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road sign

American

[rohd sahyn] / ˈroʊd ˌsaɪn /

noun

a sign posted over or next to a road or highway, as to guide or caution motorists, indicate speed limits or distances, advertise nearby services, etc..

A road sign showed 150 km to Paris.
We passed a road sign indicating construction ahead.

Etymology

Origin of road sign

First recorded in 1810–20

Example Sentences

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We passed a road sign for Tucker Paving as another plot was getting razed.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026

“It’s heartbreaking because it’s a road sign that we are going backwards.”

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026

The best it can do for jokes is endless animal wordplay—a road sign reading “Gnu Jersey,” a bacchanal dubbed “Burning Mammal.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025

"Changes in road laws should be made clear, rather than expecting people to play 'spot the missing road sign'."

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2025

“One hundred bear paces north of the Fernlight road sign, there’s a pond.”

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

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