beacon
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4.3
- noun
- /ˈbiːkən/
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- The fuel truck was still ahead of her, its taillights a beacon in the gray-white gloom.
- serve as a beacon
- beacon of light
- a bright beacon
And a question about what exactly it would have meant for New York, this beacon to disappear.
- And a question about what exactly it would have meant for New York, this beacon to disappear.
- But a lighthouse parent is visible from the shoreline as a stable light or beacon.
- See, I think that they are the beacons out in the future that are directional signals.
- I got the the e-mail about this in the midst of two hurricanes and it was kind of my shining beacon in the dark.
- But to me the university should be the beacon of great behaviour, not not the beacon of like scared conservative.
- And by definition, black holes do not emit light, unlike stars, you know, by definition, they don't they, they are not kind of beacons.
- We got to become serious about reforms, economic reforms so that we can become beacons of free markets, just like the Asian tigers.
- I mean, this is where Elon Musk and a few others like Larry Page and Sergey Brin that stayed for quite a long time and they actually were the beacon.
- It's like a kind of beacon of light in the kind of darkling plane.
- It's just a bright shining beacon of of what our relationship.
- And boy oh boy do we need those kinds of beacons right now.
- But what I can tell you firmly is that this is not the last beacon.
Examples
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The Radcliffe Institute has been a beacon for those values and those commitments.
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Residents report beacon lights turned on after closing hours.
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I might be able to get the emergency beacon working again.
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I have to go retrieve the beacon or we're going to die.
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Our beacon in the darkness.
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A beacon in this vast and dark wasteland that is our modern world.
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The signal fire was a guiding beacon, and she followed its glow to where Garth waited.
Fiction book (1992) -
A beacon of prosperity.
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Venus gleams at magnitude -3.9 in January, a beacon even against the backdrop of bright winter stars.
Academic text (2006) -
The lighthouse serves as a beacon to guide ships safely into the harbor.
Synonyms
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1.8
A tall tower on the coast with a bright light that guides ships
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4.3
A small object that makes a very bright light to show your location
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9.9
A tall tower with a light that guides ships at sea
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3.2
A light or fire used to send a message over a distance
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2.5
A post with a sign that shows directions on a road or trail
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4.1
A device that sends radio signals to guide ships or aircraft
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8.3
A fire lit on a hill or tower to signal people far away
A tower with a light that warns ships about rocks and shallow water
A tower with a light that guides ships at sea
A device that receives radar signals and sends a coded signal back to help ships or planes find their position
Compounds
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5.3
An old, fashionable neighbourhood in Boston with long rows of brick houses and the state government building
- Specialized
A device that receives radar signals and sends a coded signal back to help ships or planes find their position
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Etymology
The word beacon comes from an old English word bēacen meaning 'sign' or 'signal'. People used to light fires or lamps on hills as beacons to warn ships or show the way, so a beacon today is a light or fire that guides or warns.