1
a
: a usually large printed sheet that often contains pictures and is posted in a public place (as to promote something)
b
: a usually large printed sheet that is put on a wall as decoration
2
: a person who posts something online (see post entry 2 sense 3)
The case is among a growing number of defamation claims nationally that target anonymous Internet posters to websites operated by news media and other owners.—
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postered; postering; posters
: to put up posters on walls or surfaces : to affix posters to
postered her bedroom walls with images of her favorite athletes
They were not exactly old hands when it came to postering abandoned buildings, walls and fences in the dead of night.—Nancy Kapitanoff
Nancy KapitanoffThat we were in fact postering for so innocuous an event as a poetry reading was cause for greater amusement …—The Baffler
The Baffler
archaic
: a swift traveler
Examples of poster in a Sentence
Noun (2)
we put up a hundred posters announcing the concert
Recent Examples on the Web
Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2025
The incident was highlighted in a video shared by a poster known as @legendarylynne, which has garnered 5.6 million views since it was posted on March 19.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
Cannes’ Critics Week, the parallel section dedicated to first and second films, has unveiled the poster for its 64th edition and has enlisted a new sponsor, the French fashion brand Ami.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 20 Mar. 2025
Myers told The Ranch Podcast that the decision to remove the poster wasn’t in response to any complaint.
—Rose Evans, Idaho Statesman, 19 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Hands, lots of hands—outstretched, passing cords, clutching mikes, slipping vinyl out of sleeves, scratching records, tapping pads, scrawling signatures onto posters.
—Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2025
The incident was highlighted in a video shared by a poster known as @legendarylynne, which has garnered 5.6 million views since it was posted on March 19.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
Cannes’ Critics Week, the parallel section dedicated to first and second films, has unveiled the poster for its 64th edition and has enlisted a new sponsor, the French fashion brand Ami.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 20 Mar. 2025
Myers told The Ranch Podcast that the decision to remove the poster wasn’t in response to any complaint.
—Rose Evans, Idaho Statesman, 19 Mar. 2025
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“Poster.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poster. Accessed 27 Mar. 2025.
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