Information about the word greenlight (English → Esperanto: aprobi)

Synonyms: approve, countenance, endorse, sanction, authorize, pass

Part of speechverb
Pronunciation/ˈɡɹiːlaɪ̯t/
Hyphenationgreen·light
Shavian alphabet𐑜𐑮𐑰𐑯𐑤𐑲𐑑

Conjugation

Indicative mood
Present tensePast tense
(I) greenlight(I) greenlit, greenlighted
(thou) greenlightst(thou) greenlitst, greenlitest, greenlightedst
(he) greenlights, greenlighteth(he) greenlit, greenlighted
(we) greenlight(we) greenlit, greenlighted
(you) greenlight(you) greenlit, greenlighted
(they) greenlight(they) greenlit, greenlighted
Subjunctive mood
Present tensePast tense
(I) greenlight (I) greenlit, greenlighted
(thou) greenlight(thou) greenlit, greenlighted
(he) greenlight(he) greenlit, greenlighted
(we) greenlight(we) greenlit, greenlighted
(you) greenlight(you) greenlit, greenlighted
(they) greenlight(they) greenlit, greenlighted
Imperative mood
greenlight
Participles
Present participlePast participle
greenlightinggreenlit, greenlighted

Usage samples

The UK has greenlit a controversial plan to open the country’s first new coalmine in three decades, a little more than a year after the nation tried to convince the world to ditch coal at the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow.

Translations

Afrikaansgoedkeur
Catalanaprovar
Danishgodkende
Dutchgoedkeuren
Esperantoaprobi
Faeroesegóðkenna; viðurkenna
Finnishhyväksyä
Frenchapprouver; donner son accord
Germanapprobieren; billigen; genehmigen; gutheißen; autorisieren; zustimmen
Italianapprovare
Latinapprobare
Papiamentoaprobá
Portugueseaplaudir; aprovar; assentir; deferir
Russianодобрять
Saterland Frisianapprobierje; billigje; geneemigje; goudheete
Spanishaprobar
Swedishgodkänna
Turkishbeğenmek
West Frisiangoedkarre