Green Light Definition

noun
The green-colored light that signals traffic to proceed.
American Heritage
Permission or authorization to proceed with a proposed undertaking, as the project of making a film from a script that has been submitted.
Webster's New World
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verb

Alternative spelling of greenlight.

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Other Word Forms of Green Light

Noun

Singular:
green light
Plural:
green-lights

Origin of Green Light

  • From the standard red-green color scheme used in traffic lights and railway signals.

    From Wiktionary

Green Light Sentence Examples

  • I'm just … waiting for the green light.

  • Wynn's gaze was on the figures across the lake, his impassive features bathed in green light.

  • I'm just … waiting for the green light.

  • A massive shake-up of special education in Sandwell has been given the green light.

  • For they were in the streets of a beautiful emerald-green city, bathed in a grateful green light that was especially pleasing to their eyes, and surrounded by merry faced people in gorgeous green-and-gold costumes of many extraordinary designs.

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