post-prandial /poʊ st præ ndiəl/ also postprandial ADJ [ADJ n] You use post-prandial to refer to things you do or have after a meal. [FORMAL ] □ …a post-prandial nap. □ …a post-prandial cigar.
post-produ ction also post production N‑UNCOUNT [oft N n] In film and television, post-production is the work such as editing that takes place after the film has been shot. □ The film's post-production will be completed early next year. □ …a film post-production company.
post|script /poʊ stskr I pt/ (postscripts )
1 N‑COUNT A postscript is something written at the end of a letter after you have signed your name. You usually write 'PS' in front of it. □ A brief, hand-written postscript lay beneath his signature.
2 N‑COUNT A postscript is an addition to a finished story, account, or statement, which gives further information. □ Let me add a postscript to this section on diet.
post-trauma tic stre ss dis|o r|der N‑UNCOUNT Post-traumatic stress disorder is a mental illness that can develop after someone has been involved in a very bad experience such as a war. [MEDICAL ]
po st-tru th ADJ [ADJ n] A post-truth situation is one in which people are less influenced by factual information than by their emotions or by beliefs they already hold. □ We live in a world of post-truth politics.
pos|tu|late /pɒ stʃʊle I t/ (postulates , postulating , postulated ) VERB If you postulate something, you suggest it as the basis for a theory, argument, or calculation, or assume that it is the basis. [FORMAL ] □ [V n] …arguments postulating differing standards for human rights in different cultures. □ [V that] Freud postulated that we all have a death instinct as well as a life instinct.
pos|tur|al /pɒ stʃərəl/ ADJ [ADJ n] Postural means relating to the way a person stands or sits. [FORMAL ] □ Children can develop bad postural habits from quite an early age. □ …postural exercises.
pos|ture /pɒ stʃə r / (postures , posturing , postured )
1 N‑VAR Your posture is the position in which you stand or sit. □ You can make your stomach look flatter instantly by improving your posture. □ Sit in a relaxed upright posture.
2 N‑COUNT [usu sing, usu adj N ] A posture is an attitude that you have towards something. [FORMAL ] □ The military machine is ready to change its defensive posture to one prepared for action.
3 VERB [usu cont] You can say that someone is posturing when you disapprove of their behaviour because you think they are trying to give a particular impression in order to deceive people. [FORMAL , DISAPPROVAL ] □ [V ] She says the President may just be posturing. ● pos|tur|ing N‑UNCOUNT □ Any calls for a new U.N. resolution are largely political posturing.
post-vi ral fa|ti gue sy n|drome or post-viral syndrome N‑UNCOUNT Post-viral fatigue syndrome is a long-lasting illness that is thought to be caused by a virus. Its symptoms include feeling tired all the time and muscle pain. [MEDICAL ]
po st-wa r also postwar ADJ [usu ADJ n] Post-war is used to describe things that happened, existed, or were made in the period immediately after a war, especially the Second World War, 1939-45. □ In the post-war years her writing regularly appeared in The New Journal.
posy /poʊ zi/ (posies ) N‑COUNT A posy is a small bunch of flowers. In American English, it can also consist of a single flower.
pot ◆◇◇ /pɒ t/ (pots , potting , potted )
1 N‑COUNT A pot is a deep round container used for cooking stews, soups, and other food. □ [+ of ] …metal cooking pots. ● N‑COUNT A pot of stew, soup, or other food is an amount of it contained in a pot. □ [+ of ] He was stirring a pot of soup.
2 N‑COUNT You can use pot to refer to a teapot or coffee pot. □ There's tea in the pot. ● N‑COUNT A pot of tea or coffee is an amount of it contained in a pot. □ [+ of ] He spilt a pot of coffee.
3 N‑COUNT [oft n N ] A pot is a cylindrical container for jam, paint, or some other thick liquid. □ Hundreds of jam pots lined her scrubbed shelves. ● N‑COUNT A pot of jam, paint, or some other thick liquid is an amount of it contained in a pot. □ [+ of ] …a pot of red paint.
4 N‑COUNT A pot is the same as a flowerpot .
5 VERB If you pot a young plant, or part of a plant, you put it into a container filled with soil, so it can grow there. □ [V n] Pot the cuttings individually. □ [V -ed] …potted plants.
6 N‑UNCOUNT Pot is sometimes used to refer to the drugs cannabis and marijuana. [INFORMAL ]
7 VERB In the games of snooker and billiards, if you pot a ball, you succeed in hitting it into one of the pockets. □ [V n] He did not pot a ball for the next two frames.
8 → see also potted , chamber pot , chimney pot , coffee pot , lobster pot , melting pot , plant pot
9 PHRASE If you take pot luck , you decide to do something even though you do not know what you will get as a result. □ If you haven't made an appointment, take pot luck and knock on the door. □ He scorns the 'pot-luck' approach.
po|table /poʊ təb ə l/ ADJ [usu ADJ n] Potable water is clean and safe for drinking. [mainly AM ]