(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.
Pharos
Definition:
(n.) A lighthouse or beacon for the guidance of seamen.
Example Sentences:
(1) Pharo also claimed that Wade had turned down the scoop about MPs’ expense claims because she had spent so much on a book by former glamour model Katie Price.
(2) In his early career, Pharo said, he was sued by paedophile Jimmy Savile.
(3) The Sun journalists – crime editor Mike Sullivan, former managing editor Graham Dudman, executive editor Fergus Shanahan and newsdesk executive Chris Pharo – are not expected to return to their News International jobs until the police investigation concludes.
(4) In his last couple of months as PM he was coming down here often Freya Pharo “It shouldn’t lose any of its magic,” Hackett said, addressing concerns that the pub’s atmosphere would change with its owners.
(5) He wasn’t here as prime minister, he was just here for a drink with his family.” Pharo was interrupted in the middle of her sentence by the phone ringing again.
(6) Pharo said MacKenzie had got Wallis to fire someone he didn’t like, but his boss fired someone else.
(7) Pharo spent the first hour and a half of his testimony painting the picture of the Sun under Brooks’ predecessor Kelvin MacKenzie.
(8) I simply don’t think we’re looking at anything like the full picture,” Pharo said.
(9) Pharo had replied to the email containing the edict, by saying this would “dramatically increase my workload”.
(10) Lauder Professor Emeritus of Public Health, Mary Elizabeth Tennant, Associate Professor Emeritus of Nursing (Public Health), A. Pharo Gagge, Emeritus Fellow, John B.
(11) Pharo said Wallis later “humiliated” him by making him the subject of the paper’s Dear Deidre agony aunt column.
(12) That‘s what grates you isn’t it, that the company’s shopped you?” Pharo replied: “No, what really grates me is that the company has provided a fraction of the evidence in this case and we fitted the bill.” Wright asked him how these missing emails could exculpate him, suggesting they were a “smoke screen” in his trial.
(13) With two charges dropped, Pharo now faces four charges of conspiring to commit misconduct in public office.
(14) Pharo said “what you might get is a protracted process of her stalling on the payments”, before clarifying to the judge that in two to 3% of cases there would be “no payment at all”.
(15) They never figured out why she ended up at Cadsden,” Pharo mused.
(16) In the witness box Pharo said he had no training on the payment of public officials in the Sun over a career that has spanned more than 20 years.
(17) There was really no way of auditing it properly and it had been set up by the company to facilitate getting stories,” Pharo told jurors.
(18) Pharo, who faced three charges, was accused of knowing about both sources and a third source, a Chelsea police officer who was said to have been leaking to another Sun journalist, who cannot be named for legal reasons.
(19) Pharo replied: “That’s not true.” Pharo said this was not so.
(20) Marks also told the jury to find Pharo not guilty of a further charge, count 6, which alleged a conspiracy to pay a serving soldier in the armed forces for a tip about Sandhurst between 12 and 30 April 2006.