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guidepost

[ gahyd-pohst ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a post, usually mounted on the roadside or at the intersection of two or more roads, bearing a sign for the guidance of travelers.
anything serving as a guide; guideline.

guidepost

/ ˈɡaɪdˌpəʊst /

First recorded in 1755–65; guide + post ¹

President Obama has more than once cited the theory of just and unjust wars as the proper guidepost for the use of force abroad.

With a snort of disgust he hurled the deceitful guidepost into the ditch and joined the others.

All language can achieve is to act as a guidepost to the imagination enabling the reader to recreate the author's insight.

Peter blazed so that he seemed to tower like a long thin guidepost showing the way to anger.

About half a mile from the town a guidepost and two roads, to Edinburgh and Glasgow; we took the left-hand road, to Glasgow.

“Another guidepost to remember,” said Uncle 57 Teddy, and made them jot it down.

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