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code red

code red noun: the condition on the occurrence of a fire at the medical facility.

Noun

code red (countable and uncountable, plural code reds)

  1. (Canada, US) The condition on the occurrence of a fire at the medical facility.
  2. (Canada, US) An extrajudicial punishment.
  3. (figuratively) A condition of immediate urgency.
    • Last week, some of the world’s leading climate change scientists confirmed that humans are making irreversible changes to our planet and extreme weather will only become more severe. This news is a “code red for humanity,” said the United Nations secretary general.2021 August 19, Greta Thunberg, Adriana Calderón, Farzana Faruk Jhumu, Eric Njuguna, quoting António Guterres, “This Is the World Being Left to Us by Adults”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived...
    • Although ChatGPT still has plenty of room for improvement, its release led Google’s management to declare a “code red.” For Google, this was akin to pulling the fire alarm.2022 December 21, Nico Grant, Cade Metz, “A New Chat Bot Is a ‘Code Red’ for Google’s Search Business”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 21 Dec 2022

Forms of code red

pluralcode reds

Questions about code red

What does code red mean?
Code red means the condition on the occurrence of a fire at the medical facility.
What part of speech is code red?
Code red is a noun.
What is the plural of code red?
The plural of code red is code reds.

Words near code red in the dictionary

  1. code pages
  2. code point
  3. code points
  4. code position
  5. code positions
  6. code red
  7. code red drill
  8. code reds
  9. code review
  10. code reviewed
  11. code reviewing

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