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{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "redlight"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From green light.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "greenlights",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "greenlighting",
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"participle",
"present"
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},
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"participle",
"past"
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},
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"past"
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},
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"form": "greenlit",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
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"form": "greenlit",
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"past"
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}
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"_dis": "50 50",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
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{
"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": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2024 August 11, Riley Bailey, Christina Harward, Angelica Evans, Grace Mappes, Davit Gasparyan, Frederick W. Kagan, “Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 17, 2024”, in Ukraine Project, The Institute for the Study of War:",
"text": "The United Kingdom (UK) is reportedly waiting for US approval before greenlighting Ukrainian forces to use UK-provided Storm Shadow missiles for long-range strikes against military targets in Russia.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To approve; to permit to proceed."
],
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[
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],
[
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"(transitive, idiomatic, informal) To approve; to permit to proceed."
],
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{
"_dis1": "69 31",
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"_dis1": "69 31",
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},
{
"_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"
}
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"_dis1": "69 31",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to approve",
"word": "näyttää vihreää valoa"
},
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"_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"
}
]
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"_dis": "31 69",
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},
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"_dis": "31 69",
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "28 72",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
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{
"_dis": "50 50",
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"_dis": "24 76",
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"glosses": [
"To approve or requisition the harming or death of; to put a hit out on."
],
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"harm",
"harm"
],
[
"death",
"death"
],
[
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"hit"
]
],
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"(transitive, slang, idiomatic) To approve or requisition the harming or death of; to put a hit out on."
],
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"slang",
"transitive"
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/ˈɡɹiːnlaɪt/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "green-light"
}
],
"word": "greenlight"
}
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"word": "redlight"
}
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"English lemmas",
"English verbs",
"Entries with translation boxes",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Terms with Finnish translations",
"Terms with French translations",
"Terms with German translations",
"Terms with Italian translations",
"Terms with Portuguese translations",
"Terms with Spanish translations"
],
"etymology_text": "From green light.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "greenlights",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "greenlighting",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "greenlighted",
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"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "greenlighted",
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"past"
]
},
{
"form": "greenlit",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "greenlit",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
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},
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"name": "en-verb"
}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
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"English idioms",
"English informal terms",
"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": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2024 August 11, Riley Bailey, Christina Harward, Angelica Evans, Grace Mappes, Davit Gasparyan, Frederick W. Kagan, “Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 17, 2024”, in Ukraine Project, The Institute for the Study of War:",
"text": "The United Kingdom (UK) is reportedly waiting for US approval before greenlighting Ukrainian forces to use UK-provided Storm Shadow missiles for long-range strikes against military targets in Russia.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To approve; to permit to proceed."
],
"links": [
[
"approve",
"approve"
],
[
"permit",
"permit"
],
[
"proceed",
"proceed"
]
],
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"(transitive, idiomatic, informal) To approve; to permit to proceed."
],
"tags": [
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"informal",
"transitive"
]
},
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"English slang",
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"To approve or requisition the harming or death of; to put a hit out on."
],
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[
"harm",
"harm"
],
[
"death",
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[
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],
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"(transitive, slang, idiomatic) To approve or requisition the harming or death of; to put a hit out on."
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic",
"slang",
"transitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈɡɹiːnlaɪt/"
}
],
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{
"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"
}
],
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"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"
}
],
"word": "greenlight"
}
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