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reposting

reposting is the present participle and gerund of repost.

Noun

reposting (plural repostings)

  1. The act of posting something again.
    • monthly repostings of a FAQ to a newsgroup
    • […] reposted bombmaking and narcotics manuals from notorious publishers like Paladin and Loompanics. Some of these reposters alluded to the “Feinstein Amendment” as an abridgement of speech and motivator behind their repostings.2020, Mark A. Tallman, Ghost Guns, page 138
  2. Assignment to a different post or station.
    • the reposting of a foreign service officer to a new city
    • the reposting of a teacher to a new school

Meaning of repost

Verb

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

  1. (Internet) To post again.
    • Maybe I should repost the FAQ for the benefit of newbies.
  2. To 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

See all 3 meanings of repost

Forms of reposting

pluralrepostings

Questions about reposting

What does reposting mean?
Reposting means the act of posting something again.
What is reposting the present participle and gerund of?
Reposting is the present participle and gerund of repost.
What part of speech is reposting?
Reposting is a noun.
What is the plural of reposting?
The plural of reposting is repostings.

Words near reposting in the dictionary

  1. repost
  2. repostable
  3. reposted
  4. reposter
  5. reposters
  6. reposting
  7. repostings
  8. repostpone
  9. repostponed
  10. repostponement
  11. repostponements

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Adapted from Wiktionary: reposting (page history and authors); repost (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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