repost

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verb

To post again.

“Maybe I should repost the FAQ for the benefit of newbies.”

OriginEnglish post ← Middle French poste ← Italian posta →
Less commonScrabble 8
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Meanings

repost1

verbrepost (third-person singular simple present reposts, present participle reposting, simple past and past participle reposted)

present singular third person reposts · participle present reposting · participle past reposted · past reposted

  1. InternetTo post again.

    Maybe I should repost the FAQ for the benefit of newbies.

  2. ball gamesTo post up again; to reset oneself at the post.

    He's starting to learn that when the trap comes to kick it out right away and repost.

    2007 January 1, Howard Beck, “Knicks Have a Hard Time Dealing With Rejection”, in New York Times
nounrepost (plural reposts)

plural reposts

  1. InternetThe act of posting again; the material thus posted.

    This newsgroup mostly seems to consist of reposts of the FAQ. Doesn't anyone talk?

repost2

noun
  1. misspellingMisspelling of riposte.

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂epó
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂pó
  9. Proto-Italic*po
  10. Proto-Indo-European*teḱ-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*tḱéytibf.
  12. Proto-Indo-European*tḱey-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*tḱinéti
  14. Proto-Italic*sinō
  15. Proto-Italic*pozinō
  16. Latinpōnō
  17. Latinposita
  18. Italianposta
  19. Middle Frenchposte
  20. Englishpost
  21. Englishrepost

From re- + post.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 轉載 /转载, 轉載 /转载
  • 轉載 /转载 (zhuǎnzài)to post again
  • 轉載 /转载 (zhuǎnzài)the act of posting again, the material thus posted
Finnish postata uudelleen, uudelleenpostaus
  • postata uudelleento post again
  • uudelleenpostausthe act of posting again, the material thus posted
  • uusintajulkaisuthe act of posting again, the material thus posted
Japanese 再掲示
  • 再掲示 (saikeiji)the act of posting again, the material thus posted
Korean 재게시
  • 재게시 (jaegesi)the act of posting again, the material thus posted
Portuguese repostar, repostagem
  • repostarto post again
  • repostagemthe act of posting again, the material thus posted
Russian репо́ст
  • репо́ст (repóst)the act of posting again, the material thus posted
Spanish repostear
  • repostearto post again

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with repost

mostpostalmosthostcoastsupposedghosttoastroastforemostoutpostboastengrossedoastlamppostguidepostimpostgoalpostdiaperpostFirst Coastrubbing postsclerosed
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Anagrams

posterprestoPortespetrosrespotstopersproteopsterStrope
Cite this entry
APA

repost. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/repost

MLA

“repost.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/repost. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “repost,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/repost.

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