signage

English

Etymology

sign +‎ -age

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsaɪnɪdʒ/
  • Hyphenation: sign‧age

Noun

signage (usually uncountable, plural signages)

  1. Signs taken collectively.
    The signage at the airport is designed to point the way clearly to important locations.
    • 2003, Martin Waller, "Jarvis chief aims to lift siege of Paris," The Times, London, 3 Jan,
      If you try to push more and more traffic on to limited numbers of roads you require more signage, more safety measures, bus lanes, cycle lanes and so on.

Usage notes
  • The use of countable "a signage" and "signages" is chiefly in India.

Translations

References
  • “signage” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
  • signage at OneLook Dictionary Search
  • signage at Wordnik
  • “signage” in the Compact Oxford English Dictionary (Oxford University Press, 2007)
  • Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)
  • Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary (1987-1996)

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