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SIGNPOST

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

guidepost; signpost

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("signpost" is a kind of...):

sign (a public display of a message)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "signpost"):

fingerboard; fingerpost (a guidepost resembling a hand with a pointing index finger)

Derivation:

signpost (mark with a signpost, as of a path)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Mark with a signpost, as of a path

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "signpost" is one way to...):

mark (designate as if by a mark)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

signpost (a post bearing a sign that gives directions or shows the way)

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