beck
pronunciation
How to pronounce beck in British English:
UK [bek]
How to pronounce beck in American English:
US [bɛk]
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- Noun:
- a beckoning gesture
Word Origin
- beck (n.)
- late 14c., "mute signal," from noun use of bekken (v.), variant of becnan "to beckon" (see beckon). Transferred sense of "slightest indication of will" is from late 15c.
- beck (v.)
- c. 1300, shortening of beckon. (v.).
Example
- 1. Despite the beck revival , it is still far from achieving that .
- 2. Even glenn beck ought to be willing to do that .
- 3. After independence we would no longer be at the beck and call of the colonial master .
- 4. " Pet care is one of the few opportunities for people to be a nurturer again , " beck said .
- 5. Beck 's work focuses on how changes to the epigenome can lead to cancer .