Synonyms for guidepost


Grammar : Noun
Spell : gahyd-pohst
Phonetic Transcription : ˈgaɪdˌpoʊst

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Définition of guidepost

Origin :
  • also guide-post, 1761, from guide (v.) + post (n.1).
  • As in sign : noun document with information; symbol
  • As in beacon : noun light used as signal, guide
Example sentences :
  • Then they walked to the angle of the roads where the guidepost stood.
  • Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine
  • General Grant was the guidepost of a victorious war, and a landmark of a magnanimous peace.
  • Extract from : « The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3 » by Various
  • About half a mile from the town a guidepost and two roads, to Edinburgh and Glasgow; we took the left-hand road, to Glasgow.
  • Extract from : « Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth, Vol. I (of 2) » by Dorothy Wordsworth
  • All language can achieve is to act as a guidepost to the imagination enabling the reader to recreate the author's insight.
  • Extract from : « A Preface to Politics » by Walter Lippmann
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