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verb · irregular · transitive · rare

redlight

redlight · redlights · redlit / redlighted · redlighting

To deny, reject, or disapproveTo deny, reject, or disapprove; to prohibit from proceeding.

Meaning

2 senses

(transitive)To deny, reject, or disapprove; to prohibit from proceeding.
(transitive)To stop or cancel.

Origin

From red light.

From red light.

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Forms

redlights, redlighting, redlit, redlit

Base form	redlight · to redlight
3rd person singular	redlights
Present participle	redlighting
Past simple	redlit / redlighted
Past participle	redlit / redlighted

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	redlight
he, she, it	redlights

Past simpleLesson

all persons

redlit

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have redlit
he, she, it	has redlit

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will redlight

Synonyms

5 synonyms

disapprove:denyB1 disapproveB2 forbidA2 prohibitB2give the red light

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

redirect rediscoverC1 redistribute redness redoB2

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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