post
A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost.
Noun 4 meanings
A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost.
“ram a post into the ground”
A pole in a battery.
A prolonged final melody note, among moving harmony notes.
A printing paper size measuring 19.25 inches x 15.5 inches.
Verb 4 meanings
To hang (a notice) in a conspicuous manner for general review.
“Post no bills.”
To announce publicly; to publish.
“The company posted record profits this quarter.”
To hold up to public blame or reproach; to advertise opprobriously; to denounce by public proclamation.
“to post someone for cowardice”
To carry (an account) from the journal to the ledger.
Adverb 2 meanings
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.
Preposition 1 meaning
Synonym of after, particularly used with historical dating.
“The chronicle mentions the defenestration of the local bishop, indicating a composition sometime post 1327.”
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English post, from Old English post (“pillar, door-post”) and Old French post (“post, upright beam”), both from Latin postis (“door, post, doorpost”).
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POST at a glance
POST has 4 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (P 3 + O 1 + S 1 + T 1) and 7 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #339 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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