signpost

== English == === Alternative forms === sign-post === Etymology === From sign +‎ post. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsaɪnˌpoʊst/ === Noun === signpost (plural signposts) A post bearing a sign that gives information on directions. (crosswording) A word or phrase within a clue that serves as an indicator, rather than being fodder. ==== Translations ==== === Verb === signpost (third-person singular simple present signposts, present participle signposting, simple past and past participle signposted) (transitive) (chiefly passive voice) To install signposts on. (figuratively) To direct (somebody) to services, resources, etc. 2008, Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Work and Pensions Committee, Valuing and Supporting Carers (volume 1, page 31) 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. To signal (something) intentionally, as if with a signpost. Coordinate term: telegraph Hypernym: signal 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. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === fingerpost guidepost waymark === Anagrams === postings, stop sign, stopings, stopsign