Greenlight

//ˈɡɹiːnlaɪt//

Synonyms for "greenlight" (10 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Verb(1 words)

Strong matches (3)

Related words (5)

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

4 entries

Antonyms

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Synonyms

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derived

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derived from

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etymologically related_to

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related to

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Translations

10 translations across 6 languages.

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Finnish

1 entries
  • näyttää vihreää valoa verb (to approve)

French

1 entries
  • donner le/son feu vert pour verb (to approve)

German

2 entries
  • genehmigen verb (to approve)
  • grünes Licht geben verb (to approve)

Italian

2 entries
  • approvare verb (to approve)
  • omologare verb (to approve)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • aprovar verb (to approve)
  • dar sinal verde (o) verb (to approve)
  • permitir verb (to approve)

Spanish

1 entries
  • dar luz verde a verb (to approve)

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

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".

Source: wiktionary

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.

Source: wiktionary

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