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# repost

«repost» in Mova's school dictionary: **To post something online again, especially something…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (repost, reposts, reposted, reposting); noun (a repost, reposts)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To post something online again, especially something someone else posted. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repost/#m1)

2) (noun) A post shared again. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repost/#m2)

3) To send a letter again. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repost/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In online safety and digital lessons pupils learn to think before they repost: reposting a rumour or someone's photo can spread lies or hurt someone. Phrases: «repost a video», «repost without permission».

### examples

- She reposted the funny cat video. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repost/#x1)
- Don't repost photos of your friends without asking them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repost/#x2)
- The fake news story got thousands of reposts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repost/#x3)
- He reposted his drawing because nobody saw it the first time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repost/#x4)
- Check the facts before you repost. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repost/#x5)
- The letter came back, so we reposted it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repost/#x6)

### note

Regular verb: reposted. Not the same as «riposte» (a quick clever answer, or a counter-attack in fencing). A repost spreads a message further, so you share responsibility for it.

### In the corpora

- [Posting someone's art without their name takes away their credit; artists often sign their work, and sites let them report reposts.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/35-copying-vs-being-inspired-tracing-covers-giving-credit/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «repost» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repost/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.