post- /pōst-/

1. Meaning (1) after, as in post-classical, post-primary, post-Reformation, postwar, etc
2. (2) behind, as in post-nasal, post-ocular (esp anatomy)

post-bellˈum adjective

After the war

postcava /-kāˈvə/ noun (anatomy)

The inferior vena cava, the vein carrying blood from the lower limbs and abdomen

post-communˈion noun

The part of the Eucharistic office after the act of communion

Succeeding communion

post-consumˈer adjective

(of a consumer product) used and available for recycling

postdateˈ transitive verb

1. To date after the real time
2. To mark with a date (eg for payment) later than the time of signing

post-diluˈvial adjective

1. After the Flood
2. After the diluvial period (obsolete geology)

post-diluˈvian noun and adjective

postˈdoc noun (informal)

(a person engaged in) postdoctoral research

postdocˈtoral adjective

Relating to academic work carried out after obtaining a doctorate

post-echˈo noun (pl post-echˈoes) (sound recording)

The unwanted effect of a faint repetition heard just after the actual sound on a tape recording, caused by the transfer of material between surfaces of the wound tape (see also pre-echo)

postˈ-entry noun

1. An additional entry of merchandise at a custom house
2. A subsequent insertion or entry (bookkeeping)
3. A late entry in a race

post-exilˈian or post-exilˈic adjective

After the time of the Babylonian captivity of the Jews

postˈ-existence noun

Existence in a subsequent life

postˈface noun

Something added by way of a concluding note at the end of a written work, opp to preface (rare)

postfemˈinism noun

A movement that regards the main principles of feminism as either achieved or misguided and seeks a new programme

postfemˈinist noun and adjective

postˈfix noun

A suffix (postfix notation a form of algebraic notation where the operator follows the operands)

1. To add at the end
2. To suffix

post-formˈing adjective see post-forming sheet under sheet¹

post-glāˈcial adjective

Occurring or formed after a glacial period

A post-glacial period or deposit of material

postgradˈuate or (informal) postgrad noun

A student studying or researching for an advanced qualification after obtaining a first university degree

Relating to such students or their work

post-hypnotˈic adjective

(post-hypnotic suggestion a suggestion made to a hypnotized subject, who does not act upon it until some time after emerging from the hypnotic trance)

Post-Impressˈionism noun

(also without caps) a movement in painting succeeding Impressionism, at the end of the 19c, van Gogh, Gauguin, Matisse and Cézanne being among its exponents and its aim being subjective interpretation of things, as distinct from the objective representation typical of Impressionism

Post-Impressˈionist noun and adjective

postindusˈtrial adjective

(of a society, economy, etc) no longer dependent on heavy industry

post-linˈgual adjective

Subsequent to the acquisition of language (post-lingually deafened having lost one's hearing, as distinct from being deaf since birth; see also prelingual)

postˈlude noun (music)

A concluding movement or voluntary, opp to prelude

postmeridˈian adjective

Belonging to the afternoon or evening, the time of day after the sun has crossed the meridian

post-millenāˈrian noun

A believer in post-millennialism

post-millennˈial adjective

post-millennˈialism noun

The doctrine that the Second Advent will follow the millennium

post-millennˈialist noun

post-modˈern adjective

post-modˈernism noun

1. A style (in any of the arts) following upon, and showing movement away from or reaction against, a style, theory, etc termed ‘modernist’
2. Returning to traditional materials and an earlier, esp classical, style, esp in reaction eg to international modern (qv) (architecture)

post-modˈernist adjective and noun

post-morˈtem adjective

(L mortem, accusative of mors, mortis death) after death (as adv phrase, post mortem)

1. A post-mortem examination, an autopsy
2. An after-the-event discussion, esp of what went wrong, held after a game or other contest

postnaˈtal adjective

Relating to or typical of the period after birth

postnāˈtī (or /-näˈtē/) plural noun

Those born after the event (understood as being) referred to (cf antenati under antenatal)

post-Niˈcene adjective

After the Nicene council

post-nupˈtial noun

After marriage

post-obit /-obˈit or -ōbˈit/ noun

(L obitum, accusative of obitus death) taking effect after someone's death

A borrower's bond securing payment on the death of someone from whom he or she has expectations

post-opˈerative adjective

Relating to the period just after a surgical operation (often shortened to postˈ-op)

post-orbˈital adjective

Behind the eye or eye socket

postparˈtum or post-parˈtum adjective

After childbirth

postposeˈ transitive verb (grammar)

To place after in the syntax of a sentence, etc

postposiˈtion noun

1. The position of a word after another that it modifies, to which it is syntactically related
2. Such a word
3. Placing or position after

postposiˈtional adjective

postposiˈtionally adverb

postposˈitive adjective (grammar)

Used in postposition

postposˈitively adverb

postpranˈdial adjective

(L prandium a repast) following a meal, esp dinner

post-producˈtion noun (cinematography, TV)

The work of editing and dubbing a film that follows the shooting of it

postscēˈnium noun

The part of the stage behind the scenery

postˈscript noun

1. (L postscrīptum something written after, pap of postscrībere to write after) a part added to a letter after the signature (usu introduced by the initials PS)
2. A supplement added to the completed text of a book, etc
3. A talk following a news broadcast, etc
4. A comment or information provided additionally
5. (PostScript®) a page-description language in which commands and data are passed to the computer as a stream of ASCII characters determining the position and nature of all elements on the page, widely used in desktop publishing (computing)

post-strucˈturalism noun

A revision of the structuralist (qv under structure) view of literature, holding that language has no objectively identifiable or absolute meaning, and that therefore texts allow of any number of interpretations

post-strucˈturalist noun and adjective

post-synchronizāˈtion or post-synchronisāˈtion noun (cinematography)

The process of recording and adding a soundtrack to a film after it has been shot (informal short forms post-synchˈ and post-synchˈing)

post-synchˈronize or post-synchˈronise transitive verb

post-tenˈsion transitive verb

To stretch the reinforcing wires or rods in (pre-stressed concrete) after the concrete is set

post-tenˈsioned adjective

Post-Terˈtiary adjective (geology)

Later than Tertiary, ie Pleistocene and Holocene (also noun)

post-traumatˈic adjective

(post-traumatic stress disorder the mental stress that can follow a traumatic experience, characterized by flashbacks, nightmares, anxiety, etc)

post-vinˈtage adjective

(post-vintage thoroughbred see under thorough)

postviˈral adjective

(postviral syndrome a condition, following a viral infection, characterized by periodic fatigue, diminished concentration, depression, dizziness, etc. See also myalgic encephalomyelitis under myalgia)

post-vocalˈic adjective (phonetics)

After a vowel

post-warˈ adjective

(post-war credit a portion of income tax credited to an individual for repayment after World War II)

Some words formed with the prefix post-; the numbers in brackets refer to the numbered senses in the entry for post-

postclassˈical (classical) adj (1)

postcoˈital (coital) adj (1)

postconsonanˈtal (consonantal) adj (1)

postmenopauˈsal (menopausal) adj (1)

postmenˈstrual (menstrual) adj (1)

postnaˈsal (nasal) adj (2)

postocˈular (ocular) adj (2)

postoˈral (oral) adj (2)

post-priˈmary (primary) adj (1)

post-Reformaˈtion adj (1)

postsurˈgical (surgical) adj (1)

postˈ-tax (tax) adj (1)

post¹ /pōst/

1. A stout, stiff stake or pillar of timber or other material, usu fixed in an upright position
2. An upright member of a frame, a vertical timber supporting a horizontal one (often in compounds, as in doorpost, goalpost)
3. An upright pole marking the beginning or end of a race track, a starting-post or winning post
4. The pin of a lock
5. The shaft of an earring, the part that passes through the hole in the earlobe
6. A solid thickish stratum (geology)
7. A pillar of coal left in a mine as a support
8. A tavern doorpost, on which a score was chalked (Shakespeare)

1. To stick up on a post, hence on a board, door, wall, hoarding, etc
2. To announce, advertise or denounce by placard
3. To announce the name of in a published list
4. To make available online or on an Internet site
5. To placard as having failed in an examination, or failed to be classed
6. To announce (a ship) as overdue
7. To affix a bill or notice to

postˈer noun

post hole noun (archaeology)

A hole sunk in the ground to take a fence post, roof support, etc

Postˈ-it® or Post-it note® noun

A small piece of paper on which a note may be written, the adhesive on its back allowing it to be temporarily affixed to a variety of surfaces

post mill noun

A windmill pivoted on a post

between you and me and the (bed-, lamp-, gate-, etc) post

In confidence

first past the post

Having reached the winning post first, having won the race (see also first-past-the-post under first)

from pillar to post see under pillar

sheriff's post (historical)

A post at a sheriff's door (see under sheriff)

POST

1. Point-of-sale terminal (see under point¹)
2. Power-on self-test (computing)

post² /pōst/

1. An appointment
2. Office, position or job
3. A fixed place or station, esp a place to which a soldier or body of soldiers is assigned for duty
4. A body of soldiers so stationed
5. (generally) one's place of duty, one's station
6. Full rank as naval captain (see post captain below)
7. A settlement or trading establishment, esp in a remote area
8. A bugle-call (first or last post) summoning soldiers to their quarters at night, or (last post) blown at funerals

1. To station somewhere on duty
2. To transfer (personnel, a military unit) to a new location
3. To appoint to a post
4. To send or appoint (to a ship) as full captain

postˈing noun

post captain noun

Formerly, a full captain in command of, or having commanded, a ship of more than twenty guns (a post ship), distinguished from a commander (called a captain by courtesy)

post exchange see PX

postˈholder noun

The holder of a position or job

post³ /pōst/

1. An officially established system for the conveyance and delivery of mail
2. Letters and parcels delivered by this system, mail
3. A collection or delivery of mail
4. A post office, or post-office letter box
5. An item published on the World Wide Web
6. A messenger carrying letters by stages or otherwise (historical)
7. A public letter-carrier (historical)
8. A postman (obsolete or dialect)
9. A mail-coach (historical)
10. A packet-boat (obsolete)
11. A posthorse (Shakespeare)
12. A fixed place or stage on a road, for forwarding letters and change of horses (historical)
13. A name often given to a newspaper
14. Haste (Shakespeare)
15. A size of writing paper, double that of common notepaper (orig with watermark, a post horn)

1. To put into a letter box, or hand over at a post office, for conveyance and delivery
2. To enter in a ledger, or (with up) update (a ledger), or transfer to another book or account (bookkeeping)
3. To supply with news or the latest information
4. To publish on the World Wide Web
5. To shift or transfer (eg blame) to another (with over or off; Shakespeare)

1. To travel with posthorses or with speed
2. To move up and down in the saddle, in time with the horse's movements

1. With posthorses
2. With speed

postˈer noun

1. Someone who travels post (Shakespeare)
2. A posthorse (historical)
3. The person who posts a letter
4. See also poster¹

postˈie noun (Scot and Aust informal)

A postman

postˈing noun and adjective

postˈbag noun

1. A mailbag
2. A term used collectively for letters received

postˈbox noun

A letter box

post boy noun (historical)

1. A boy who rides posthorses or who carries letters
2. A postilion

postˈbus noun

A small bus used for delivering mail and for conveying passengers, esp in rural areas

postˈcard noun

1. A card for writing messages on, often with a picture on one side, designed for sending through the post without an envelope
2. Such a card not issued by the post office, as distinct from a postal card (qv under postal) (US)

transitive verb

To send a postcard to

post chaise (popularly po’ˈchay, poˈchay and po’ˈchaise) noun (historical)

A carriage, usu four-wheeled, for two or four passengers, with a postilion, used in travelling with posthorses

post-chaiseˈ intransitive verb

To travel by post chaise

postˈcode noun

A code, often a combination of letters and numbers, specific to a particular section of housing, added to addresses to ease the task of sorting mail for delivery

transitive verb

To provide with or affix a postcode

postcode lottery noun (informal)

A situation in which the provision of services such as medical treatment or education, rather than being uniform everywhere, varies in quality according to where people live

post day noun

The day on which the post or mail arrives or departs

post-freeˈ adjective and adverb

1. Without charge for postage
2. With postage prepaid

posthasteˈ noun

(from the old direction on letters, haste, post, haste) haste in travelling like that of a post

adjective

1. Speedy
2. Immediate

adverb

With utmost haste or speed

post horn noun

1. A postman's horn
2. A long straight brass horn blown by a coach guard

postˈhorse noun

A horse kept for posting

postˈhouse noun

1. An inn, orig where horses were kept for posting
2. A post office

post letter noun

A letter in the custody of the post office

postˈman noun

1. A man who delivers mail
2. A post or courier (historical)

postman's knock noun

A party game in which players take turns to pretend to deliver a letter, and get a kiss from the ‘recipient’

postˈmark noun

The mark stamped upon an item of mail at a post office defacing the postage stamp or showing the date and place of despatch or of arrival

transitive verb

To mark an item of mail in this way

postˈmaster noun

1. A person in charge of a local post office
2. Someone who supplies posthorses (historical)
3. (with cap) a portionist or scholar on the foundation of Merton College, Oxford

postmaster general noun

1. The minister at the head of a country's postal services
2. (with caps) this post in the UK, abolished in 1969

postˈmastership noun

postˈmistress noun

A woman in charge of a local post office

post office noun

1. An office for receiving and transmitting letters by post, and other business
2. (with caps) a government department or national authority in charge of the conveyance of letters, etc in various countries

post-office box noun

One of a series of private numbered boxes or locations in a post office, where mail is kept until called for by the addressee

Post Office Savings Bank noun

The older name of the National Savings Bank

postˈ-paidˈ adjective

Having the postage prepaid

postˈperson noun

A postman or postwoman

postˈrider noun (historical)

The rider of a posthorse

post road noun (historical)

A road with stations for posthorses

post time noun

The time for the despatch or for the delivery of letters

post town, post village noun

A town or village with a post office

postˈwoman noun

A woman who delivers mail

general post

A game in which the players change places simultaneously

keep posted (informal)

To supply with the latest news

post⁴ /pōst/

1. A stake in a game
2. A good or winning hand as in the old card game of post and pair, in which players vied on the goodness of their hand, a pair-royal (qv under pair¹) being best

To stake

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