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beacon
1[ bee-kuhn ]
noun
- a guiding or warning signal, as a light or fire, especially one in an elevated position.
Synonyms: , , ,
- a tower or hill used for such purposes.
- a lighthouse, signal buoy, etc., on a shore or at a dangerous area at sea to warn and guide vessels.
- Navigation.
- a radar device at a fixed location that, upon receiving a radar pulse, transmits a reply pulse that enables the original sender to determine their position relative to the fixed location.
- a person, act, or thing that warns or guides.
- a person or thing that illuminates or inspires:
The Bible has been our beacon during this trouble.
- Digital Technology.
- a low-energy radio transmitter at a specific location within a store, museum, office space, etc., which identifies nearby mobile devices in order to send them location-specific messages or collect location-specific data:
There must be a beacon in the luggage aisle because I just got a coupon for this suitcase on my phone.
verb (used with object)
- to serve as a beacon to; warn or guide.
- to furnish or mark with beacons:
a ship assigned to beacon the shoals.
verb (used without object)
- to serve or shine as a beacon:
A steady light beaconed from the shore.
Beacon
2[ bee-kuhn ]
noun
- a city in SE New York.
beacon
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noun
- a signal fire or light on a hill, tower, etc, esp one used formerly as a warning of invasion
- a hill on which such fires were lit
- a lighthouse, signalling buoy, etc, used to warn or guide ships in dangerous waters
- short for radio beacon
- a radio or other signal marking a flight course in air navigation
- short for Belisha beacon
- a person or thing that serves as a guide, inspiration, or warning
- a stone set by a surveyor to mark a corner or line of a site boundary, etc
verb
- to guide or warn
- intr to shine
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Origin of beacon1
Example Sentences
It is becoming plain that Kennedy is turning the department from a beacon of science-based medicine and public health into a hive of conspiracy theorists and, as Marks wrote, peddlers of “misinformation and lies.â€
I tried to activate the emergency beacon on my watch.
Long a beacon for the young and ambitious in particular, today California ranks toward the bottom in attracting all newcomers from other parts of the country.
At night his tiny barber shop is a beacon of power with a TV playing music videos, strings of Christmas lights and the buzz of his hair clipper.
“There was a security light. It was like a beacon on my jersey,†Banister said last month, his voice catching at a memory that is now 34 years old.
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