to supply with up-to-date information:Keep me posted on your activities.
Stamps, British Terms[Chiefly Brit.]to send by mail:posted several letters to her.
post-,prefix.
post- comes from Latin, where it has the meaning "after (in time), following (some event); '' "behind, at the rear or end of'':post- + industrial → postindustrial (= after the industrial age);post- + war → postwar (= after the war).
Buildinga strong piece of timber, metal, or the like, set upright as a support, a point of attachment, a place for displaying notices, etc.
Furnitureone of the principal uprights of a piece of furniture, as one supporting a chair back or forming one corner of a chest of drawers. Cf. stump (def. 11).
Printing[Papermaking.]a stack of 144 sheets of handmolded paper, interleaved with felt.
Sport[Horse Racing.]a pole on a racetrack indicating the point where a race begins or ends:the starting post.
the lane of a racetrack farthest from the infield; the outside lane. Cf. pole1 (def. 4).
Computinga message that is sent to a newsgroup.
v.t.
to affix (a notice, bulletin, etc.) to a post, wall, or the like.
to bring to public notice by or as by a poster or bill:to post a reward.
to denounce by a public notice or declaration:They were posted as spies.
to publish the name of in a list:to post a student on the dean's list.
to publish the name of (a ship) as missing or lost.
to placard (a wall, fence, etc.) with notices, bulletins, etc.:The wall was posted with announcements.
to put up signs on (land or other property) forbidding trespassing::The estate has been posted by the owner.
Computingto send (a message) to a newsgroup.
v.i.
Computingto send a message to a newsgroup.
Latin postis a post, doorpost, whence also Dutch, Low German post, German Pfosten
Middle English, Old English bef. 1000
post′less, adv. post′like′, adj.
1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged column, pillar, pile, pole.
6.See corresponding entry in Unabridged announce, advertise, publicize.
post2(pōst),USA pronunciationn.
a position of duty, employment, or trust to which one is assigned or appointed:a diplomatic post.
the station or rounds of a person on duty, as a soldier, sentry or nurse.
Militarya military station with permanent buildings.
a local unit of a veterans' organization.
See trading post.
a place in the stock exchange where a particular stock is traded.
Military(in the British military services) either of two bugle calls (first post and last post) giving notice of the time to retire for the night, similar in purpose to the U.S. taps.
the body of troops occupying a military station.
v.t.
Militaryto place or station at a post.
to provide or put up, as bail.
to appoint to a post of command.
Latin positum, neuter of positus, past participle of pōnere to place, put; compare posit
Italian posto
French poste
1590–1600
1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged assignment. See appointment.
post3(pōst),USA pronunciationn.
Stamps, British Terms[Chiefly Brit.]
a single dispatch or delivery of mail.
the mail itself.
the letters and packages being delivered to a single recipient.
an established mail system or service, esp. under government authority.
Stamps, British Terms[Brit.]See post office (def. 1).
(formerly) one of a series of stations along a route, for furnishing relays of men and horses for carrying mail, currency, etc.
(formerly) a person who traveled express, esp. over a fixed route, carrying mail, currency, etc.
[Print.]a size of printing paper or, esp. in Britain, of drawing or writing paper, about 16 × 20 in. (41 × 51 cm).
Printing, Idiomspost octavo, a size of book, from about 5 × 8 in. to 5¼ × 8¼ in. (13 × 20 cm to 131⁄3 × 21 cm), untrimmed, in America; 5 × 8 in. (13 × 20 cm), untrimmed, in England. Abbr.: post 8vo
Printing, British Termspost quarto, [Chiefly Brit.]a size of book, about 8 × 10 in. (20 × 25 cm), untrimmed. Abbr.: post 4vo
v.t.
Stamps, British Terms[Chiefly Brit.]to place in a post office or a mailbox for transmission; mail.
[Bookkeeping.]
Businessto transfer (an entry or item), as from the journal to the ledger.
Businessto enter (an item) in due place and form.
Businessto make all the requisite entries in (the ledger, etc.).
to supply with up-to-date information; inform:Keep me posted on his activities.
v.i.
Sport[Manège.]to rise from and descend to the saddle in accordance with the rhythm of a horse at a trot.
to travel with speed; go or pass rapidly; hasten.
adv.
with speed or haste; posthaste.
by post or courier.
with post horses.
Latin posita, feminine of positus, past participle of pōnere to place, put. See post2
Italian posta
French poste
1500–10
10.See corresponding entry in Unabridged notify, advise, apprise.
Post(pōst),USA pronunciationn.
BiographicalCharles William, 1854–1914, U.S. businessman: developed breakfast foods.
BiographicalEmily Price, 1873?–1960, U.S. writer on social etiquette.
BiographicalGeorge Browne, 1837–1913, U.S. architect.
BiographicalWiley, 1899–1935, U.S. aviator.
post-
a prefix, meaning "behind,'' "after,'' "later,'' "subsequent to,'' "posterior to,'' occurring originally in loanwords from Latin (postscript), but now used freely in the formation of compound words (post-Elizabethan; postfix; postgraduate; postorbital).
Latin, combining form representing post (adverb, adverbial and preposition)