteiksme)
    Present
    (tagadne)     		Past
    (pagātne)     		Future
    (nākotne)
    1st pers. sg. es pošu posu posīšu —
    2nd pers. sg. tu pos posi posīsi pos
    3rd pers. sg. viņš, viņa poš posa posīs lai poš
    1st pers. pl. mēs pošam posām posīsim posīsim
    2nd pers. pl. jūs pošat posāt posīsiet,
    posīsit     		posiet
    3rd pers. pl. viņi, viņas poš posa posīs lai poš
    RENARRATIVE (atstāstījuma izteiksme) PARTICIPLES (divdabji)
    Present pošot Present Active 1 (Adj.) posošs
    Past esot posis Present Active 2 (Adv.) posdams
    Future posīšot Present Active 3 (Adv.) pošot
    Imperative lai pošot Present Active 4 (Obj.) pošam
    CONDITIONAL (vēlējuma izteiksme) Past Active posis
    Present postu Present Passive pošams
    Past būtu posis Past Passive posts
    DEBITIVE (vajadzības izteiksme) NOMINAL FORMS
    Indicative (būt) jāpoš Infinitive (nenoteiksme) post
    Conjunctive 1 esot jāpoš Negative Infinitive nepost
    Conjunctive 2 jāpošot Verbal noun pošana

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    Borrowed from Italian posta.

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    post f

    1. post (method of delivering mail)
    2. post office

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    post m

    1. skin

    Norwegian Bokmål

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    Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia has an article on:
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    Derived from Italian posta (in the given sense).

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    post m (definite singular posten, indefinite plural poster, definite plural postene)

    1. post or mail (letters, etc., sent via the postal service)

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    Norwegian Nynorsk

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    Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
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    Derived from Italian posta (in this sense).

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    post m (definite singular posten, indefinite plural postar, definite plural postane)

    1. post or mail (letters etc. sent via the postal service)

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    Old English

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from Latin postis (“post, pedestal”).

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    post m

    1. post
    2. pedestal

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    Declension of post (strong a-stem)
    Case Singular Plural
    nominative post postas
    accusative post postas
    genitive postes posta
    dative poste postum

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    Polish

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    Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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    Etymology 1

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    Inherited from Proto-Slavic *postъ.

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    post m inan

    1. fast (the act or practice of abstaining from food)
    2. fast (the period of time during which one abstains from food)
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    Declension of post
    singular plural
    nominative post posty
    genitive postu postów
    dative postowi postom
    accusative post posty
    instrumental postem postami
    locative poście postach
    vocative poście posty
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    adjective
    noun
    verb

    Etymology 2

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    Borrowed from English post.

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    post m animal

    1. post (message)
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    Declension of post
    singular plural
    nominative post posty
    genitive posta postów
    dative postowi postom
    accusative posta posty
    instrumental postem postami
    locative poście postach
    vocative poście posty

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    • post in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
    • post in Polish dictionaries at PWN

    Portuguese

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    Etymology

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    Unadapted borrowing from English post.

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    post m (plural posts)

    1. (Internet slang) post (an individual message in an on-line discussion)
      Synonyms: publicação, postagem
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    Etymology 1

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    Derived from Proto-Slavic *postъ.

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    post n (plural posturi)

    1. fast (a period of abstaining from or eating very little food), fasting
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    Declension of post
    singular plural
    indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
    nominative/accusative (un) post postul (niște) posturi posturile
    genitive/dative (unui) post postului (unor) posturi posturilor
    vocative postule posturilor
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    Etymology 2

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    Borrowed from French poste.

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    post n (plural posturi)

    1. post, position, job, place, appointment, station
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    Declension of post
    singular plural
    indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
    nominative/accusative (un) post postul (niște) posturi posturile
    genitive/dative (unui) post postului (unor) posturi posturilor
    vocative postule posturilor

    Scottish Gaelic

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from English post.

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    post m (genitive singular puist, plural puist)

    1. post, mail
    2. Alternative form of posta
    3. post, stake
    4. letter carrier
      Synonym: posta

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    post (past phost, future postaidh, verbal noun postadh, past participle poste)

    1. post, mail

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    Scottish Gaelic mutation
    Radical Lenition
    post phost
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    Serbo-Croatian

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    Etymology

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    Inherited from Proto-Slavic *postъ.

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    pȏst m (Cyrillic spelling по̑ст)

    1. fast, fasting

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    Declension of post
    singular plural
    nominative pȏst pòstovi
    genitive pȍsta postova
    dative postu postovima
    accusative post postove
    vocative poste postovi
    locative postu postovima
    instrumental postom postovima

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    pȍst m inan

    1. fast (the act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)

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    		 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
    Masculine inan., hard o-stem
    nominative pòst
    genitive pôsta
    singular
    nominative
    (imenovȃlnik)     		pòst
    genitive
    (rodȋlnik)     		pôsta
    dative
    (dajȃlnik)     		pôstu
    accusative
    (tožȋlnik)     		pòst
    locative
    (mẹ̑stnik)     		pôstu
    instrumental
    (orọ̑dnik)     		pôstom

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    Spanish

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from English post. Doublet of puesto.

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    • IPA(key): /ˈpost/ [ˈpost̪]
    • Rhymes: -ost
    • Syllabification: post

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    post m (plural posts)

    1. (computing) post

    Swedish

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from English post.

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    post c

    1. postal office; an organization delivering mail and parcels
    2. (uncountable) mail; collectively for things sent through a post office
    3. item of a list or on an agenda
    4. post; an assigned station
    5. position to which someone may be assigned or elected
      Posten som ordförande i idrottsföreningen är vakant.
      The position as chairman in the sports association is free.

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    Declension of post
    nominative genitive
    singular indefinite post posts
    definite posten postens
    plural indefinite poster posters
    definite posterna posternas
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    Turkish

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    A lamb post.

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    Derived from Ottoman Turkish پوست, borrowed from Persian پوست (skin).[1]

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    post (definite accusative postu, plural postlar)

    1. fur, hide, pelt
      Synonyms: kürk, pösteki
    2. (Islam, Sufism, figuratively, by extension from the pelt used as sitting mat) The position of Sheikhdom in tariqas.
    3. (figuratively) A position, an office, a chair.
    4. (figuratively) One's life; hide, ass, heinie.

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    Inflection
    Nominative post
    Definite accusative postu
    Singular Plural
    Nominative post postlar
    Definite accusative postu postları
    Dative posta postlara
    Locative postta postlarda
    Ablative posttan postlardan
    Genitive postun postların
    Possessive forms
    Nominative
    Singular Plural
    1st singular postum postlarım
    2nd singular postun postların
    3rd singular postu postları
    1st plural postumuz postlarımız
    2nd plural postunuz postlarınız
    3rd plural postları postları
    Definite accusative
    Singular Plural
    1st singular postumu postlarımı
    2nd singular postunu postlarını
    3rd singular postunu postlarını
    1st plural postumuzu postlarımızı
    2nd plural postunuzu postlarınızı
    3rd plural postlarını postlarını
    Dative
    Singular Plural
    1st singular postuma postlarıma
    2nd singular postuna postlarına
    3rd singular postuna postlarına
    1st plural postumuza postlarımıza
    2nd plural postunuza postlarınıza
    3rd plural postlarına postlarına
    Locative
    Singular Plural
    1st singular postumda postlarımda
    2nd singular postunda postlarında
    3rd singular postunda postlarında
    1st plural postumuzda postlarımızda
    2nd plural postunuzda postlarınızda
    3rd plural postlarında postlarında
    Ablative
    Singular Plural
    1st singular postumdan postlarımdan
    2nd singular postundan postlarından
    3rd singular postundan postlarından
    1st plural postumuzdan postlarımızdan
    2nd plural postunuzdan postlarınızdan
    3rd plural postlarından postlarından
    Genitive
    Singular Plural
    1st singular postumun postlarımın
    2nd singular postunun postlarının
    3rd singular postunun postlarının
    1st plural postumuzun postlarımızın
    2nd plural postunuzun postlarınızın
    3rd plural postlarının postlarının

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    References

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    1. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “post1”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

    Further reading

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    • “post”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

    Welsh

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    Pronunciation

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    Etymology 1

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    Borrowed from English post.

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    post m (uncountable)

    1. post, mail
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    Etymology 2

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    Derived from Latin postis.

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    post m (plural pyst)

    1. post, pillar
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    Welsh mutation
    radical soft nasal aspirate
    post bost mhost phost
    Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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