noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a symbol/beacon of hope (= something that makes people have hope )
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Mandela was a symbol of hope for his whole country.
Belisha beacon
radio beacon
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
radio
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The airport has no radar nor instrument landing system and planes are guided in by radio beacon .
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Then the pilots apparently selected a heading toward another radio beacon near the threshold of runway 19.
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Following the crash the airliner's emergency radio beacon failed to function and rescue teams experienced difficulties locating the wreckage.
■ VERB
stand
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Without the slightest shred of evidence, those nebulous question marks stood out like warning beacons .
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Because they are so good, so smart, they stand out like beacons in a sea of mediocrity.
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His white cotton gloves stood out like beacons on the steering wheel.
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It stood out like a beacon in that rather murky period.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Navigation was helped by a radio beacon set up by the Army on the island.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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It might have been an airport beacon back on Earth, and he stared at it with a tightening of the throat.
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Like a lighthouse beacon , this magnetic field has guided ocean voyagers for hundreds of years.
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Now, one characteristic shines like a beacon in a storm, like the sun breaking through clouds.
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Soon they may be virtually invisible except for a discreet beacon .
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The International Hotel eviction was the beacon that drew attention to the problems of affordable housing, homelessness and poverty.
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When you first tune a station frequency, check the identification twice to make sure you have the right beacon .