Standard Lemma guide

post-

prefix · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • US: /poʊst/
  • UK: /pəʊst/

1

prefix

Meaning 1

after; later.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: morpheme

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: after-

Antonyms: pre-, ante-, fore-, retro-

2

prefix

Meaning 2

behind.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: morpheme

Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: retro-

Antonyms: pre-, ante-, fore-

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin post English post- From Latin post (“after, behind”). Cognate with Spanish pues (“well, so, then”)

Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Aramaic: בָתָר (bɑtar) — later
  • Armenian: հետ- (het-) — later
  • Catalan: post- — later
  • Chinese Mandarin: 後- /后- (hòu) — later
  • Chinese Mandarin: -後 /-后 (hòu) — later
  • Czech: po- — later
  • Dutch: post- — later
  • French: post- — later
  • German: nach- — later
  • German: post- — later
  • Greek: μετα- (meta-) — later
  • Greek: υστερο- (ystero-) — later
  • Hebrew: פוסט־ (po'st-) — later
  • Hebrew: ־בתר — later
  • Hungarian: poszt- — later
  • Ido: pos- — later
  • Italian: post- — later
  • Malay: pasca- — later
  • Portuguese: pós- — later
  • Russian: после- (posle-) — later
  • Russian: пост- (post-) — later
  • Scottish Gaelic: iar- — later
  • Spanish: pos- — later
  • Spanish: post- — later
  • Tagalog: pagka- — later
  • Vietnamese: hậu — later
  • Catalan: post- — behind
  • Dutch: post- — behind
  • French: post- — behind
  • Ido: dop- — behind
  • Russian: за- (za-) — behind
  • Scottish Gaelic: iar- — behind
Real reading context

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