signposting

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noun

The act of providing a (literal or figurative) signpost.

UncommonScrabble 15

Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of signpost
    1 more example

    Careful consideration of every aspect, from car-parking facilities, lay-out of circulating areas, heating and lighting, handling of G.P.O. traffic, signposting, litter facilities, train information, waiting rooms and sanitation, to materials and colour should persuade the most pessimistic individual that, given the will, our most out-dated, inadequate and inconvenient railway stations can be transformed without recourse to complete demolition.

    1962 March, Brian Haresnape, “Design in 1961—a Retrospect”, in Modern Railways, page 197
nounsignposting (countable and uncountable, plural signpostings)

plural signpostings

  1. countableuncountableThe act of providing a (literal or figurative) signpost.
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