Meaning

3 senses
  1. A warning light, especially as a traffic signal indicating stop.

    We ran three red lights on the way to the hospital.

    Rotlicht

    кра́сный светkrásnyj svet

    the signal to stop

  2. A sign of a brothel.

    a cautionary sign of danger

  3. (idiomatic)A denial to proceed a ruling out of any possibility.

Examples

108 sentences
  1. I ran a red light.

    Я проїхав на червоне світло.

    ruЯ проехал на красный.

    deIch bin über eine rote Ampel gefahren.

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  2. You ran a red light.

    Ви проїхали на червоне світло.

    ruВы проехали на красный свет.

    deDu hast eine rote Ampel überfahren.

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  3. The red light has gone off.

    ruКрасный свет погас.

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  4. Tom didn't run the red light.

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  5. You just ran a red light.

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
a warning light, especially as a traffic signal:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a warning light, especially as a traffic signal:

Forms

plural: red lights
Singularred light
Pluralred lights

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
traffic signal for stop:stoplightstop light
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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