beacon
beacon
Definition
bea·con (bē′kən)
noun
- a signal fire, esp. one on a hill, pole, etc.
- any light or radio signal for warning or guiding
- a lighthouse
- a radio transmitter that sends out signals for the guidance of aircraft, as at night or in fog
- a person or thing that warns, offers encouragement or guidance, etc.
Etymology: ME beken < OE beacen, becen < Gmc *baukna, prob. < IE *bhāu-, var. of base *bhā-, to gleam, shine > Gr phainein, to show, appear
transitive verb
- to light up (darkness, etc.)
- to provide or mark with beacons
intransitive verb
to shine or serve as a beacon
beacon
Synonyms
beacon
n.
beacon
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- shine: However the agencies who were doing their job properly stood out like shining beacons.
- flash: At regular intervals we could see the flashing beacons on the ground that showed us the way to the border.
- rotate: A variety of inspection lamps and rotating beacons for garge and home use.
- warn: A hazard warning reflective beacon will be placed off the west pier to warn sailors of a concrete plinth covered at high tide.
Adjective modifier
- ock: On the new course of 007 we now need to keep an eye on the ' MILES ' counting up from the OCK beacon.
- navigational: Vehicles will respond to electronic instructions from navigational beacons.
- Welsh: A Welsh beacon for grouse Clean machines Game, set and point What does the NGO do for you?
Modifies a noun
- status: Beacon Status Tower Hamlets has been awarded beacon status for the fourth consecutive year.
- hill: We settled upon a site called Ash Hill, which we later discovered was an old beacon hill.
Noun used with modifier
- homing: Iron Man Cheats Collect the four homing beacons in each act to access the secret area to retrieve a piece of his armor.
- belisha: Norfolk County Council is trialing an ultra-bright belisha beacon designed to reduce accidents at crossings at two locations in the county.
- xenon: Even conventional systems can struggle with the unfriendly loads imposed by a number of xenon beacons operating together.
- locator: It may also be used to indicate the position of such things as radio locator beacons.
- roadside: The proposal by Transport for London would use a system of roadside beacons similar to that used in Singapore.
- radar: In 1968 a high power racon ( radar beacon ) was installed.
Preposition: of
- excellence: Many of these schools are beacons of excellence in the state sector.
- hope: The USSR was a beacon of hope for millions.
- democracy: So much for the West being a " beacon of democracy " .
- light: She is a beacon of light among the rest of the HM.
Preposition: for
- grouse: A Welsh beacon for grouse Clean machines Game, set and point What does the NGO do for you?
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