signpostnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈsaɪn.pəʊst/us/ˈsaɪn.poʊst/signpost noun [ C ] (ROAD SIGN)
B1 a pole at the side of a road, especially at a point where two or more roads meet, that gives information about routes and distances:
The signpost said "London 18 miles".
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Roads: lights, signs & markings on roads
- amber
- Belisha beacon
- billboard
- bollard
- bus lane
- cat's eyes
- crossing
- lamppost
- milestone
- P, p
- pedestrian crossing
- pelican crossing
- reflector
- robot
- stoplight
- street furniture
- streetlight
- thoroughfare
- traffic cone
- zebra crossing
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signpost noun [ C ] (SHOW FUTURE)
something that shows what is going to happen, or what should happen, in the future:
This upturn in the country's economy is a splendid signpost to the future.
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Showing and demonstrating
- act
- act sth out
- attest
- barometer
- bespeak
- bring
- bring sth forward
- disclose
- flicker
- manifestation
- produce
- prove
- put up sth
- radiate
- revealing
- says something about sb/sth idiom
- strike
- suggest
- token
- wear
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signpostverb
uk/ˈsaɪn.pəʊst/us/ˈsaɪn.poʊst/signpost verb (ROAD SIGN)
[ T usually passive ] to show the direction of something on a signpost:
The road wasn't very well signposted (= provided with signposts).
We found where we were going very easily, because it was signposted (= the direction was shown by signposts) all the way.
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Roads: lights, signs & markings on roads
- amber
- Belisha beacon
- billboard
- bollard
- bus lane
- cat's eyes
- crossing
- lamppost
- milestone
- P, p
- pedestrian crossing
- pelican crossing
- reflector
- robot
- stoplight
- street furniture
- streetlight
- thoroughfare
- traffic cone
- zebra crossing
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signpost verb (SHOW FUTURE)
[ T ] to show clearly how something is going to develop:
The early chapters of the book signpost what is going to happen further on.
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Predicting things and intuition
- augur
- augury
- bellwether
- betcha
- bode
- far-sighted
- intuit
- intuition
- intuitive
- nasty
- omen
- projection
- prophesy
- prophetic
- psychic
- read sb's mind idiom
- read sb's palm idiom
- read the runes idiom
- scent
- visionary
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