signpost

signpost Definition

sign·post (sīn′pōst′)

noun

transitive verb

to put or provide a signpost at, for, etc.

signpost Usage Examples

Object

exit: On the slip road keep right; from the top of the slip road you need to take the third exit signposted Horsham.
turning: After leaving Blakeney continue for approximately 2 miles until reaching a right turning signposted Awre.
footpath: Follow the signposted footpath from the church to the fort.
roundabout: Take the second left off the roundabout signposted Weston super Mare.
junction: In 1983 the BCN Society, under the then Chairman John Phillips, undertook to signpost the main junctions.
trail: Bicycle touring is encouraged via signposted biking trails, some of which cross the borders into Switzerland and the French region of Alsace.

Converse of object

erect: HCC has no responsibility to erect signposts or provide waymarks on these routes as they are not PRoW.
follow: At the next small roundabout follow the signpost for ' Genome Campus ' .

Preposition: at

junction: St Ethelbert, Hessett, is just to the south of the A14 to the east of Bury, signposted at a junction.

Adjective modifier

wooden: An hour later we turn off onto a narrow track with a wooden signpost saying " Mwabvi Game Reserve " .
brown: At this junction there is a brown leisure signpost to Watermouth Castle, 17 miles away.

Preposition: on

Modifying Another Word

Noun used with modifier

Used with why or when

where: It gives advice on managing normal behavior and signposts where to go for help with more serious problems.

Preposition: from

junction: Seven miles east of Maidstone, clearly signposted from junction 8 of the M20.
roundabout: Kingston Maurward is signposted from the roundabout at the Eastern end of the Dorchester bypass.
road: The airport is clearly signposted from all roads in the area.

signpost Quotes

The trouble with our age is that it is all signpost and no destination.

—Kronenberger, Louis

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