road sign

American  

[rohd sahyn] / ˈroʊd ˌsaɪn /

noun

road signs plural

1. 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.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• road signs
  plural

Etymology

Origin of road sign

First recorded in 1810–20

Example Sentences

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road sign

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

From Salon ● Apr. 8, 2026

"It completely saved my life – I was in the middle of nowhere, and without it, I'd be walking about two miles before I found a road sign, let alone a house," he said.

From BBC ● Feb. 11, 2026

Mount Vernon, about 40 miles northeast of Columbus, greets visitors with a road sign declaring “America’s hometown.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 17, 2025

But the first road sign on the two-lane highway announcing your arrival in the town name-checks only the Lady Giants, the 2021 state champions.

From Slate ● Jun. 19, 2025

Every conversational and epistolary road sign and guide- post that she had held up before the girls pointed to their father’s final, terrible failure.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole