post- /pōst-/

1. Meaning (1) after, as in post-classical, post-primary, post-Reformation, postwar, etc
2. (2) behind, as in post-nasal, post-ocular (esp anatomy)

post-bellˈum adjective

After the war

postcava /-kāˈvə/ noun (anatomy)

The inferior vena cava, the vein carrying blood from the lower limbs and abdomen

post-communˈion noun

The part of the Eucharistic office after the act of communion

Succeeding communion

post-consumˈer adjective

(of a consumer product) used and available for recycling

postdateˈ transitive verb

1. To date after the real time
2. To mark with a date (eg for payment) later than the time of signing

post-diluˈvial adjective

1. After the Flood
2. After the diluvial period (obsolete geology)

post-diluˈvian noun and adjective

postˈdoc noun (informal)

(a person engaged in) postdoctoral research

postdocˈtoral adjective

Relating to academic work carried out after obtaining a doctorate

post-echˈo noun (pl post-echˈoes) (sound recording)

The unwanted effect of a faint repetition heard just after the actual sound on a tape recording, caused by the transfer of material between surfaces of the wound tape (see also pre-echo)

postˈ-entry noun

1. An additional entry of merchandise at a custom house
2. A subsequent insertion or entry (bookkeeping)
3. A late entry in a race

post-exilˈian or post-exilˈic adjective

After the time of the Babylonian captivity of the Jews

postˈ-existence noun

Existence in a subsequent life

postˈface noun

Something added by way of a concluding note at the end of a written work, opp to preface (rare)

postfemˈinism noun

A movement that regards the main principles of feminism as either achieved or misguided and seeks a new programme

postfemˈinist noun and adjective

postˈfix noun

A suffix (postfix notation a form of algebraic notation where the operator follows the operands)

1. To add at the end
2. To suffix

post-formˈing adjective see post-forming sheet under sheet¹

post-glāˈcial adjective

Occurring or formed after a glacial period

A post-glacial period or deposit of material

postgradˈuate or (informal) postgrad noun

A student studying or researching for an advanced qualification after obtaining a first university degree

Relating to such students or their work

post-hypnotˈic adjective

(post-hypnotic suggestion a suggestion made to a hypnotized subject, who does not act upon it until some time after emerging from the hypnotic trance)

Post-Impressˈionism noun

(also without caps) a movement in painting succeeding Impressionism, at the end of the 19c, van Gogh, Gauguin, Matisse and Cézanne being among its exponents and its aim being subjective interpretation of things, as distinct from the objective representation typical of Impressionism

Post-Impressˈionist noun and adjective

postindusˈtrial adjective

(of a society, economy, etc) no longer dependent on heavy industry

post-linˈgual adjective

Subsequent to the acquisition of language (post-lingually deafened having lost one's hearing, as distinct from being deaf since birth; see also prelingual)

postˈlude noun (music)

A concluding movement or voluntary, opp to prelude

postmeridˈian adjective

Belonging to the afternoon or evening, the time of day after the sun has crossed the meridian

post-millenāˈrian noun

A believer in post-millennialism

post-millennˈial adjective

post-millennˈialism noun

The doctrine that the Second Advent will follow the millennium

post-millennˈialist noun

post-modˈern adjective

post-modˈernism noun

1. A style (in any of the arts) following upon, and showing movement away from or reaction against, a style, theory, etc termed ‘modernist’
2. Returning to traditional materials and an earlier, esp classical, style, esp in reaction eg to international modern (qv) (architecture)

post-modˈernist adjective and noun

post-morˈtem adjective

(L mortem, accusative of mors, mortis death) after death (as adv phrase, post mortem)

1. A post-mortem examination, an autopsy
2. An after-the-event discussion, esp of what went wrong, held after a game or other contest

postnaˈtal adjective

Relating to or typical of the period after birth

postnāˈtī (or /-näˈtē/) plural noun

Those born after the event (understood as being) referred to (cf antenati under antenatal)

post-Niˈcene adjective

After the Nicene council

post-nupˈtial noun

After marriage

post-obit /-obˈit or -ōbˈit/ noun

(L obitum, accusative of obitus death) taking effect after someone's death

A borrower's bond securing payment on the death of someone from whom he or she has expectations

post-opˈerative adjective

Relating to the period just after a surgical operation (often shortened to postˈ-op)

post-orbˈital adjective

Behind the eye or eye socket

postparˈtum or post-parˈtum adjective

After childbirth

postposeˈ transitive verb (grammar)

To place after in the syntax of a sentence, etc

postposiˈtion noun

1. The position of a word after another that it modifies, to which it is syntactically related
2. Such a word
3. Placing or position after

postposiˈtional adjective

postposiˈtionally adverb

postposˈitive adjective (grammar)

Used in postposition

postposˈitively adverb

postpranˈdial adjective

(L prandium a repast) following a meal, esp dinner

post-producˈtion noun (cinematography, TV)

The work of editing and dubbing a film that follows the shooting of it

postscēˈnium noun

The part of the stage behind the scenery

postˈscript noun

1. (L postscrīptum something written after, pap of postscrībere to write after) a part added to a letter after the signature (usu introduced by the initials PS)
2. A supplement added to the completed text of a book, etc
3. A talk following a news broadcast, etc
4. A comment or information provided additionally
5. (PostScript®) a page-description language in which commands and data are passed to the computer as a stream of ASCII characters determining the position and nature of all elements on the page, widely used in desktop publishing (computing)

post-strucˈturalism noun

A revision of the structuralist (qv under structure) view of literature, holding that language has no objectively identifiable or absolute meaning, and that therefore texts allow of any number of interpretations

post-strucˈturalist noun and adjective

post-synchronizāˈtion or post-synchronisāˈtion noun (cinematography)

The process of recording and adding a soundtrack to a film after it has been shot (informal short forms post-synchˈ and post-synchˈing)

post-synchˈronize or post-synchˈronise transitive verb

post-tenˈsion transitive verb

To stretch the reinforcing wires or rods in (pre-stressed concrete) after the concrete is set

post-tenˈsioned adjective

Post-Terˈtiary adjective (geology)

Later than Tertiary, ie Pleistocene and Holocene (also noun)

post-traumatˈic adjective

(post-traumatic stress disorder the mental stress that can follow a traumatic experience, characterized by flashbacks, nightmares, anxiety, etc)

post-vinˈtage adjective

(post-vintage thoroughbred see under thorough)

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