post

noun

1. A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost.

   “ram a post into the ground”

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.

   “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.

   “when God ſends coyne, I will diſcharge your poaſt”

10. The vertical part of a crochet stitch.
11. (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.
12. (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”

13. A military base; the place at which a soldier or a body of troops is stationed; also, the troops at such a station.

    “September 6th.—The English mail of the 10th of July arrived to-day, and while Mr. Hart was at the Foreign Office engaged on business with Wan-se-ang and Hang-Ki, he received his Shang-hai letters, one of which contained the news of the recapture by the Imperial forces of the cities of Woo-tu and Nan-ching, two important rebel posts.”

14. (historical)Someone who travels express along a set route carrying letters and dispatches; a courier.

    “I fear my Julia would not deign my lines, Receiving them from such a worthless post.”

    “in certain ſet places there be alwaies fresh Poſts, to carry that further which is brought unto them by the others”

    “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.”

15. (Australia, India, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK)An organisation for delivering letters, parcels etc., or the service provided by such an organisation.

    “I sent a parcel via/by post.”

    “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.”

16. (Australia, India, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK)A single delivery of letters; the letters or deliveries that make up a single batch delivered to one person or one address.

    “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.”

17. A message posted in an electronic or Internet forum, or on a blog, etc.

    “Oli conceded defeat and, in a post on X Saturday, congratulated Shah. “Balen Babu, Congratulations to you for the victory! May your five-year tenure be smooth and successful—heartfelt best wishes!””

18. 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.”

19. (obsolete)Haste or speed, like that of a messenger or mail carrier.

    “And then in post he came from Mantua.”

20. (obsolete)One who has charge of a station, especially a postal station.

    “there he held the office of postmaster, or, as it was then called, post, for several years.”

21. An assigned station; a guard post.

    “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.”

22. An appointed position in an organization, job.

    “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.”

    “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.”

23. (informal, uncountable)Post-production.

    “We'll fix it in post.”

    “Admittedly many of these can be fixed in post, but this may limit your flexibility in other areas.”

24. (informal)A post mortem (an investigation of a body's cause of death).

    “I gotta run. Yes, send the kid to the morgue. We'll do a post on Monday.”

25. (abbreviation, acronym, alt-of)Acronym of power-on self-test.

verb

1. (transitive)To hang (a notice) in a conspicuous manner for general review.

   “Post no bills.”

   “Martin Luther posted his ninety five theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenburg.”

2. (broadly, transitive)To announce publicly; to publish.

   “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?”

3. To hold up to public blame or reproach; to advertise opprobriously; to denounce by public proclamation.

   “to post someone for cowardice”

   “On Pain of being posted to your Sorrow Fail not, at Four, to meet me here To-morrow.”

4. To carry (an account) from the journal to the ledger.

   “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?”

5. To inform; to give the news to; to make acquainted with the details of a subject; often with up.

   “thoroughly posted up in the politics and literature of the day”

6. (transitive)To deposit a payment that may or may not be returned.

   “Since Jim was new to the game, he had to post $4 in order to receive a hand.”

7. (transitive)To deposit a payment that may or may not be returned.

   “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.”

8. To travel with relays of horses; to travel by post horses, originally as a courier.

   “Beyond Cologne we descended to the plain of Holland; and we resolved to post the remainder of our way […].”

9. To travel quickly; to hurry.

   “Post speedily to my lord your husband.”

   “thousand at his bidding speed, And post o'er land and ocean without rest; They also serve who only stand and wait.”

10. (Australia, India, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK)To send (an item of mail etc.) through the postal service.

    “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.”

11. To rise and sink in the saddle, in accordance with the motion of the horse, especially in trotting.
12. (Internet)To publish (a message) to a newsgroup, forum, blog, etc.

    “I couldn't figure it out, so I posted a question on the mailing list.”

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

    “Post a sentinel in front of the door.”

    “[I]t might be to obtain a ship for a lieutenant that had passed as master and commander, or to get him "posted"— […]”

15. To successfully perform a power-on self-test.

    “The computer had a bunch of strange components, but it still POSTed so I assumed everything worked.”

adv

1. (not-comparable)With the post, on post-horses; by a relay of horses (changing at every staging-post); hence, express, with speed, quickly.

   “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.”

2. (not-comparable)Sent via the postal service.

prep

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

   “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.”

name

1. (countable, uncountable)A common name (often in combination) for a newspaper or periodical, such as The Washington Post or the New York Post.
2. (countable, uncountable)A surname.
3. (countable, uncountable)A village in Iran.
4. (countable, uncountable)An unincorporated community in Crook County, Oregon, named after Walter H. Post.
5. (countable, uncountable)A city, the county seat of Garza County, Texas, named after C. W. Post.