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# signpost

«signpost» in Mova's judaism 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/signpost/#m1)

2) A signpost is also something that shows you what is coming, like headings in writing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/signpost/#m2)

3) To signpost something is to mark the way to it with signs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/signpost/#m3)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/signpost/#x1)
- Follow the signposts to the beach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/signpost/#x2)
- The path is well signposted. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/signpost/#x3)
- We got lost because the signpost had fallen over. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/signpost/#x4)
- «Firstly» and «finally» are signpost words in writing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/signpost/#x5)
- The signpost pointed left to the castle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/signpost/#x6)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/37-paragraphs-and-cohesion-holding-a-text-together/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «signpost» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/signpost/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.