Lexic.us

Definition of Signpost

1. Verb. Mark with a signpost, as of a path.

2. Noun. A post bearing a sign that gives directions or shows the way.

Definition of Signpost

1. n. A post on which a sign hangs, or on which papers are placed to give public notice of anything.

Definition of Signpost

1. Noun. a post bearing a sign that gives information on directions ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) to install signposts (on a route etc) ¹

3. Verb. To indicate logical progress of a discourse using words or phrases such as now, right, to recap, to sum up, as I was saying, etc. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Signpost

1. to provide with signposts (posts bearing signs) [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Signpost

signora signoras signore signores signori signoria signorias signories signorina signorinas

signorine signors signory signout signouts signpost (current term) signposted signposting signposts signs

signs and symptoms signs in signs off signs on signs out signs up signum function signum functions signup signups

Literary usage of Signpost

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Cawnpore by George Otto Trevelyan (1866)
"the column was traversing an inhabited country, except the bodies which hung by twos and threes from branch and signpost, and the gaunt swine who by the ..."

2. A drive through England; or, A thousand miles of road travel by James John Hissey (1885)
"A Late Start—A Drive in the Dark—A Dilapidated signpost—A Curious Inscription—Oxford—Architects and Artists—The English Climate—Woodstock—A Comfortable ..."

3. Landscapes of La Palma and El Hierro: A Countryside Guide by Noel Rochford (2003)
"Two minutes further along (some 25m/yds after a minor track forks left), take the path going left (signpost). Ignore the faint path ascending to the right ..."

4. Reports of All the Cases Decided by All the Superior Courts Relating to by Edward William Cox, Great BRitain Magistrates' cases (1903)
"The proprietor of the public- house thereupon erected his signpost in the highway some 45/i. from the site of the draw-up. The corporation threatened to ..."

5. A Holiday on the Road: An Artist's Wanderings in Kent, Sussex, and Surrey by James John Hissey (1887)
"... Smuggling Dodge—Eastbourne—An Uninteresting Bit of Road—Signboards—Old Inns- Curious Titles—History in a signpost—Pevensey Castle—Roman Masonry—Local ..."

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