signpost

«signpost» in Mova's school dictionary: a post at the side of a road or path with signs that show… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a signpost, signposts); verb (signpost, signposts, signposted, signposting)

meaning for a pupil

1) A signpost is a post at the side of a road or path with signs that show the way and how far it is to places. tree →

2) A signpost is also something that shows you what is coming, like headings in writing. tree →

3) To signpost something is to mark the way to it with signs. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life and on hikes signposts help you find your way; they show distances in miles or kilometres. In English lessons «signposting» words (firstly, next, finally) guide the reader. Phrases: «follow the signposts», «signposted walk», «signpost words».

examples

• The signpost said the village was 3 miles away. tree →
• Follow the signposts to the beach. tree →
• The path is well signposted. tree →
• We got lost because the signpost had fallen over. tree →
• «Firstly» and «finally» are signpost words in writing. tree →
• The signpost pointed left to the castle. tree →

note

Countable: signpost, signposts; one word, «sign» + «post». In a maths problem, signpost distances can be added or subtracted: if a signpost says 5 km and you walk 2 km, 3 km are left.

In the corpora

• In non-fiction, headings, subheadings and signposts such as "Firstly, secondly, finally" organise the text.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «signpost» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.