beckoned
past simple and past participle ofbeckon
beckon
verb
uk/ˈbek.ən/us/ˈbek.ən/[IorT]
tomoveyourhandorheadin a way thattellssomeone to comenearer:
Thecustomsofficialbeckoned the womantohiscounter.
"Hey you!" she called, beckoning meoverwith herfinger.
He beckonedtome, as if hewantedtospeakto me.
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If something beckons, itattractspeople:
Formanyyoungpeople, thebrightlightsof thecitybeckon, though a lot of them end upsleepingon thestreets.
[I]
If aneventorachievementbeckons, it islikelytohappen:
She's anexcellentstudent,forwhom awonderfulfuturebeckons.
Gestures & gesturing
- air punch
- air quotes
- bat
- beckon
- bird
- blowsomeonea kissphrase
- flipsomeoneoff
- flourish
- gesticulate
- gesticulation
- gesture
- peace sign
- pumpsomeone'shandidiom
- shake
- shrug
- signing
- snapyourfingersidiom
- stick/putyourtongue outidiom
- tongue
- wink
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Attracting and tempting
About to happen
Examplesofbeckoned
beckoned
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
That was the uncharted territory thatbeckonedto the young and bold.
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A range of new frontiersbeckonedthe importunate eighteenth-century barrister.
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After more than a decade of continual political failure, emigrationbeckoned.
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Readers of the later textbooks arebeckonedto take the psychologist's standpoint - that is, to acquire the ability to know with certainty the "real" of life experiences.
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Ibeckonedto him to try to find out from him how late he wanted us to sit tonight.
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By that time he came to the door andbeckonedme, and pointed to the corner of a room of the house.
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Nevertheless, at that meeting she urged people to move from areas where there was unemployment to areas where opportunitybeckoned.
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Ibeckonedto you as to a powerful angel.
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Instead of that, the policeman quietlybeckonedhim to leave.
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Those two new townsbeckonedand welcomed to the green fields upon which they were built the residents of our towns and cities.
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His long-time infatuation with the seabeckonedhim.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He continued writing novels there for six more years until the nascent film industrybeckoned.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Having donned the perfect disguise, and being assured in sign language that his effects would be safe, the boybeckonedhim to follow.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It is the call of the mountains which hasbeckonedme to them.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Movies alsobeckoned, although he did not pursue it with vigor.
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