Definitions for posting

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posting post·ing

Spelling: [poh-sting]

IPA: /ˈpoʊ stɪŋ/

Posting is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 195 anagrams from letters in posting (ginopst).

Definitions for posting

noun

1. assignment to a post, command, or particular location, especially in a military or governmental capacity.
2. the act or process of entering data in an accounts ledger. the record in a ledger after such entry.
3. the act of mailing.
4. an issuance or batch of mailed items.
5. a strong piece of timber, metal, or the like, set upright as a support, a point of attachment, a place for displaying notices, etc.
6. Furniture. one of the principal uprights of a piece of furniture, as one supporting a chair back or forming one corner of a chest of drawers. Compare stump (def 11).
7. Papermaking. a stack of 144 sheets of handmolded paper, interleaved with felt.
8. Horse Racing. a pole on a racetrack indicating the point where a race begins or ends:
9. the lane of a racetrack farthest from the infield; the outside lane. Compare pole1 (def 4).
10. Digital Technology. an online message that is submitted to a message board or electronic mailing list. text, images, etc., that are placed on a website:
11. a thin metal bar affixed to the back of an earring and designed to pass through a pierced earlobe.
12. a position of duty, employment, or trust to which one is assigned or appointed:
13. the station or rounds of a person on duty, as a soldier, sentry or nurse.
14. a military station with permanent buildings.
15. a local unit of a veterans' organization.
16. trading post.
17. a place in the stock exchange where a particular stock is traded.
18. (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.
19. the body of troops occupying a military station.
20. Chiefly British. 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, especially under government authority.
21. British. post office (def 1).
22. (formerly) one of a series of stations along a route, for furnishing relays of men and horses for carrying mail, currency, etc.
23. (formerly) a person who traveled express, especially over a fixed route, carrying mail, currency, etc.
24. Printing. a size of printing paper or, especially in Britain, of drawing or writing paper, about 16 × 20 inches (41 × 51 cm).
25. post octavo, a size of book, from about 5 × 8 inches to 5.25 × 8.25 inches (13 × 20 cm to 13.33 × 21 cm), untrimmed, in America; 5 × 8 inches (13 × 20 cm), untrimmed, in England. Abbreviation: post 8vo.
26. post quarto, Chiefly British. a size of book, about 8 × 10 inches (20 × 25 cm), untrimmed. Abbreviation: post 4vo.

adverb

1. with speed or haste; posthaste.
2. by post or courier.
3. with post horses.

verb (used with object)

1. to affix (a notice, bulletin, etc.) to a post, wall, or the like.
2. to bring to public notice by or as by a poster or bill:
3. to denounce by a public notice or declaration:
4. to publish the name of in a list:
5. to publish the name of (a ship) as missing or lost.
6. to placard (a wall, fence, etc.) with notices, bulletins, etc.:
7. to put up signs on (land or other property) forbidding trespassing:
8. Digital Technology. to submit (an online message) to a message board or electronic mailing list. to place (text, images, etc.) on a website:
9. to place or station at a post.
10. to provide or put up, as bail.
11. to appoint to a post of command.
12. Chiefly British. to place in a post office or a mailbox for transmission; mail.
13. Bookkeeping. to transfer (an entry or item), as from the journal to the ledger. to enter (an item) in due place and form. to make all the requisite entries in (the ledger, etc.).
14. to supply with up-to-date information; inform:

verb (used without object)

1. Digital Technology. to submit an online message to a message board or electronic mailing list. to place text, images, etc., on a website.
2. Manège. to rise from and descend to the saddle in accordance with the rhythm of a horse at a trot.
3. to travel with speed; go or pass rapidly; hasten.

Origin of posting

First recorded in 1790-1800; post² + -ing¹

Examples for posting

Now, then, to whom did you intrust the posting of those letters?

But consider how citizens here in the States are now being arrested for posting threatening messages aimed at police on Facebook.

"It was taken out of the hands of a woman who was in the act of posting it," I said.

Pee-wee now arranged his advertising masterpieces in order for posting.

I was just about to say, that for the convenience of posting you had better make it gold.

The Senate confirmed him once before, in 2011, for a posting to the UN.

At least some people had seen the posting and failed to notify the authorities, hopefully because they had not taken it seriously.

Anthony Elonis has served more than three years in prison for posting a series of seemingly threatening statements on Facebook.

This, after taking all precautions and posting sentries, we did.

Either way, guests seeking a holiday getaway there can also enjoy a tingle of telling truth to power by posting their own reviews.