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noun
1.
a guiding or warning signal, as a light or fire, especially one in an elevated position.
2.
a tower or hill used for such purposes.
3.
a lighthouse, signal buoy, etc., on a shore or at a dangerous area at sea to warn and guide vessels.
4.
Navigation.
b.
a radar device at a fixed location that, upon receiving a radar pulse, transmits a reply pulse that enables the original sender to determine his or her position relative to the fixed location.
5.
EXPANDa person, act, or thing that warns or guides.
6.
a person or thing that illuminates or inspires: The Bible has been our beacon during this trouble.
7.
COLLAPSEDigital Technology. Web beacon.
verb (used with object)
8.
to serve as a beacon to; warn or guide.
9.
to furnish or mark with beacons: a ship assigned to beacon the shoals.
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Beaconed
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verb (used without object)
10.
to serve or shine as a beacon: A steady light beaconed from the shore.
Origin:
before 950; Middle English beken, Old English bēacen sign, signal; cognate with Old Frisian bāken, Old Saxon bōkan, Old High German bouhhan
before 950; Middle English beken, Old English bēacen sign, signal; cognate with Old Frisian bāken, Old Saxon bōkan, Old High German bouhhan
Related forms
bea·con·less, adjective
un·bea·coned, adjective
Synonyms
1. beam, buoy, pharos; signal fire; balefire.
1. beam, buoy, pharos; signal fire; balefire.
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beacon
O.E. beacen "sign, portent, lighthouse," from W.Gmc. *bauknan (cf. O.Fris. baken, O.S. bokan, O.H.G. bouhhan); not found outside Germanic. Perhaps borrowed from L. bucina "a crooked horn or trumpet, signal horn." But more likely from PIE *bhau-, a variant of the base *bha- "to gleam, shine" (see
EXPAND phantasm).
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