🇬🇧 Beam meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

To beam means to smile so big and so happily that your whole face looks bright, like you’re shining with joy. When you beam, your mouth stretches into a huge smile, your eyes sparkle, and people can easily tell that you feel very pleased or proud about something.

I beamed at the mirror to practice my smile, but my reflection looked like it wanted a refund.

The teacher beamed at us, which was scary, because we knew a pop quiz was coming.

I beamed so much in the class photo that my eyes disappeared into my cheeks.

Dad beamed with pride when I ate all my vegetables, then stopped beaming when I asked for ten desserts.

I beamed so widely at my crush that I forgot how to walk and tripped over invisible air.

At the small school show, the shy student steps forward. Parents beam, friends beam, neighbors beam, and I beam so hard my eyes sting. Warm stage light pools around their small hands. The student smiles and they beam back as the first clear note rings. The hall cheers and people beam with her.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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