greenlit
greenlit is the simple past and past participle of greenlight.
Meaning of greenlight
Verb
greenlight (third-person singular simple present greenlights, present participle greenlighting, simple past and past participle greenlighted or greenlit)
- To approve; to permit to proceed.
- 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
- Synonyms:
- allow, approve, give the go-ahead, give the green light, permit, rubber stamp, wave through
- To approve or requisition the harming or death of; to put a hit out on.
Questions about greenlit
- What is greenlit the simple past and past participle of?
- Greenlit is the simple past and past participle of greenlight.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: greenlit (page history and authors); greenlight (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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