Post

What “Post” means

Noun

1. A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost.
2. A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost.
3. A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost.
4. A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost.
5. A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost.

Verb

1. To hang (a notice) in a conspicuous manner for general review.
2. To announce publicly; to publish.
3. To hold up to public blame or reproach; to advertise opprobriously; to denounce by public proclamation.
4. To carry (an account) from the journal to the ledger.
5. To inform; to give the news to; to make acquainted with the details of a subject; often with up.

Noun

1. 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.
2. A station, or one of a series of stations, established for the refreshment and accommodation of travellers on some recognized route.
3. A military base; the place at which a soldier or a body of troops is stationed; also, the troops at such a station.
4. Someone who travels express along a set route carrying letters and dispatches; a courier.
5. An organisation for delivering letters, parcels etc., or the service provided by such an organisation.

Verb

1. To travel with relays of horses; to travel by post horses, originally as a courier.
2. To travel quickly; to hurry.
3. To send (an item of mail etc.) through the postal service.
4. To rise and sink in the saddle, in accordance with the motion of the horse, especially in trotting.
5. To publish (a message) to a newsgroup, forum, blog, etc.

Where the word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *pr̥-sth₂-i-s Proto-Italic *porstis Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó-sth₂-i-s Proto-Italic *postis Latin postisbor. Old English post ▲ Latin postisder. Old French postbor. Middle English post English 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”).

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó Proto-Italic *po Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *tḱéytibf. Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *tḱinéti Proto-Italic *sinō Proto-Italic *pozinō Latin pōnō Latin posita Italian postader. Middle French postebor. English post Borrowed from Middle French poste, from Italian posta (“stopping-place for coaches”), feminine of posto (“placed, situated”).

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Industries where “Post” fits

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• Fencing Company
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