red light en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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A warning light, especially as a traffic signal indicating stop.
We ran three red lights on the way to the hospital.
Paddington [the GWR HQ] saw the red light, however, and the extension to Nantgarw was withdrawn on the G.W.R. agreeing "to lay down the narrow gauge [actually standard gauge as compared to broad gauge] from Didcot over the whole of their system in South Wales."
1955 April, D. S. Barrie, “Railways of the Bridgend District”, in Railway Magazine, page 447:
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A sign of a brothel.
Roxanne, you don't have to put on your red light.
1978, Sting, “Roxanne”:
- (idiomatic) A denial to proceed a ruling out of any possibility.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| red lights | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
red light camera · red-light district · run a red light
Holonyms
traffic signal · traffic light · stop light · stoplight
Relateds
Synonyms
stoplight (traffic signal for stop) · stop light (traffic signal for stop)
Translations (24)
de Rotlicht (a warning light, especially as a traffic signal) · hu piros fény (a warning light, especially as a traffic signal) · yue 紅燈 /红灯 (a warning light, especially as a traffic signal) · th ไฟแดง (a warning light, especially as a traffic signal) · ar ضَوْء أَحْمَر (a warning light, especially as a traffic signal) · fr feu rouge (a warning light, especially as a traffic signal) · sv rödljus (a warning light, especially as a traffic signal) · ru кра́сный свет (a warning light, especially as a traffic signal) · es luz roja (a warning light, especially as a traffic signal) · fi punainen valo (a warning light, especially as a traffic signal) · no rødt lys (a warning light, especially as a traffic signal) · vi đèn đỏ (a warning light, especially as a traffic signal) · ga solas dearg (a warning light, especially as a traffic signal) · shn ၽႆးလႅင် (a warning light, especially as a traffic signal) · ko 적색신호 (a warning light, especially as a traffic signal) · cmn 紅燈 /红灯 (a warning light, especially as a traffic signal) · lo ໄຟແດງ (a warning light, especially as a traffic signal) · ka წითელი შუქი (a warning light, especially as a traffic signal) · ko 빨간불 (a warning light, especially as a traffic signal) · ko 적신호 (a warning light, especially as a traffic signal) · tr kırmızı ışık (a warning light, especially as a traffic signal) · ja 赤信号 (a warning light, especially as a traffic signal) · ca llum vermell (a warning light, especially as a traffic signal) · shn ၾႆးလႅင် (a warning light, especially as a traffic signal)