A few days ago
stacystacy12345

what does post mean? as in post war post menopause post holocaust?

me and my bother have been fighting about this for hours i believe it is before but he seems to think it means after can someone please leave a answer and a link to proof 🙂

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A few days ago
jan51601

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POST, in this case, refers to “something that occurs immediately AFTER something happens–such as post war–and remains such unless it occurs again.

ANTE means “before”–such as antebellum, referred to the era before the Civil War; anteroom–a room at the front of a house that leads to other rooms, or a waiting room (like in a clinic or hospital).PRE also means before, such as the “preface” of a book means the pages that come before chapter 1. Your brother is right.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/post-

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ante-

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what does post mean? as in post war post menopause post holocaust?
me and my bother have been fighting about this for hours i believe it is before but he seems to think it means after can someone please leave a answer and a link to proof 🙂

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A few days ago
David T
Post means after.

Pre means before.

Sorry to have to side with your brother, but he’s right. I’ll post a link if you really need one, but it would be in any dictionary.

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A few days ago
Posh
After! I’m afraid your brother was right here is what i found on dictionary.com

Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) – Cite This Source

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).

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[Origin: < L, comb. form repr. post (adv. and prep.)] Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.

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A few days ago
EC Expert
It’s after. Before would be pre. myword.info and wikepedia can help. Sorry, I hate to lose arguments with my brother!
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A few days ago
Manz
after

postpaid

postgraduate

postmortem

post meridian

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A few days ago
Anonymous
After. Do you have a dictionary in your house?
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A few days ago
Jeff S
‘Post’ means ‘after’, so ‘post-WWII’ means after WWII.

‘Pre’ means before.

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A few days ago
jnlr4
after…sorry but your brother is correct
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