"greenlight" meaning in All languages combined

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "redlight"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "green light"
      },
      "expansion": "green light",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From green light.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "greenlights",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "greenlighting",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "greenlighted",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "greenlighted",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "greenlit",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "greenlit",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "greenlights",
        "2": "greenlighting",
        "3": "greenlighted",
        "past2": "greenlit"
      },
      "expansion": "greenlight (third-person singular simple present greenlights, present participle greenlighting, simple past and past participle greenlighted or greenlit)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2020 December 2, Paul Stephen, “Network News: Sunak focuses on jobs, infrastructure and 'levelling up'”, in Rail, page 7",
          "text": "Labour's Shadow Chancellor Anneliese Dodds hit back at Sunak and said that his failure to greenlight major projects such as Northern Powerhouse Rail showed that government claims of levelling up the country were \"not supported by the evidence\".",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To approve; to permit to proceed."
      ],
      "id": "en-greenlight-en-verb-ESQHyGjt",
      "links": [
        [
          "approve",
          "approve"
        ],
        [
          "permit",
          "permit"
        ],
        [
          "proceed",
          "proceed"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To approve; to permit to proceed."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "69 31",
          "sense": "approve",
          "word": "allow"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 31",
          "sense": "approve",
          "word": "approve"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 31",
          "sense": "approve",
          "word": "give the go-ahead"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 31",
          "sense": "approve",
          "word": "give the green light"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 31",
          "sense": "approve",
          "word": "permit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 31",
          "sense": "approve",
          "word": "rubber stamp"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 31",
          "sense": "approve",
          "word": "wave through"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "69 31",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to approve",
          "word": "näyttää vihreää valoa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 31",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to approve",
          "word": "donner le/son feu vert pour"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 31",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to approve",
          "word": "grünes Licht geben"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 31",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to approve",
          "word": "genehmigen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 31",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to approve",
          "word": "approvare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 31",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to approve",
          "word": "omologare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 31",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to approve",
          "word": "dar sinal verde (o)"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 31",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to approve",
          "word": "permitir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 31",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to approve",
          "word": "aprovar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 31",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to approve",
          "word": "dar luz verde a"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "14 86",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To approve or requisition the harming or death of; to put a hit out on."
      ],
      "id": "en-greenlight-en-verb-rwv0enFB",
      "links": [
        [
          "harm",
          "harm"
        ],
        [
          "death",
          "death"
        ],
        [
          "hit",
          "hit"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, slang) To approve or requisition the harming or death of; to put a hit out on."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡɹiːnlaɪt/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "green-light"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Google Ngram Viewer"
  ],
  "word": "greenlight"
}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "redlight"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "green light"
      },
      "expansion": "green light",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From green light.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "greenlights",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "greenlighting",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "greenlighted",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "greenlighted",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "greenlit",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "greenlit",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "greenlights",
        "2": "greenlighting",
        "3": "greenlighted",
        "past2": "greenlit"
      },
      "expansion": "greenlight (third-person singular simple present greenlights, present participle greenlighting, simple past and past participle greenlighted or greenlit)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2020 December 2, Paul Stephen, “Network News: Sunak focuses on jobs, infrastructure and 'levelling up'”, in Rail, page 7",
          "text": "Labour's Shadow Chancellor Anneliese Dodds hit back at Sunak and said that his failure to greenlight major projects such as Northern Powerhouse Rail showed that government claims of levelling up the country were \"not supported by the evidence\".",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To approve; to permit to proceed."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "approve",
          "approve"
        ],
        [
          "permit",
          "permit"
        ],
        [
          "proceed",
          "proceed"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To approve; to permit to proceed."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English slang",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To approve or requisition the harming or death of; to put a hit out on."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "harm",
          "harm"
        ],
        [
          "death",
          "death"
        ],
        [
          "hit",
          "hit"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, slang) To approve or requisition the harming or death of; to put a hit out on."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡɹiːnlaɪt/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "approve",
      "word": "allow"
    },
    {
      "sense": "approve",
      "word": "approve"
    },
    {
      "sense": "approve",
      "word": "give the go-ahead"
    },
    {
      "sense": "approve",
      "word": "give the green light"
    },
    {
      "sense": "approve",
      "word": "permit"
    },
    {
      "sense": "approve",
      "word": "rubber stamp"
    },
    {
      "sense": "approve",
      "word": "wave through"
    },
    {
      "word": "green-light"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to approve",
      "word": "näyttää vihreää valoa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to approve",
      "word": "donner le/son feu vert pour"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to approve",
      "word": "grünes Licht geben"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to approve",
      "word": "genehmigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to approve",
      "word": "approvare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to approve",
      "word": "omologare"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to approve",
      "word": "dar sinal verde (o)"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to approve",
      "word": "permitir"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to approve",
      "word": "aprovar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to approve",
      "word": "dar luz verde a"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Google Ngram Viewer"
  ],
  "word": "greenlight"
}