guidepost
[ gahyd-pohst ]
/ ˈgaɪdˌpoʊst /
noun
Nearby words
guided imagery, guided missile, guided missile cruiser, guided wave, guideline, guidepost, guider, guideway, guido, guido d'arezzo, guidon
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Examples from the Web for guidepost
About half a mile from the town a guidepost and two roads, to Edinburgh and Glasgow; we took the left-hand road, to Glasgow.
Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth, Vol. I (of 2)|Dorothy WordsworthGeneral Grant was the guidepost of a victorious war, and a landmark of a magnanimous peace.
Then they walked to the angle of the roads where the guidepost stood.
The Shadow of a Crime|Hall CaineAll language can achieve is to act as a guidepost to the imagination enabling the reader to recreate the author's insight.
A Preface to Politics|Walter Lippmann
British Dictionary definitions for guidepost
guidepost
/ (ˈɡaɪdˌpəʊst) /
noun
a sign on a post by a road indicating directions
a principle or guideline
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