(n.) A signal fire to notify of the approach of an enemy, or to give any notice, commonly of warning.
(n.) A signal or conspicuous mark erected on an eminence near the shore, or moored in shoal water, as a guide to mariners.
(n.) A high hill near the shore.
(n.) That which gives notice of danger.
(v. t.) To give light to, as a beacon; to light up; to illumine.
(v. t.) To furnish with a beacon or beacons.
Example Sentences:
(1) It's ironic given this sector is the one shining beacon of potential growth and job creation.
(2) Grid reference: 54.5763, -2.8734 Photograph: www.wildswimming.com Lower Ddwli Falls, Waterfall Woods, Brecon Beacons In the south-west hills of the Brecon Beacons , near Ystradfellte, you'll find some of the most amazing waterfall plunge pools in Britain.
(3) Even the most controversial features it has eventually killed off – such as Beacon, which published users' purchases and related advertiser information in feeds – have still informed the site's development.
(4) They revealed that Lance Corporal Craig Roberts, who died in searing temperatures on the Brecon Beacons, had been about to begin a new post in the office of the education secretary.
(5) A few people might have wasted time trying to define Conchita's identity or worrying if she is one of "us", but the majority saw her for what she is: an ambassador for diversity, and a beacon of light – no doubt – to our queer cousins on the continent.
(6) I think what Anne has done should be like a beacon and a message to other disabled people not to be afraid to speak out.
(7) The north Texas city of Denton became a beacon for the anti-fracking movement when residents voted to prohibit the practice inside city limits .
(8) He describes the country's legislative gains (which include gay marriage) as "a beacon for LGBT rights all across Africa".
(9) A third army reserve soldier has died from injuries sustained during SAS selection training in the Brecon Beacons, the Ministry of Defence has said.
(10) The following threshold values, beacon of the surveillance, were retained: --variations of 15% in relation to a reference examination: non-significant, --variations of 20 to 30%: probably significant, --variations of more than 30%: significant.
(11) The beacons had to be well-placed on the vehicle - hidden, but not so hidden so the signal was lost,” said the leader.
(12) The training offered by the Beacons has made them a natural base for the SAS.
(13) Beacon Food Forest, Seattle, Washington, US This Seattle project, called the Beacon Food Forest, is turning public land into an edible forest where residents can forage for fruits, pumpkins and nuts.
(14) Only last month, a new edict allowed sub-divisional magistrates to use flashing blue beacons, though it insisted that only divisional and sub-divisional commissioners would be allowed to use red beacons.
(15) Several hundred miles to the north east in Massachusetts, the Beacon Hill Institute requested $38,825 from Searle to weaken or roll back a five-year effort by states in the region to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
(16) While Nepal is a beacon of progress, the day-to-day experience of changing documents for some transgender people continues to be unpleasant due to the poor behaviour of bureaucrats,” says Knight.
(17) The 28-nation bloc prides itself on being a beacon of human rights protection, taking a tough stance on issues ranging from LGBT rights to banning capital punishment and upholding press freedoms.
(18) Nor does the beacon theory, in which Scotland inspires progressive forces in what is left of the UK, stand up to examination.
(19) Still, Malawi was admired as a beacon of democracy and good governance and, in 2009, Bingu won re-election by a landslide.
(20) As was stated earlier in this article, a most useful beacon to guide the physician in this dimly lit path is the notion that "congruence not candor" direct the disclosure.
Cairn
Definition:
(n.) A rounded or conical heap of stones erected by early inhabitants of the British Isles, apparently as a sepulchral monument.
(n.) A pile of stones heaped up as a landmark, or to arrest attention, as in surveying, or in leaving traces of an exploring party, etc.
Example Sentences:
(1) The first site we explored was a big burial cairn in the shadow of Carn Menyn, where the Stonehenge bluestones come from."
(2) Cairn shot to prominence in the market in 2004 when it emerged that it had found huge reserves in Rajasthan, in India.
(3) Cairn's failures came in sharp contrast to Tullow Oil's success last week .
(4) The arrests of Luke Jones, from Leeds, and Hannah McHardy, from the US, end a 10-day long action by Greenpeace and its protest ship Esperanza against Cairn's drilling operations off Greenland.
(5) There are cycles in all of this – the reef regenerates itself,” he was quoted saying in the Cairns Post .
(6) Coral Sea Dreaming has 28 permitted sites, the largest number of any Cairns operator, “a pretty cool thing to be able to boast”, Zwick says.
(7) Cairn Energy was targeted by climate protesters who occupied the grounds of the Royal Bank of Scotland headquarters near Edinburgh last week .
(8) New Zealand: Stephen Fleming (captain), Craig McMillan, Nathan Astle, Scott Styris, Chris Cairns, Brendon McCullum, Jacob Oram, Chris Harris, Daniel Vettori, Shane Bond, Daryl Tuffey.
(9) Not only did city residents share the numbers, they were commenting on how shocking it was, Cairns says.
(10) However, the argument of a UN breach was unlikely to be aired before a Cairns magistrate as the Yidindji did not currently recognise the authority of the court, he said.
(11) At their furthest edges, the lochs' peaty brown water laps against fields and hills that form a natural amphitheatre; a landscape peppered with giant rings of stone, chambered cairns, ancient villages and other archaeological riches.
(12) But on Monday Greenpeace switched its tactics from commando to panto in the Scottish capital as more than 60 campaigners, including dozens in polar bear suits, entered Cairn's offices near Edinburgh Castle.
(13) The equipment being used on the Delta and Gamma wells will move south to complete the rest of Cairn's exploration in Greenland.
(14) The sovereign Yidindji government was created by the tribal council of the Yidindji nation, a grouping of a dozen or so clans who speak the Yidin language and who hail from the areas in and around Cairns and the Great Barrier Reef in far northeast Queensland .
(15) At the Cairns meeting in September, G20 finance ministers committed to finalise the OECD’s 15-point Action Plan to counter BEPS by 2015.
(16) Abbott and Kevin Rudd are both in Queensland today, the Liberal leader in Brisbane and the Labor leader in Cairns, where he will talk about establishing a new National Centre for Extreme Weather to help Australia respond better to natural disasters.
(17) Plasmid replication proceeds through theta-shaped (Cairns) intermediates, terminating in multiply interlocked catenanes that are resolved during S phase to monomer plasmids.
(18) Cairn takes its responsibilities such as oil spill contingency and response plans very seriously.
(19) Both Cairns and rolling circle-type molecules were identified.
(20) The navy unit broke into the pod just before midnight, four days after the two activists began their occupation of the drilling platform of Leiv Eiriksson, an oil exploration vessel operated by the British firm Cairn Energy.