Beckoned

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  • v. Simple past tense and past participle of beckon.
  • Word Usage
    "With such a To-Be-Continued ending, it produces contradictory emotions - on one hand there was too little payoff after the slower prose associated with complex world building; on the other hand, A World Too Near beckoned from the shelf immediately."
    Verb Form
    beckoned    beckoning    beckons   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    gesticulate    gesture    motion    summon    appeal   
    Form
    beckoned    beckoning   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    beck    gesture   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    reckon    second   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    shushing    scarp    gibbous    automaticity    grandstanding