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.—
Jeff Swiatek
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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
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Examples of poster in a Sentence
Noun (2)
we put up a hundred posters announcing the concert
Recent Examples on the Web
Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
In an attempt to capitalize on the visitor numbers, marketing specialist Davide Abagnale originally created an e-commerce site selling Lake Como posters, after seeing so many posters of San Francisco and Los Angeles on his honeymoon in 2022.
—Issy Ronald, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024
My bed is unmade, a pile of unfolded laundry sits over my right shoulder, and a $9.99 Muhammad Ali poster hangs on my wall.
—thehustle.co, 1 Nov. 2024
After their success with the calendars, with Star Wars and with their poster for Ray Harryhausen’s Clash of the Titans (1981), the brothers opted to work separately.
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Nov. 2024
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Noun
The hatred isn’t just coming from anonymous fringe posters either.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
In an attempt to capitalize on the visitor numbers, marketing specialist Davide Abagnale originally created an e-commerce site selling Lake Como posters, after seeing so many posters of San Francisco and Los Angeles on his honeymoon in 2022.
—Issy Ronald, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024
My bed is unmade, a pile of unfolded laundry sits over my right shoulder, and a $9.99 Muhammad Ali poster hangs on my wall.
—thehustle.co, 1 Nov. 2024
After their success with the calendars, with Star Wars and with their poster for Ray Harryhausen’s Clash of the Titans (1981), the brothers opted to work separately.
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Poster.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poster. Accessed 20 Nov. 2024.
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