signposted

adjectiveB2Very rare — outside the 30,000 commonest English words, so you will meet it in writing rather than in speechToo rare in one of the two pools to compare — fewer than 20 uses in speech or in writing

Signposted means marked with signs showing the way. Well signposted, badly signposted, signposted from the motorway.

It is used most in the negative, since people mention signs only when they are missing. Figuratively a signposted ending in a story is one you could see coming.

Definitions of signposted

1adjectivesignpostedMarked with signs showing the way.B2
“The path is signposted from the car park onwards.”

signposted is a quality.

Where it comes from

signpost comes from sign + post.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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signposted in the wild

The E55 is not and has not been signposted in Sweden.
European route E55
Although the United Kingdom government participates fully in the E-road network, E-routes are not signposted within the United Kingdom.
European route E13
In the western part it is similar to a motorway but not signposted as such.
European route E32
The route from Parma to La Spezia in Italy, although identified as E33 in the E-network, is also signposted as E31.
European route E31
Instead, its entire stretch is signposted as E31, creating a duplication with the E31 in Germany and the Netherlands.
European route E33

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