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repost

repost

2 2.9
A message or image shared again on social media
  • noun
  • /ˈriːpoʊst/
  • Texting
translation icon : republicación
  • I saw your repost of that funny video, and it made me laugh again.

So this picture appeared on Starbucks's Instagram account as a repost from Nicki.

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Examples

  • The following is a repost from 2010 and 2011.

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  • The post went "viral" and got over a half million views and reposts in the following weeks.

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  • And thanks for the repost of the driving advice.

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  • Not sure if this link is one that I missed and is therefore a repost.

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  • The article below is a repost from about a year ago... when the world first heard that Means was seriously ill.

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  • Sunshine, it did not show up in your Google reader because it was a repost.

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  • Here is the repost in its entirety.

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  • I had to read the original MeTa after seeing a repost on FB by klangklangston.

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  • I would see lots of reposts of my post and then bigger celebrities posted it, like Chris Brown reposted it.

  • Maybe you've noticed AdamB's repost that has been on the RecList all day?

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Synonyms

retweet
vsrepost
  • Texting
13 3.4

A repost of someone else's tweet or the number of times it was shared

is a general social media republication across platforms rather than one site
reblog
vsrepost
  • Texting
1 4.4

A post that shares someone else's content on a blog or social site

is social media content that appears across many platforms rather than only blogs
republishing
vsrepost
1 3.9

Making a book or article available to readers again

is about content shown again on social platforms rather than traditional print
reshare
vsrepost
  • Texting
3.5

An act of posting something again so more people see it

is the actual content shown again on social platforms, not the sharing act
regram
vsrepost
  • Texting
7.7

A repost of someone else's Instagram photo or video for your followers

is the general action of publishing the same content again across social platforms

Surface Forms

repost singular
reposts plural

Morphology

repost = repost (transparent) = re + post

Zero-derivation from the verb 'repost' is straightforward, yielding a noun for the act or the resulting item.

Etymology

Repost comes from the parts re- meaning 'again' and post meaning 'to put a message online or on a board'. A repost is something that has been 'put online again', like pinning the same notice back on the board so new people can see it.