Post vs After - What's the difference?
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A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fence post; a light post
(construction) a stud; a two-by-four
A pole in a battery
(dentistry) A long, narrow piece inserted into a root canal to provide retention for a crown.
a prolonged final melody note, among moving harmony notes
(paper, printing) A printing paper size measuring 19.25 inches x 15.5 inches
(sports) goalpost
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(obsolete) The doorpost of a victualler's shop or inn, on which were chalked the scores of customers; hence, a score; a debt.
* S. Rowlands
To hang (a notice) in a conspicuous manner for general review.
To hold up to public blame or reproach; to advertise opprobriously; to denounce by public proclamation.
* Granville
(accounting) To carry (an account) from the journal to the ledger.
* Arbuthnot
To inform; to give the news to; to make acquainted with the details of a subject; often with up .
* London Saturday Review
(poker) To pay (a blind)
(obsolete) 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.
(dated) A station, or one of a series of stations, established for the refreshment and accommodation of travellers on some recognized route.
A military base; the place at which a soldier or a body of troops is stationed; also, the troops at such a station.
* Archbishop Abbot
* Shakespeare
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An organisation for delivering letters, parcels etc., or the service provided by such an organisation.
* Alexander Pope
A single delivery of letters; the letters or deliveries that make up a single batch delivered to one person or one address.
A message posted in an electronic forum.
A location on a basketball court near the basket.
(American football) A moderate to deep passing route in which a receiver runs 10-20 yards from the line of scrimmage straight down the field, then cuts toward the middle of the field (towards the facing goalposts) at a 45-degree angle.
(obsolete) Haste or speed, like that of a messenger or mail carrier.
* Shakespeare
(obsolete) One who has charge of a station, especially a postal station.
* Palfrey
To send an item of mail.
To travel with post horses; figuratively, to travel in haste.
* Shakespeare
* Milton
(UK, horse-riding) To rise and sink in the saddle, in accordance with the motion of the horse, especially in trotting.
(Internet) To publish a message to a newsgroup, forum, blog, etc.
With the post, on post-horses; express, with speed, quickly
* 1749 , Henry Fielding, Tom Jones , Folio Society 1973, p. 353:
* 1888 , Rudyard Kipling, ‘The Arrest of Lieutenant Golightly’, Plain Tales from the Hills , Folio 2005, p. 93:
sent via the postal service
An assigned station; a guard post.
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, title= An appointed position in an organization.
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, title= To enter (a name) on a list, as for service, promotion, etc.
To assign to a station; to set; to place.
* De Quincey
after; especially after a significant event that has long-term ramifications
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Behind; later in time; following.
Subsequently to; following in time; later than.
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In pursuit of, seeking.
In allusion to, in imitation of; following or referencing.
Next in importance or rank.
As a result of.
In spite of.
(Used to indicate recent completion of an activity)
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(dated) According to an author or text.
Denoting the aim or object; concerning; in relation to.
(obsolete) According to the direction and influence of; in proportion to; befitting.
* Francis Bacon
(Signifies that the action of the clause it starts takes place before the action of the other clause).
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*:It is never possible to settle down to the ordinary routine of life at sea until the screw begins to revolve. There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.
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*:So you punched out a window for ventilation. Was that before or after you noticed you were standing in a lake of gasoline?
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, title= (dated) Later; second (of two); next, following, subsequent
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(nautical, where the frame of reference is within the ship) At or towards the stern of a ship.
In lang=en terms the difference between after and post
is that after is later; second (of two); next, following, subsequent while post is a station, or one of a series of stations, established for the refreshment and accommodation of travellers on some recognized route.In obsolete terms the difference between after and post
is that after is according to the direction and influence of; in proportion to; befitting while post is one who has charge of a station, especially a postal station.As a conjunction after
is Signifies that the action of the clause it starts takes place before the action of the other clause.As an adjective after
is later; second (of two); next, following, subsequent.As a noun post is
a long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fence post; a light post.As a verb post is
to hang (a notice) in a conspicuous manner for general review.As an acronym POST is
power-On Self-Test.As a proper noun Post is
{{surname}.post
English
(wikipedia post)Alternative forms
* poast (obsolete)Etymology 1
From (etyl)Noun
(en noun)citation, page= , passage=But they marginally improved after the break as Didier Drogba hit the post . }}
- When God sends coin / I will discharge your post .
Derived terms
* doorpost * fencepost * from pillar to post * gatepost * goalpost * hitching post * king post * lamppost * listening post * milepost * newel post * post hole * * scratching post * signpost * tool postVerb
(en verb)- Post no bills.
- to post someone for cowardice
- On pain of being posted to your sorrow / Fail not, at four, to meet me.
- You have not posted your books these ten years.
- thoroughly posted up in the politics and literature of the day
- Since Jim was new to the game, he had to post $4 in order to receive a hand.
Derived terms
*Etymology 2
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- a stage or railway post
- In certain places there be always fresh posts , to carry that further which is brought unto them by the other.
- I fear my Julia would not deign my lines, / Receiving them from such a worthless post .
- information was filtered through the counting-houses and warehouses of Antwerp; posts galloped along the roads of the Low Countries, while dispatches streamed through Calais, and were passed off the merchant galleys arriving in London from the Flanders ports.
- sent via ''post'''; ''parcel '''post
- I send you the fair copy of the poem on dullness, which I should not care to hazard by the common post .
- Two of the receivers ran post patterns.
- In post he came.
- He held office of postmaster, or, as it was then called, post , for several years.
Derived terms
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *Verb
(en verb)- Mail items posted before 7.00pm within the Central Business District and before 5.00pm outside the Central Business District will be delivered the next working day.
- Post speedily to my lord your husband.
- And post o'er land and ocean without rest.
- I couldn't figure it out, so I posted a question on the mailing list.
Derived terms
*Adverb
(-)- In this posture were affairs at the inn when a gentleman arrived there post .
- He prided himself on looking neat even when he was riding post .
Descendants
* German: (l)Etymology 3
Probably from (etyl) poste.Noun
(en noun)The new masters and commanders, passage=From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts . For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.}}
Rachida Dati accuses French PM of sexism and elitism, passage=She was Nicolas Sarkozy's pin-up for diversity, the first Muslim woman with north African parents to hold a major French government post . But Rachida Dati has now turned on her own party elite with such ferocity that some have suggested she should be expelled from the president's ruling party.}}
Verb
(en verb)- Post a sentinel in front of the door.
- It might be to obtain a ship for a lieutenant, or to get him posted .
Etymology 4
From (etyl) postPreposition
(English prepositions)online,
- One of the most appealing things for me about Barack Obama has always been that he comes post the post-60s generation.
online,
- Lew reckons he had three options for the cash-cow which was Premier post the Coles sale.
Quotations
* (English Citations of "post")See also
* post-Anagrams
* ----after
English
Alternative forms
* afther * aftre (obsolete)Adverb
(-)- They lived happily ever after .
- I left the room, and the dog bounded after .
Derived terms
* after-effect * aftermarket * aftermath * aftertaste * afterwards * go afterPreposition
(English prepositions)Tottenham 1-5 Chelsea, passage=After early sparring, Spurs started to take control as the interval approached and twice came close to taking the lead. Terry blocked Rafael van der Vaart's header on the line and the same player saw his cross strike the post after Adebayor was unable to apply a touch.}}
The new masters and commanders, passage=From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.}}
- I can't believe that, after all our advice against gambling, you walked into that casino!
- to look after''' workmen; to enquire '''after''' a friend; to thirst '''after righteousness
- He takes greatness of kingdoms according to bulk and currency, and not after their intrinsic value.
Usage notes
* The Irish English usage example is equivalent to "I had just finished my dinner when .".Derived terms
* after one's own heart * after you * after-five * afternoon * go after * look after * name afterConjunction
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Adjective
(head)- I did verily believe in my own mind, that I couldn't fight in that way at all; but my after experience convinced me that this was all a notion.
- The amends he had made in after life were lost sight of in the dramatic glare of the original act.