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post-
a prefix, meaning “behind,” “after,” “later,” “subsequent to,” “posterior to,” occurring originally in loanwords from Latin (postscript), but now used freely in the formation of compound words (post-Elizabethan; postfix; postgraduate; postorbital).
[Origin: < L, comb. form repr. post (adv. and prep.)]
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post-  
pref.  
  1. After; later: postmillennial.
  2. Behind; posterior to: postaxial.


[Latin, from post, behind, after; see apo- in Indo-European roots.]

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post- 
prefix meaning "after," from L. post "behind, after, afterward," from *pos-ti (cf. Arcadian pos, Doric poti "toward, to, near, close by;" O.C.S. po "behind, after," pozdu "late;" Lith. pas "at, by"), from PIE *po- (cf. Gk. apo "from," L. ab "away from"). Logical fallacy post hoc, ergo propter hoc is L., lit. "after this, therefore because of this," attested from 1704. Post-bellum used in U.S. South from 1874 in ref. to Amer. Civil War; post-war first recorded 1908 in ref. to the Boer War.

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post-  
A prefix that means "after," as in postoperative, after an operation, or "behind," as in postnasal, behind the nose or nasal passages.

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post- pref.

  1. After; later: postpartum.
  2. Behind; posterior to: postaxial.

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Post Falls, ID (city, FIPS 64810) Location: 47.71249 N, 116.94463 W
Population (1990): 7349 (2790 housing units)
Area: 15.1 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 83854

Post Mills, VT Zip code(s): 05058

Post Oak Bend City, TX (town, FIPS 59052) Location: 32.63207 N, 96.31326 W
Population (1990): 264 (110 housing units)
Area: 5.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Post, OR Zip code(s): 97752

Post, TX (city, FIPS 59012) Location: 33.19087 N, 101.38131 W
Population (1990): 3768 (1547 housing units)
Area: 9.7 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 79356

New Post, WI (CDP, FIPS 57050) Location: 45.89717 N, 91.19195 W
Population (1990): 243 (336 housing units)
Area: 52.3 sq km (land), 18.3 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 54828

Painted Post, NY (village, FIPS 56088) Location: 42.16290 N, 77.09187 W
Population (1990): 1950 (888 housing units)
Area: 3.3 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 14870

White Post, VA Zip code(s): 22663

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Post-

Post-\ (p[=o]st). [L. post behind, after; cf. Skr. pa[,c]c[=a]behind, afterwards.] A prefix signifying behind, back, after; as, postcommissure, postdot, postscript.

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