post

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The system of collecting and delivering letters and parcels; the mail.

   Your letter came by the first post this morning.

2. 2
   verb

   To publish a message, photo, or update online.

   She posted a photo of her trip on social media.

3. 3
   noun

   A strong upright piece of wood or metal fixed in the ground.

   The fence was held up by wooden posts.

4. 4
   noun

   A job or position in an organization.

   She was offered a senior post at the company.

5. 5
   verb

   To put up a notice or sign where it can be seen.

   They posted a sign warning of wet paint.

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Simplified etymology

Post has several unrelated origins. The word for an upright timber, and consequently the verb meaning “display a notice,” comes from Latin postis, “doorpost”; the words for a position and for the letter-delivery system derive from Latin ponere, “to place,” the postal sense referring to couriers stationed at successive points along a route. The prefix or separate element post-, meaning “after,” comes directly from Latin post.

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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