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GREEN LIGHT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Permission to proceed with a project or to take action
Example:
the gave the green light for construction to begin
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("green light" is a kind of...):
permission (approval to do something)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A signal to proceed
Synonyms:
go-ahead; green light
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("green light" is a kind of...):
stoplight; traffic light; traffic signal (a visual signal to control the flow of traffic at intersections)
Context examples:
"If it wasn't for the mist we could see your home across the bay," said Gatsby. "You always have a green light that burns all night at the end of your dock."
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
And as I sat there brooding on the old, unknown world, I thought of Gatsby's wonder when he first picked out the green light at the end of Daisy's dock.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that's no matter—tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther. . . . And one fine morning—
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
