Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to greenlight
Participle: greenlighted
Gerund: greenlighting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | greenlight |
| you | greenlight |
| he;she;it | greenlights |
| we | greenlight |
| you | greenlight |
| they | greenlight |
Perfect
| I | have greenlighted |
| you | have greenlighted |
| he;she;it | has greenlighted |
| we | have greenlighted |
| you | have greenlighted |
| they | have greenlighted |
Past
| I | greenlighted |
| you | greenlighted |
| he;she;it | greenlighted |
| we | greenlighted |
| you | greenlighted |
| they | greenlighted |
Pluperfect
| I | had greenlighted |
| you | had greenlighted |
| he;she;it | had greenlighted |
| we | had greenlighted |
| you | had greenlighted |
| they | had greenlighted |
Future
| I | will greenlight |
| you | will greenlight |
| he;she;it | will greenlight |
| we | will greenlight |
| you | will greenlight |
| they | will greenlight |
Future Perfect
| I | will have greenlighted |
| you | will have greenlighted |
| he;she;it | will have greenlighted |
| we | will have greenlighted |
| you | will have greenlighted |
| they | will have greenlighted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | greenlight |
| you | greenlight |
| he;she;it | greenlight |
| we | greenlight |
| you | greenlight |
| they | greenlight |
Perfect
| I | have greenlighted |
| you | have greenlighted |
| he;she;it | have greenlighted |
| we | have greenlighted |
| you | have greenlighted |
| they | have greenlighted |
Imperfect
| I | greenlighted |
| you | greenlighted |
| he;she;it | greenlighted |
| we | greenlighted |
| you | greenlighted |
| they | greenlighted |
Pluperfect
| I | had greenlighted |
| you | had greenlighted |
| he;she;it | had greenlighted |
| we | had greenlighted |
| you | had greenlighted |
| they | had greenlighted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would greenlight |
| you | would greenlight |
| he;she;it | would greenlight |
| we | would greenlight |
| you | would greenlight |
| they | would greenlight |
Perfect
| I | would have greenlighted |
| you | would have greenlighted |
| he;she;it | would have greenlighted |
| we | would have greenlighted |
| you | would have greenlighted |
| they | would have greenlighted |
Imperative
| you | greenlight |
| we | Let's greenlight |
| you | greenlight |
Verbs conjugated like 'greenlight'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'greenlight'
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From green light.
Sample Sentences
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Labour's Shadow Chancellor Anneliese Dodds hit back at Sunak and said that his failure to greenlight major projects such as Northern Powerhouse Rail showed that government claims of levelling up the country were "not supported by the evidence". [2020 December 2, Paul Stephen, “Network News: Sunak focuses on jobs, infrastructure and 'levelling up'”, in Rail, page 7:]
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The United Kingdom (UK) is reportedly waiting for US approval before greenlighting Ukrainian forces to use UK-provided Storm Shadow missiles for long-range strikes against military targets in Russia. [2024 August 11, Riley Bailey, Christina Harward, Angelica Evans, Grace Mappes, Davit Gasparyan, Frederick W. Kagan, “Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 17, 2024”, in Ukraine Project, The Institute for the Study of War:]