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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)
- A signal fire to notify of the approach of an enemy, or to give any notice, commonly of warning.
- (nautical) A signal or conspicuous mark erected on an eminence near the shore, or moored in shoal water, as a guide to mariners.
- A high hill or other easily distinguishable object near the shore which can serve as guidance for seafarers.
- (figuratively) That which gives notice of danger.
- 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)
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