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crosspost en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der.? Proto-Italic *kruks /*krukis Latin cruxbor. Old Irish crosbor. Old Norse krossbor. Old English cros Middle English cross Middle English cros- English cross- English post English crosspost From cross- + post.

Meanings

  1. (Internet) An electronic message posted to multiple newsgroups or forums simultaneously.
  2. (qualifier:indexing) An instance of crossposting, or the post thus created.

Forms

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x-post Abbr=Yes alternative lexicographic
crossposts Number=Plur lexicographic
cross-post alternative lexicographic
xpost Abbr=Yes alternative lexicographic

crosspost en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der.? Proto-Italic *kruks /*krukis Latin cruxbor. Old Irish crosbor. Old Norse krossbor. Old English cros Middle English cross Middle English cros- English cross- English post English crosspost From cross- + post.

Meanings

  1. (Internet, ambitransitive) To post (a message) to multiple newsgroups or forums simultaneously.
    • but it sounds like a rationalization to me. I'm cross-posting this to net.women to see how women feel about it. 1983 December 20, George Sicherman, “Relationships and Later Lovers”, in net.singles (Usenet), retrieved 20 Jan 2026:
  2. (qualifier:indexing; especially physically; indexing; especially physically) To post an entry (in a book index or other index) such that no matter which word a user looks under, they will find the relevant entry (see examples).

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
cross-post alternative lexicographic
crossposted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
crossposted Tense=Past lexicographic
x-post Abbr=Yes alternative lexicographic
crossposts Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
crossposting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
xpost Abbr=Yes alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

crossposter

Relateds

velveeta · multipost · simulcast

Translations (5)

pt crosspostar (to post on multiple websites simultaneously) · es crosspostear (to post on multiple websites simultaneously) · gsw chrüzpfoschte (to post on multiple websites simultaneously) · de crossposten (to post on multiple websites simultaneously) · gsw crossposte (to post on multiple websites simultaneously)