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Meanings of beacon in English

Portuguese
farol
Catalan
far

A tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships.

farol
Catalan
radiofar

A radio station that broadcasts a directional signal for navigational purposes.

radiofar

A fire (usually on a hill or tower) that can be seen from a distance.

A lighthouse, signal buoy, etc., on a shore or at a dangerous area at sea to warn and guide vessels.

Usage of beacon in English
1
Yet, arriving home, I'd felt hope on seeing the pulsing red beacon.
Devil Bones
2
Everdeen becomes a beacon of hope for freedom against the totalitarian government.
Reuters
3
The problem is I have no beacon, nothing to look forward to.
Assholes finish first
4
He held Turkey up as a beacon of hope in the region!
The Irish Times
5
It took several days of hard labour to build my secret beacon.
Kensuke’s Kingdom
6
Beijing has presented its Wuhan pandemic response as a beacon of hope.
News.com.au
7
Using my thoughts like a beacon, I felt a spirit approach us.
The ghost chronicles
8
Clans were bound by ancient law to respond to a beacon fire.
Bones of the Dragon
9
In a moment the blond-haired cadet appeared with the hurriedly contrived beacon.
On the Trail of the Space Pirates
10
I assume you have the latest data from the jump point beacon?
Quarter share: a trader's tale from the golden age of the solar ...
11
Eighty years ago, we picked up a beacon broadcasting these same coordinates.
The passage
12
I haven't done a landing without charts and beacon since school training.
The Complete Alien Omnibus
13
Someplace where smokestack lightning looks like a faraway beacon of impossible freedom.
Jack Reacher 01 - Killing Floor
14
Kennedy had hardly been a beacon of moral resolve on civil rights.
Ebony
15
If the van crashed, then a beacon would have gone off immediately.
Fire Season
16
So the device includes an RF direction-finding beacon to help isolate it.
Wired
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Portuguese
farol
Beacon through the time
Beacon across language varieties
New Zealand
Common
United States of America
Common
Ireland
Common
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