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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.

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                          Examples for "balise"
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                          The Fort Balise shews that a century is sufficient to extend Louisiana two leagues towards the sea.
                          The History of Louisiana, Or of the Western Parts of Virginia an...
                          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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                          Translations for beacon
                          Portuguese
                          farol
                          Beacon through the time
                          Beacon across language varieties
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                          United States of America
                          Common
                          Ireland
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