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8 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —

• greenlight v. (Transitive) To approve; to permit to proceed.
• greenlight v. (Transitive, slang) To approve or requisition another’s harm or death; to put a hit out on.
• green-light v. Alternative spelling of greenlight.
• green␣light n. A traffic light in its green state (indicating that vehicles may proceed).
• green␣light n. (Idiomatic) Approval, or permission to proceed.
• green␣light n. (Slang) A go-ahead to commit a crime, specifically to carry out a hit on someone (i.e. to kill).

— English words, defined in French —

• green␣light n. (Sens propre) Feu vert.
• green␣light n. (Sens figuré) Feu vert (Sens figuré), accord, permission.

41 English words from 6 English definitions

ahead Alternative another Approval approve carry carry␣out commit crime death go␣ahead green greenlight green␣state harm hit hit␣on hit␣out Idiomatic indicating its kill light may out out␣on permission permit proceed put requisition slang someone specifically spelling state that traffic traffic␣light Transitive vehicles

6 English words from 2 foreign definitions

accord Feu permission propre Sens vert

4 foreign words from 2 foreign definitions

Feu␣vert figuré Sens␣figuré Sens␣propre

7 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

greenlights green-lights green␣lights greenlighted green-lighted greenlighting green-lighting

One prefix (New word found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

red␣light,␣green␣light

23 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

een -een e'en ENL enlight gre GRE gree green Green Green. IGH 'igh ight lig lig. light Light NLI ree Ree REE reen

19 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

eer EER -eer e'er erg ERG -erg- Gil GIL LNe LNE nee Nee née neer Neer NEER ne'er THG

3 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

greenlights green-lights green␣lights

5 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

lengthier lightener lingereth relighten threeling

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