Definition of Green light

1. Noun. A signal to proceed.

Exact synonyms: Go-ahead
Generic synonyms: Stoplight, Traffic Light, Traffic Signal
Derivative terms: Go Ahead

2. Noun. Permission to proceed with a project or to take action. "The gave the green light for construction to begin"
Generic synonyms: Permission

Definition of Green light

1. Noun. A traffic light in its green state (indicating that vehicles may proceed). ¹

2. Noun. (idiomatic) approval, or permission to proceed. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Green Light

green gram
green groceries
green haemoglobin
green hairstreak
green hairstreaks
green hellebore
green hellebores
green in the gills
green jersey
green labelling
green lacewing
green lane
green lead ore
green leek
green leeks
green light
green lights
green line
green lizard
green logging
green lung
green lungs
green mamba
green man
green manure
green market
green mayonnaise
green men
green monkey
green monkey disease

Literary usage of Green light

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"showed a second torch-light, and a green light (except when not visible, by reason of the glare of the torch-light, which, however, would not burn but a few ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1899)
"This cannot, of course, be done with inks, since if we print green ink over red the result will not he a mixture of red light and green light, but almost ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1899)
"This cannot, of course, be done with inks, since if we print green ink over red the result will not be a mixture of red light and green light, but almost ..."

4. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1889)
"Now by means of the cord close the small shutter, thus excluding the green light, rest the eye thoroughly, and then apply it to the tube. ..."

5. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1878)
"green light acted quickly on the red rods, but apparently caused the green ones to increase in number. Blue and violet rays acted like green. ..."

6. Principles and Practice of Electrical Engineering by Alexander Gray (1917)
"A yellow light is therefore the most efficient for high intensity illumination and a green light the most efficient for low intensities; these colors ..."

7. The American Annual of Photography (1909)
"Thus a sensation of "light blue" is produced by a mixture of green light and blue-violet light falling upon the eye, the red light being more or less absent ..."

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