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post- (pōst)

  1. after in time, later (than), following postnatal, post-obit
  2. after in space, behind postcava
  3. coming after in time, often as a rejection of or in reaction to postmodernism

Etymology: L < post, behind, after < *posti < IE *pos, after (prob. < base *apo-, away > L ab) > Gr dial. pos, at

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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