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I suspect that most people in the world will travel through or at least wish to travel through Miami in their lifetimes. I think it is on the same level as seeing the pyramids in Giza for many people. But, Miami is slippery: It is a place that is always that distant orgiastic green light while also being a hot, tropical, and very real place.
Jim Drain

Meaning of "green light" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GREEN LIGHT

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GREEN LIGHT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Green light is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

WHAT DOES GREEN LIGHT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of green light in the English dictionary

The first definition of green light in the dictionary is a signal to go, esp a green traffic light. Other definition of green light is permission to proceed with a project. Green light is also to permit to proceed.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GREEN LIGHT

green flash
green footprint
green gland
green glass
Green Goddess
green gram
green heron
green iguana
green keeper
green leek
green light district
green line
green lung
green manure
green monkey
green monkey disease
green mould

WORDS THAT END LIKE GREEN LIGHT

back-up light
backlight
bright
come to light
daylight
delight
flashlight
flight
headlight
highlight
in mid-flight
light
limelight
moonlight
red light
slight
spotlight
starlight
sunlight
the spotlight
twilight

Synonyms and antonyms of green light in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «GREEN LIGHT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «green light» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of green light

Translation of «green light» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GREEN LIGHT

Find out the translation of green light to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of green light from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «green light» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

绿灯
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

luz verde
570 millions of speakers

English

green light
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

हरी बत्ती
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الضوء الأخضر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

зеленый свет
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

luz verde
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সবুজ আলো
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

feu vert
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

lampu hijau
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

grünes Licht
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

緑色の光
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

녹색 등
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lampu ijo
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ánh sáng màu xanh lá cây
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பச்சை விளக்கு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हिरवा प्रकाश
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yeşil ışık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

luce verde
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zielone światło
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

зелене світло
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

lumina verde
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πράσινο φως
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

groen lig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

grönt ljus
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

grønt lys
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of green light

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GREEN LIGHT»

The term «green light» is quite widely used and occupies the 25.539 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GREEN LIGHT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about green light

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6 QUOTES WITH «GREEN LIGHT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word green light.
1
Nick Bantock
Growing up in England, people told you why you couldn't do things. Suddenly, I had a publisher banging on my door, and was given the creative green light to simply make.
2
Jim Drain
I suspect that most people in the world will travel through or at least wish to travel through Miami in their lifetimes. I think it is on the same level as seeing the pyramids in Giza for many people. But, Miami is slippery: It is a place that is always that distant orgiastic green light while also being a hot, tropical, and very real place.
3
Adam Pally
Nothing surprises me on 'Happy Endings,' because the show - I think one of the awesome things about the show is that it's so open to doing anything. We could do a genre episode. We have the green light to do whatever we want. Mostly because no one's watching.
4
Sasha Pieterse
I was asked to do a reading of 'G.B.F.' and I loved the script. I thought it was one of the most amazing things I'd read, but it took a year to get a green light for production.
5
Sigmar Polke
Light is a metaphoric thing. There is green light and red light. Then there is black light, which is mostly danger.
6
Albert Schweitzer
An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight... the truly wise person is colorblind.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GREEN LIGHT»

Discover the use of green light in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to green light and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Red Light, Green Light
It's a world where imagination rules and creativity abounds. With its bouncy rhyming text and bright illustrations, this book is perfect for every preschooler who loves planes, trains, and automobiles.
Anastasia Suen, 2005
2
Red Light, Green Light
All day and night the traffic signal blinks its messages of stop and go.
Margaret Wise Brown, 1994
3
Green Light Classrooms: Teaching Techniques That Accelerate ...
This teacher-friendly guide includes sample lesson plans and brain-compatible strategies to motivate students of any grade level, create new memory pathways, and significantly impact learning.
Rich Allen, 2008
4
Green Light for Murder
A mad director, off his meds, is making a movie about how he murders the producers who ruined his career.
Heywood Gould, 2012
5
White Powder, Green Light
In Soho Paul Salmon, co-producer of the ghastly Britpack Russian Mafia caper Base Metal, is busy chasing his next project and not taking cocaine.
James Hawes, 2003
6
Gi Diet Green Light Cookbook: 100 Green Light Healthy
This is the first illustrated cookbook from the author of bestselling "GI Diet" series.
Rick Gallop, 2006
7
Ii-Vi Semiconductor Blue/Green Light Emitters
This volume provides one of the first comprehensive reviews combining recent breakthroughs in blue/green semiconductor lasers based on II-VI materials and fundamentally important issues about the development and extension of these lasers to ...
‎1997
8
The Great Gatsby
A social satire and a milestone in 20th century literature, 'The Great Gatsby' peels away the layers of the glamorous twenties in the U.S. to display the coldness and cruelty at its heart.
F.Scott Fitzgerald, 2012
9
Game Design: From Blue Sky to Green Light
This book takes a real-world, in-depth journey through the game-design process, from the initial blue sky sessions to pitching for a green light.
Deborah Todd, 2007
10
Green Light
Izumi plans to ruin the reputation of his long-time rival, popular Natsuki, by spreading the rumor that Natsuki is gay and jokingly dating him, but the joke turns into something else when Natsuki takes Izumi's proposition seriously.
Yura Tamaki, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GREEN LIGHT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term green light is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Cyclists in Paris get the green light to jump red - The Local
Cyclists in Paris will now legally be able to do what most of them having been doing for years – jump the red light instead of waiting for it to go ... «The Local.fr, Jul 15»
2
Virgin, Jetstar give flights green light | SBS News
Virgin Australia and Jetstar will continue to bring stranded Australians back home from Bali, with favourable flying conditions over Denpasar ... «SBS, Jul 15»
3
Niger appeal court gives green light to baby-trafficking trial - Daily Mail
NIAMEY, July 13 (Reuters) - A Niger appeal court in Niamey gave a criminal court the go-ahead for a child-trafficking case involving the former ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
4
Fluffy dual occupancy changes set for green light - Canberra Times
The first Fluffy house to be demolished, in Sternberg Crescent, Wanniassa. Neighbours of Fluffy homes are worried about the plan to allow dual ... «The Canberra Times, Jul 15»
5
Green light for Perth airport rail link | International Railway Journal
PERTH's Forrestfield-Airport Link took an important step towards the start of construction on July 13, when Western Australia's Environmental ... «International Railway Journal, Jul 15»
6
DIY stores Praxis, Formido get green light for sale - DutchNews.nl
DIY stores Praxis, Formido get green light for sale. Business. July 13, 2015. The Maxeda DIY group has been given permission by the European Commission to ... «DutchNews.nl, Jul 15»
7
Brand new Waid Academy is expected to get the green light - Fife …
Construction of a new secondary school in Anstruther will begin soon if the green light is given this week. Councillors will be asked on ... «The Courier, Jul 15»
8
Amber isn't green light to speed - Manteca Bulletin
All traffic signals in Manteca are set to give drivers ample time to either clear an intersection or stop depending up where they are on the road ... «Manteca Bulletin, Jul 15»
9
Villagers furious at council 'green light' to new homes - Horncastle …
Angry residents in Wragby have branded East Lindsey District Council's planning process as a “sham” after losing a two year battle to stop a ... «Horncastle News, Jul 15»
10
Finextra: Finextra PR: ECB gives green light to eBay-PayPal split
ECB gives green light to eBay-PayPal split. 18 minutes ago | 198 views | 0 Source: eBay. Earlier today, we learned that the European Central Bank (ECB) has ... «Finextra, Jul 15»

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