Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A postal system.
- noun A post office.
- noun A delivery or amount of mail.
- noun One of a series of relay stations along a fixed route, furnishing fresh riders and horses for the delivery of mail on horseback.
- noun A rider on such a mail route; a courier.
- intransitive verb Chiefly British To mail (a letter or package).
- intransitive verb Archaic To send by mail in a system of relays on horseback.
- intransitive verb To inform of the latest news.
- intransitive verb To transfer (an item) to a ledger in bookkeeping.
- intransitive verb To make the necessary entries in (a ledger).
- intransitive verb Computers To enter (a unit of information) on a record or into a section of storage.
- intransitive verb To travel in stages or relays.
- intransitive verb To travel with speed or in haste.
- intransitive verb To bob up and down in the saddle in rhythm with a horse's trotting gait.
- adverb With great speed; rapidly.
- adverb By post horse.
- noun A long piece of wood or other material set upright into the ground to serve as a marker or support.
- noun A similar vertical support or structure, as.
- noun A support for a beam in the framework of a building.
- noun A terminal of a battery.
- noun Sports A goal post.
- noun The starting point at a racetrack.
- noun The slender barlike part of a stud earring that passes through the ear and is secured at the back with a small cap or clip.
- noun An electronic message sent to and displayed on an online forum.
- transitive verb To display (an announcement) in a place of public view.
- transitive verb To cover (a wall, for example) with posters.
- transitive verb To announce by or as if by posters.
- transitive verb Computers To make (an electronic message) available by sending it to an online forum.
- transitive verb To put up signs on (property) warning against trespassing.
- transitive verb To denounce publicly.
- transitive verb To publish (a name) on a list.
- transitive verb Games To gain (points or a point) in a game or contest; score.
- noun A military base.
- noun The grounds and buildings of a military base.
- noun A local organization of military veterans.
- noun Either of two bugle calls in the British Army, sounded in the evening as a signal to retire to quarters.
- noun An assigned position or station, as of a guard or sentry.
- noun Basketball A position usually taken by the center close to the basket or below the foul line, serving as the focus of the team's offense.
- noun A position of employment, especially an appointed public office.
- noun A place to which someone is assigned for duty.
- noun A trading post.
- transitive verb To assign to a specific position or station.
- transitive verb To appoint to a naval or military command.
- transitive verb To put forward; present.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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-- [[User: Lightdifference | Lightdifference]] 23: 28, 11 December 2008 (UTC) $post is necessary because $post - > comment_status of the parent post can be wrong after running the inner loop (I'm running that code from a shortcode).
Codex - Recent changes [en] Nkuttler 2010
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How would I change get_permalink ($post - > ID); to not get the permalink but the content of the post?
King Gary 2009
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He will MAKE sure the person WHO needs to SEE your post ... will SEE your post~ if you truly desire in your heart to come to KNOW God, say this ...
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To list the highlighted leaders in a single post: echo get_the_term_list ($post - > ID, 'people', 'People:', ',');
Boagworld recommends 2009
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User. find (session [: user_id]) @comment. post = @post respond_to do | format | if
Recently Uploaded Slideshows midpoint 2009
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*** This post is dedicated to Patti who kindly pointed out that she was getting a little tired of the Adirondack chairs post***
Live and Let Di 2009
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Now we will add a div_for block to our post partial ( "_post. html.erb").
doggdot.us 2009
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This post is so much more twitter and so much less * actual blog post*.
i obsess. 2008
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$post is filled with data from the last post in the category.
WordPress Trac bjdj 2010
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$post - > comment_status of the parent post can be wrong after running the inner loop
Codex - Recent changes [en] Nkuttler 2010
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It is only in recent years that fisheries scientists such as Shelton have succeeded in tracking the oceanic wanderings of spring smolts – or rather, ‘post-smolts’, now that they have left the river.
Richard Hamblyn · Simply Putting on Weight: Salmon · LRB 25 February 2010 Richard Hamblyn 2019
tankexmortis commented on the word post
"Post" is probably my least favorite prefix. I like modernism, rock, and punk just the way they are, thanks; the claim that these "post-" genres go beyond it just seems like pretension to me. They don't call rock "post-jazz", after all.
December 3, 2006
oroboros commented on the word post
Contronymic in the sense: send off vs. fix in place.
January 27, 2007
yarb commented on the word post
"the Washington Capitals posted a 2-1 victory over the Colorado Avalanche on Wednesday night" - Vancouver Sun, 1-10-08
January 11, 2008
dailyword commented on the word post
This word is used a lot on fanfiction.net when an author is getting ready to put a new chapter up. It is also used on Facebook when people you have friended put up new pictures or something.
June 16, 2012
alexz commented on the word post
the verb 'post' relating to computers and usenet should be expanded to include websites as well... post to facebook, post to twitter, post a pic on myspace.
January 6, 2013
tbtabby commented on the word post
In radio, the point when a song's lyrics begin. A DJ whose banter ends right when the song's lyrics begin is said to have "hit the post."
March 5, 2018