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Syllabification: (post)
Pronunciation: /pōst/

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Definition of post

noun

  • 1a long, sturdy piece of timber or metal set upright in the ground and used to support something or as a marker:follow the blue posts until the track meets a forestry road
  • a goalpost:Robertson, at the near post, headed wide
  • (the post) a starting post or winning post.
  • 2an Internet posting.

verb

[with object]
  • display (a notice) in a public place:a curt notice had been posted on the door the exam results were posted this morning
  • announce or publish (something, especially a financial result):the company posted a $460,000 loss
  • (of a player or team) achieve or record (a particular score or result):Smith and Lamb posted a century partnership
  • [with object and complement] publish the name of (a member of the armed forces) as missing or dead:a whole troop had been posted missing
  • put notices on or in:we have posted all the bars
  • make (information) available on the Internet.
  • submit (a message) to an Internet message board or blog.

Phrasal Verbs

post up

Basketball play in a position near the basket, along the side of the key.

Origin:

Old English, from Latin postis 'doorpost', later 'rod, beam', probably reinforced in Middle English by Old French post 'pillar, beam' and Middle Dutch and Middle Low German post 'doorpost'

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