Meaning & use
posters
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“posters” is a form of “poster”. See that entry for the full set of meanings.
Meanings
nouncountable
Large printed pictures or notices put on walls or in public places for decoration or advertising.
Grammar: Countable; use 'a poster' for one, 'posters' for more than one.
Patterns
- put up posters
- hang posters
- a poster of someone
She decorated her room with posters of her favorite bands.
The students put up posters advertising the school play.
We saw colorful posters for the concert all over town.
nouncountablecomputinginformal
People who write messages on an online forum, social media, or message board.
Grammar: Countable; usually used in the plural to refer to multiple people: 'the posters on this forum'.
Patterns
- posters on a forum
- regular posters
The posters on that website are very helpful.
Some posters left rude comments, so the moderator closed the thread.
Word forms
| singular | poster |
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Common combinations
- put up posters
- They put up posters for the lost dog around the neighborhood.
- a poster of
- He has a poster of a famous painting on his wall.
- movie poster
- The movie poster featured the main actor's face.
- concert posters
- Vintage concert posters can be worth a lot of money.
- poster campaign
- The health department launched a poster campaign to encourage exercise.
Synonyms and how they differ
Word family
Commonly confused: posters or posture?
posters vs posture
Posture means the way you hold your body; posters are printed pictures or online writers.
Practice
Choose the correct sentence:
Choose one answer.
The singular 'a poster' is correct because 'a' requires a singular noun. Option A uses 'a posters' (plural), option C lacks an article, and option D uses 'some poster' with a singular noun, which is less natural than 'some posters'.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “posters”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.