Meanings
- after; later.
The main prefixes in the controlled language include “un-“, “plus-“, “doubleplus-“, “ante-” and “post-“.
2020 August 8, Zui, “Controlled Languages — Newspeak”, in The Language Closet, archived from the original on 16 May 20222 more examples
Representatives of the Syrian National Council and the National Coordination Body for Democratic Change in Syria signed an agreement late Friday in Cairo for a transition in a post-Assad era, the NCB said on its Facebook page.
2011 December 31, “Syrian opposition group: More than 5,800 died in 2011”, in CNN, archived from the original on 03 Jul 2018Tammy Baldwin, the two-term Wisconsin Democrat, didn’t attend President Joe Biden’s post-debate rally in the state earlier this month.
2024 July 28, Simone Pathe, “Tammy Baldwin looks to maintain edge over top of the ticket in battleground Wisconsin”, in CNN, archived from the original on 14 Aug 2024
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*pós
- Proto-Indo-European*pósti
- Proto-Italic*posti
- Old Latinposte
- Latinpost
- Englishpost-
From Latin post (“after, behind”). Cognate with Spanish pues (“well, so, then”)
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan post-, post-
- post-later
- post-behind
Chinese Mandarin 後- /后-, -後 /-后
- 後- /后- (hòu)later
- -後 /-后 (hòu)later
Czech po-
- po-later
Dutch post-, post-
- post-later
- post-behind
Finnish jälki-, post-
- jälki-later
- post-later
- jälki-behind
- post-behind
French post-, post-
- post-later
- post-behind
German nach-, post-
- nach-later
- post-later
Greek μετα-, υστερο-
- μετα- (meta-)later
- υστερο- (ystero-)later
Hebrew פוסט־, ־בתר
- פוסט־ (po'st-)later
- ־בתרlater
Hungarian poszt-
- poszt-later
Italian post-
- post-later
Malay pasca-
- pasca-later
Portuguese pós-
- pós-later
Russian после-, пост-
- после- (posle-)later
- пост- (post-)later
- за- (za-)behind
Scottish Gaelic iar-, iar-
- iar-later
- iar-behind
Spanish pos-, post-
- pos-later
- post-later
Tagalog pagka-
- pagka-later
Vietnamese hậu
- hậulater
Cite this entry
post-. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/post-
“post-.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/post-. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “post-,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/post-.
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