Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word post. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in post.
Definitions and meaning of post
post
Alternative forms
poast(obsolete)
Pronunciation
(Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pəʊst/
(General American) enPR: pōst, IPA(key): /poʊst/
Rhymes: -əʊst
Etymology 1
From Old Englishpost(“pillar, door-post”) and Latinpostis(“a post, a door-post”) through Old French.
Noun
post (pluralposts)
A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost.
(construction) A stud; a two-by-four.
A pole in a battery.
(dentistry) A long, narrow piece inserted into a root canal to provide retention for a crown.
(vocal music, chiefly a cappella) A prolonged final melody note, among moving harmony notes.
(paper, printing) A printing paper size measuring 19.25 inches x 15.5 inches.
(sports) A goalpost.
A location on a basketball court near the basket.
(obsolete) The doorpost of a victualler's shop or inn, on which were chalked the scores of customers; hence, a score; a debt.
The vertical part of a crochet stitch.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
post (third-person singular simple presentposts, present participleposting, simple past and past participleposted)
(transitive) To hang (a notice) in a conspicuous manner for general review.
To hold up to public blame or reproach; to advertise opprobriously; to denounce by public proclamation.
(accounting) To carry (an account) from the journal to the ledger.
To inform; to give the news to; to make acquainted with the details of a subject; often with up.
(transitive) To deposit a payment that may or may not be returned.
(gambling) To pay (a stake or blind).
(law) To pay bail.
Derived terms
Descendants
Chinese: po
Translations
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Middle Frenchposte, from Italianposta(“stopping-place for coaches”), feminine of posto(“placed, situated”).
Noun
post (pluralposts)
(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.]
(dated) A station, or one of a series of stations, established for the refreshment and accommodation of travellers on some recognized route.
A military base; the place at which a soldier or a body of troops is stationed; also, the troops at such a station.
(now historical) Someone who travels express along a set route carrying letters and dispatches; a courier. [from 16th c.]
(Can we date this quote by Archbishop Abbot and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
In certain places there be always fresh posts, to carry that further which is brought unto them by the other.
(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.
(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.]
A message posted in an electronic or Internet forum, or on a blog, etc. [from 20th c.]
(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.
(obsolete) Haste or speed, like that of a messenger or mail carrier.
(obsolete) One who has charge of a station, especially a postal station.
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations
Verb
post (third-person singular simple presentposts, present participleposting, simple past and past participleposted)
To travel with relays of horses; to travel by post horses, originally as a courier. [from 16th c.]
To travel quickly; to hurry. [from 16th c.]
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.
(UK, Australia, New Zealand) To send (an item of mail etc.) through the postal service. [from 19th c.]
(horse-riding) To rise and sink in the saddle, in accordance with the motion of the horse, especially in trotting. [from 19th c.]
(Internet) To publish (a message) to a newsgroup, forum, blog, etc. [from 20th c.]
Derived terms
poster
post off
Descendants
→ Finnish: postata
Translations
Adverb
post (not comparable)
With the post, on post-horses; by a relay of horses (changing at every staging-post); hence, express, with speed, quickly.
Sent via the postal service.
Descendants
German: posten
Translations
Etymology 3
Probably from Frenchposte.
Noun
post (pluralposts)
An assigned station; a guard post.
An appointed position in an organization, job.
Derived terms
See Etymology 2.
Translations
Verb
post (third-person singular simple presentposts, present participleposting, simple past and past participleposted)
To enter (a name) on a list, as for service, promotion, etc.
To assign to a station; to set; to place.
Translations
Etymology 4
Borrowed from Latinpost.
Preposition
post
After; especially after a significant event that has long-term ramifications.
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 5
Clipping of post-production.
Noun
post (uncountable)
(film, informal) Post-production.
See also
post-
Etymology 6
Clipping of post mortem.
Noun
post (pluralposts)
(medicine, informal) A post mortem (investigation of body's cause of death).
post (feminineposta, masculine pluralpostsorpostos, feminine pluralpostes)
past participle of pondre
Further reading
“post” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Cimbrian
Etymology
Borrowed from Italianposta.
Noun
postf(Luserna)
post (method of delivering mail)
post office
Derived terms
postkart
References
Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Cornish
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [poːst]
Noun
postm (pluralpostow)
post (method of sending mail)
Related terms
lytherva
postya
sodhva an post
Danish
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈpɔst/, [ˈpʰʌsd̥]
Etymology 1
Via Frenchpostem from Italianposto(“post, location”), from Latinpositus(“position”), from the verb pōnō(“to place”).
(rare, in compounds) post (supporting a door or a window)
Declension
Derived terms
dørpost
vandpost
vinduespost
Dutch
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /pɔst/
Hyphenation: post
Rhymes: -ɔst
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Middle Frenchposte, from Italianposta.
Noun
postf or m (pluralposten, diminutivepostjen)
Mail.
A mail office, a post office.
Derived terms
Descendants
Afrikaans: pos
→ Caribbean Javanese: pos
→ Indonesian: pos
→ Petjo: pos
→ Papiamentu: pòst
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Frenchposte, from Italianposto.
Noun
postf or m (pluralposten, diminutivepostjen)
A location or station, where a soldier is supposed to be; position.
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)
Derived terms
grenspost
handelspost
legerpost
Descendants
Afrikaans: pos
→ Indonesian: pos
→ Saramaccan: pósu
→ Sranan Tongo: postu
→ Caribbean Javanese: postu
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
"post", in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
"post", in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
post in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
post in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 841
Latvian
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [puôst]
Verb
post (transitive, 1st conjugation, presentpošu, pos, poš, pastposu)
tidy, clean, adorn
dress up, smarten
Conjugation
Mòcheno
Etymology
Borrowed from Italianposta.
Noun
postf
post (method of delivering mail)
post office
Derived terms
postkòrt
References
“post” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.