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posting

/ˈpəʊstɪŋ/US/ˈpoʊstɪŋ/

posting is the present participle and gerund of post.

Noun

posting (plural postings)

  1. The action of the verb to post.
  2. An item inserted into a register, ledger or diary.
    1. the process of transferring financial transaction data from a journal (chronological record) to the general ledger (account-wise record.
  3. A message posted to a computerized bulletin board, a newsgroup, a blog, etc.
    • […] Internet postings, speeches, heckling, cartoons, faxes, composites, noises, threats, incitements, videos, ads, prayers, classes, live and filmed nudity (frontal, sideal, backal), defamation, blasphemy, and digital communication [...]2013, Alan M. Dershowitz, Taking the Stand: My Life in the Law, Crown, →ISBN, page 106
    Synonyms:
    post
  4. (UK) The place where a soldier or airman is posted for duty; the time spent there.

Meaning of post

Verb

post (third-person singular simple present posts, present participle posting, simple past and past participle posted)

  1. (transitive) To hang (a notice) in a conspicuous manner for general review.
    • Post no bills.
  2. (broadly, transitive) To announce publicly; to publish.
    • The company posted record profits this quarter.
  3. To hold up to public blame or reproach; to advertise opprobriously; to denounce by public proclamation.
    • to post someone for cowardice
  4. To carry (an account) from the journal to the ledger.
    • You have not poſted your Books theſe Ten years; hovv is it poſſible for a Man of Buſineſs to keep his Affairs even in the VVorld at this rate?1712, Humphry Polesworth [pseudonym; John Arbuthnot], “Of John Bull’s Second Wife, and the Good Advice that She Gave Him”, in Law is a Bottomless-Pit. […], London: […] John Morphew, […], →OCLC, page...
  5. To inform; to give the news to; to make acquainted with the details of a subject; often with up.
    • thoroughly posted up in the politics and literature of the day1872 March 2, “Interviewing a Prince”, in Saturday Review, volume 33, number 853, London, page 273
  6. (transitive) To pay (a stake or blind).
    • Since Jim was new to the game, he had to post $4 in order to receive a hand.

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Verb capitalized: POSTing

POSTing

  1. (gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of POST

Synonyms of posting

Forms of posting

pluralpostings

Words formed from posting

Phrases with posting

Words that rhyme with posting

Questions about posting

What does posting mean?
Posting means the action of the verb to post.
What is posting the present participle and gerund of?
Posting is the present participle and gerund of post.
What part of speech is posting?
Posting can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce posting?
Posting is pronounced /ˈpəʊstɪŋ/ (UK).
What is the plural of posting?
The plural of posting is postings.

Words near posting in the dictionary

  1. postinformation
  2. postinfraorbital
  3. postinfraorbitals
  4. postinfundibular
  5. postinfusion
  6. posting
  7. posting date
  8. posting dates
  9. posting house
  10. posting houses
  11. posting inn

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