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crosspost

crosspost noun: an electronic message posted to multiple newsgroups or forums simultaneously.

Noun

crosspost (plural crossposts)

  1. (Internet) An electronic message posted to multiple newsgroups or forums simultaneously.
  2. (indexing) An instance of crossposting, or the post thus created.

Verb

crosspost (third-person singular simple present crossposts, present participle crossposting, simple past and past participle crossposted)

  1. (Internet, ambitransitive) To post (a message) to multiple newsgroups or forums simultaneously.
    • but it sounds like a rationalization to me. I'm cross-posting this to net.women to see how women feel about it.1983 December 20, George Sicherman, “Relationships and Later Lovers”, in net.singles (Usenet), retrieved 20 Jan 2026
  2. (indexing, especially physically) To post an entry (in a book index or other index) such that no matter which word a user looks under, they will find the relevant entry (see examples).

crosspost meaning in Tamil

crosspost in Tamil

குறுக்கு அஞ்சல்

Forms of crosspost

Noun
pluralcrossposts
alternative formcross-post
alternative abbreviationxpost
alternative abbreviationx-post
Verb
third-person singular presentcrossposts
present participlecrossposting
past participlecrossposted
pastcrossposted

Origin of crosspost

From cross- + post.

Words formed from crosspost

Questions about crosspost

What does crosspost mean?
Crosspost means an electronic message posted to multiple newsgroups or forums simultaneously.
What is crosspost in Tamil?
Crosspost in Tamil is குறுக்கு அஞ்சல். See Crosspost meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is crosspost?
Crosspost can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of crosspost?
The plural of crosspost is crossposts.

Words near crosspost in the dictionary

  1. crosspollinated
  2. crosspollinates
  3. crosspollinating
  4. crosspollination
  5. crosspollinations
  6. crosspost
  7. crossposted
  8. crossposter
  9. crossposters
  10. crossposting
  11. crossposts

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: crosspost (page history and authors); crosspost (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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