pos
See also: Pos, Pos., POs, POS, pos-, pós, pós-, pòs, pôs, pōš, and pøs
English
Adjective
pos (comparative more pos, superlative most pos)
- (UK, slang) Clipping of positive.
- I'm not absolutely pos on that, sir.
- (slang) Clipping of HIV positive.
Noun
pos
- plural of po
Anagrams
- OPS, OPS+, OPs, PSO, S.O.P., SOP, ops, sop
Galician
Noun
pos
- plural of po
Verb
pos
- Second-person singular (ti) present indicative of poñer
Verb
pos
- Second-person singular (ti) present indicative of pór
German
Verb
pos
- singular imperative of posen
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin post (with the t dropped so not to interfere with posto (“postal service, post, mail”)), Russian после (posle).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pos/, /pɔs/
Preposition
pos
- after
- Ni drinkis kelka biri pos la ludo.
- We had a few beers after the game.
Derived terms
- posa (“after”)
- pose (“then, afterwards”)
- depos (“since, afterward”)
- depose (“since, from that time”)
- pos-
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch post (“post”), from Middle French poste, from Italian posta, posto, from Latin postus, from positus. Cognate to Malay pos.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpɔs]
- Hyphenation: pos
Noun
pos (plural pos-pos, first-person possessive posku, second-person possessive posmu, third-person possessive posnya)
- post, station
- (colloquial) meeting place
- (accounting) budget
Derived terms
- mengepos
- mengeposkan
- pengeposan
- pos ekspres
- pos elektronik
- pos kilat
- pos kilat khusus
- pos laut
- pos paket
- pos suara
- pos udara
- pos wesel
- kantor pos
Further reading
- “pos” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
Etymology
From English post. Cognate to Indonesian pos.
Noun
pos
- mail.
- post, an assigned station, an appointed position in an organization.
Portuguese
Verb
pos
- Obsolete spelling of pôs
Spanish
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpos/ [ˈpos]
- Rhymes: -os
- Syllabification: pos
Conjunction
pos
- (Latin America) Alternative spelling of pues
Preposition
pos
- (archaic) after, behind
Noun
pos m (uncountable)
- Only used in en pos de (“in pursuit of”)
Further reading
- “pos”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Upper Sorbian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *pьsъ.
Noun
pos m
- dog
Further reading
- “pos” in Soblex
Volapük
Preposition
pos
- after, behind
White Hmong
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɒ˩/
Noun
pos
- thorn
References
- Sue Murphy Mote, Hmong and American: Stories of Transition to a Strange Land →ISBN, 2004)