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# beckon

verb (beckons, beckoned, beckoning)

«beckon» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To beckon is to move the hand or head to call someone to come closer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beckon/#m1)
2. To beckon can also mean to attract or tempt, as bright lights seem to call you. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beckon/#m2)

### In the lessons

in stories, a light, a window or a bright thing that seems to call someone in

### Examples

- She beckoned to me with her hand. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beckon/#x1)
- The waves beckoned the children to the beach. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beckon/#x2)
- The lights of the town beckoned to us. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beckon/#x3)
- He nodded and beckoned us in. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beckon/#x4)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «beckon» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beckon/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«beckon» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/beckon.html) on Mova free.