"redlight" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: redlights [present, singular, third-person], redlighting [participle, present], redlit [participle, past], redlit [past], redlighted [participle, past], redlighted [past], red-light [alternative]
Etymology: From red light. Head templates: {{en-verb|redlights|redlighting|redlit|past2=redlighted}} redlight (third-person singular simple present redlights, present participle redlighting, simple past and past participle redlit or redlighted)
  1. (transitive) To deny, reject, or disapprove; to prohibit from proceeding. Tags: transitive Synonyms (disapprove): deny, disapprove, forbid, give the red light, prohibit
    Sense id: en-redlight-en-verb-cB3vmjDd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 83 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 83 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 86 14 Disambiguation of 'disapprove': 100 0
  2. (transitive) To stop or cancel. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-redlight-en-verb-~LCLzyY3

Inflected forms

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "greenlight"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From red light.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "redlights",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "redlighting",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "redlit",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "redlit",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "redlighted",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "redlighted",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "red-light",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "redlights",
        "2": "redlighting",
        "3": "redlit",
        "past2": "redlighted"
      },
      "expansion": "redlight (third-person singular simple present redlights, present participle redlighting, simple past and past participle redlit or redlighted)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "83 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "83 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "86 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To deny, reject, or disapprove; to prohibit from proceeding."
      ],
      "id": "en-redlight-en-verb-cB3vmjDd",
      "links": [
        [
          "deny",
          "deny"
        ],
        [
          "reject",
          "reject"
        ],
        [
          "disapprove",
          "disapprove"
        ],
        [
          "prohibit",
          "prohibit"
        ],
        [
          "proceeding",
          "proceeding"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To deny, reject, or disapprove; to prohibit from proceeding."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "sense": "disapprove",
          "word": "deny"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "sense": "disapprove",
          "word": "disapprove"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "sense": "disapprove",
          "word": "forbid"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "sense": "disapprove",
          "word": "give the red light"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "sense": "disapprove",
          "word": "prohibit"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To stop or cancel."
      ],
      "id": "en-redlight-en-verb-~LCLzyY3",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To stop or cancel."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "redlight"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "greenlight"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From red light.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "redlights",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "redlighting",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "redlit",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "redlit",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "redlighted",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "redlighted",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "red-light",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "redlights",
        "2": "redlighting",
        "3": "redlit",
        "past2": "redlighted"
      },
      "expansion": "redlight (third-person singular simple present redlights, present participle redlighting, simple past and past participle redlit or redlighted)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To deny, reject, or disapprove; to prohibit from proceeding."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "deny",
          "deny"
        ],
        [
          "reject",
          "reject"
        ],
        [
          "disapprove",
          "disapprove"
        ],
        [
          "prohibit",
          "prohibit"
        ],
        [
          "proceeding",
          "proceeding"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To deny, reject, or disapprove; to prohibit from proceeding."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To stop or cancel."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To stop or cancel."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "disapprove",
      "word": "deny"
    },
    {
      "sense": "disapprove",
      "word": "disapprove"
    },
    {
      "sense": "disapprove",
      "word": "forbid"
    },
    {
      "sense": "disapprove",
      "word": "give the red light"
    },
    {
      "sense": "disapprove",
      "word": "prohibit"
    }
  ],
  "word": "redlight"
}

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