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Definition beacon

Etymology

From Middle English beken, from Old English b?acen (“sign, signal”), from Proto-Germanic *baukn? (compare West Frisian beaken (“buoy”), Dutch baken (“beacon”), Middle Low German b?ke (“beacon, sign”), German Bake (“traffic sign”), Middle High German bouchen (“sign”)), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *b?eh?u-, *b?eh?- (“to shine”).

Noun

beacon (plural beacons)

  1. A signal fire to notify of the approach of an enemy, or to give any notice, commonly of warning.
  2. (nautical) A signal or conspicuous mark erected on an eminence near the shore, or moored in shoal water, as a guide to mariners.
    1. A post or buoy placed over a shoal or bank to warn vessels of danger; also a signal mark on land. (FM 55-501)
  3. A high hill or other easily distinguishable object near the shore which can serve as guidance for seafarers.
  4. (figuratively) That which gives notice of danger.
  5. An electronic device that broadcasts a signal to nearby portable devices, enabling smartphones etc. to perform actions when in physical proximity to the beacon.

Verb

beacon (third-person singular simple present beacons, present participle beaconing, simple past and past participle beaconed)

  1. (intransitive) To act as a beacon.
  2. (transitive) To give light to, as a beacon; to light up; to illumine.
  3. (transitive) To furnish with a beacon or beacons.

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