Synonyms for posting
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : poh-sting |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpoʊ stɪŋ |
Définition of posting
Origin :- "a timber set upright," from Old English post "pillar, doorpost," and Old French post "post, upright beam," both from Latin postis "door, post, doorpost," perhaps from por- "forth" (see pro-) + stare "to stand" (see stet). Similar compound in Sanskrit prstham "back, roof, peak," Avestan parshti "back," Greek pastas "porch in front of a house, colonnade," Middle High German virst "ridepole," Lithuanian pirstas, Old Church Slavonic pristu "finger" (PIE *por-st-i-).
- noun entry
- This, after taking all precautions and posting sentries, we did.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
- Now, then, to whom did you intrust the posting of those letters?
- Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
- I was just about to say, that for the convenience of posting you had better make it gold.
- Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
- Pee-wee now arranged his advertising masterpieces in order for posting.
- Extract from : « Pee-wee Harris » by Percy Keese Fitzhugh
- "It was taken out of the hands of a woman who was in the act of posting it," I said.
- Extract from : « The Woman Thou Gavest Me » by Hall Caine
- Amid chit-chat, so diverting, Saint-Prosper finished “posting” the town.
- Extract from : « The Strollers » by Frederic S. Isham
- To return to my project: we can find means of posting, carriage and horses, in the village.
- Extract from : « Lord Kilgobbin » by Charles Lever
- There's no provoking a man to a duel nowadays; nor no posting him when he won't fight.
- Extract from : « Lord Kilgobbin » by Charles Lever
- She crawled on, do or die, and people at home began to think of posting us as overdue.
- Extract from : « Youth » by Joseph Conrad
- How he hated himself now for posting his all on the winter books!
- Extract from : « Garrison's Finish » by W. B. M. Ferguson
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