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signpost en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈsaɪnˌpoʊst/ (General-American)

Etymology

From sign + post.

Meanings

  1. A post bearing a sign that gives information on directions.
    • Dozens of signposts have been stolen, forcing the local authorities to put up the sign at a 2m height and embed it in theft-resistant concrete when putting up replacements. 2020 November 26, Philip Oltermann in Berlin, “Fugging hell: tired of mockery, Austrian village changes name”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 15 Jan 2021:
  2. (qualifier:crosswording) A word or phrase within a clue that serves as an indicator, rather than being fodder.
    • In the first example — Dance revolutionised Burma — you know the middle word is the signpost as revolutionised is too long to be the fodder (or letters to scramble). […] And bang, out jumps RUMBA. 2012, David Astle, Puzzled: Secrets and clues from a life in words:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
sign-post alternative lexicographic
signposts Number=Plur lexicographic

Translations (60)

uk вказівни́й стовп (post bearing a sign that gives information on directions) · ta வழிகாட்டி (post bearing a sign that gives information on directions) · cs směrová tabule (post bearing a sign that gives information on directions) · mi poutohu (post bearing a sign that gives information on directions) · ru указа́тель (post bearing a sign that gives information on directions) · de Richtungsweiser (post bearing a sign that gives information on directions) · uk пока́жчик (post bearing a sign that gives information on directions) · uk шляховка́зувач (post bearing a sign that gives information on directions) · ko 표지판 (post bearing a sign that gives information on directions) · ko 푯말 (post bearing a sign that gives information on directions) · sl pokazatelj (post bearing a sign that gives information on directions) · hu útjelző/irányjelző/útirányjelző tábla (post bearing a sign that gives information on directions) · ga maide eolais (post bearing a sign that gives information on directions) · be паказа́льнік (post bearing a sign that gives information on directions) · ro indicator rutier (post bearing a sign that gives information on directions) · de Schild (post bearing a sign that gives information on directions) · nb retningsskilt (post bearing a sign that gives information on directions) · cs rozcestník (post bearing a sign that gives information on directions) · de Hinweisschild (post bearing a sign that gives information on directions) · cy mynegbost (post bearing a sign that gives information on directions) · nl wegwijzer (post bearing a sign that gives information on directions) · ga craobh eolais (post bearing a sign that gives information on directions) · es cartel (post bearing a sign that gives information on directions) · ro indicator (post bearing a sign that gives information on directions) · el οδοδείκτης (post bearing a sign that gives information on directions) · ca rètol (post bearing a sign that gives information on directions) · es letrero (post bearing a sign that gives information on directions) · gv stowran cowree (post bearing a sign that gives information on directions) · uk дороговка́з (post bearing a sign that gives information on directions) · nn retningsskilt (post bearing a sign that gives information on directions) · uk дороговка́зувач (post bearing a sign that gives information on directions) · de Signalposten (post bearing a sign that gives information on directions) · mk патоказ (post bearing a sign that gives information on directions) · szl rankoś (post bearing a sign that gives information on directions) · sh pȕtokāz (post bearing a sign that gives information on directions) · ml വഴികാട്ടി (post bearing a sign that gives information on directions) · ru указа́тельный столб (post bearing a sign that gives information on directions) · cy arwyddbost (post bearing a sign that gives information on directions) · de Signalpfosten (post bearing a sign that gives information on directions) · fr poteau indicateur (post bearing a sign that gives information on directions) · sl kažipot (post bearing a sign that gives information on directions) · pl kierunkowskaz (post bearing a sign that gives information on directions) · ta ஆட்காட்டி (post bearing a sign that gives information on directions) · ja 道標 (post bearing a sign that gives information on directions) · szl wegwajzer (post bearing a sign that gives information on directions) · be паказа́льны слуп (post bearing a sign that gives information on directions) · de Wegweiser (post bearing a sign that gives information on directions) · cmn 路標 /路标 (post bearing a sign that gives information on directions) · fi tienviitta (post bearing a sign that gives information on directions) · sk ukazovateľ (post bearing a sign that gives information on directions) · id plang (post bearing a sign that gives information on directions) · it cartello (post bearing a sign that gives information on directions) · ga cuaille eolais (post bearing a sign that gives information on directions) · bg пътепоказа́тел (post bearing a sign that gives information on directions) · fo vegvísari (post bearing a sign that gives information on directions) · pl drogowskaz (post bearing a sign that gives information on directions) · gl letreiro (post bearing a sign that gives information on directions) · sh пу̏тока̄з (post bearing a sign that gives information on directions) · fi viitta (post bearing a sign that gives information on directions) · ro indicator de drum (post bearing a sign that gives information on directions)

signpost en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈsaɪnˌpoʊst/ (General-American)

Etymology

From sign + post.

Meanings

  1. (qualifier:chiefly passive voice, transitive) To install signposts on.
    • The route wasn't signposted, and we got lost on the way.
  2. (figuratively, transitive) To direct (somebody) to services, resources, etc.
    • We believe that some Carers' Centres already offer an effective 'first stop shop' for signposting carers to local organisations, services and benefits, and for providing ongoing support as carers' circumstances change. 2008, Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Work and Pensions Committee, Valuing and Supporting Carers (volume 1, page 31)
  3. (figuratively, transitive) To signal (something) intentionally, as if with a signpost.
  4. (figuratively, transitive) To signal (something) intentionally, as if with a signpost. ▸ To indicate (as the logical progress of a discourse) using words or phrases such as now, right, to recap, to sum up, as I was saying, etc.
    • Bede, never one to shrink from a challenge, focused his energies not only onto calculating Easter but also onto describing why the maths mattered as much as the result. In this, his elevated rhetoric is balanced by a very human enthusiasm — it's hard not to love a writer who signposts his core hypotheses with phrases such as 'now to gut the bowels of this question!' 2013 August 8, Charlotte Mulcare, “The lost mathematicians: Numbers in the (not so) dark ages”, in plus.maths.org, retrieved 08 Sep 2013:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
signposted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
signposted Tense=Past lexicographic
signposting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
sign-post alternative lexicographic
signposts Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Coordinates

telegraph · telegraph

Deriveds

signposter

Hypernyms

signal · signal

Relateds

fingerpost · guidepost · waymark

Translations (12)

hu táblával/táblákkal jelez/jelöl (install signposts) · nl bewegwijzeren (install signposts) · es señalizar (install signposts) · de beschildern (install signposts) · ca senyalitzar (install signposts) · hu kitábláz (install signposts) · fi viitoittaa (install signposts) · de ausschildern (install signposts) · hu jelzőtáblával/jelzőtáblákkal ellát (install signposts) · gl sinalizar (install signposts) · pl znakować drogę (install signposts) · pt sinalizar (install signposts)