noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

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

Verb

1. 1
   To post (a message) to multiple newsgroups or forums simultaneously. Internet, ambitransitive

   "but it sounds like a rationalization to me. I'm cross-posting this to net.women to see how women feel about it."

2. 2
   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).

Example

More examples

"but it sounds like a rationalization to me. I'm cross-posting this to net.women to see how women feel about it."

Etymology

From cross- + post.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.