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green·light

or green-light (grēn′līt′)

tr.v. green·light·ed or green·lit (-lĭt′), green·light·ing, green·lights or green-light·ed or green-lit or green-light·ing or green-lights Informal

To give permission to proceed with: "[He] commissioned the pilot that became 'Captain Kangaroo' and greenlighted the series" (Variety).

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greenlight

Past participle: greenlighted
Gerund: greenlighting

Imperative
greenlight
greenlight

Present
I greenlight
you greenlight
he/she/it greenlights
we greenlight
you greenlight
they greenlight

Preterite
I greenlighted
you greenlighted
he/she/it greenlighted
we greenlighted
you greenlighted
they greenlighted

Present Continuous
I am greenlighting
you are greenlighting
he/she/it is greenlighting
we are greenlighting
you are greenlighting
they are greenlighting

Present Perfect
I have greenlighted
you have greenlighted
he/she/it has greenlighted
we have greenlighted
you have greenlighted
they have greenlighted

Past Continuous
I was greenlighting
you were greenlighting
he/she/it was greenlighting
we were greenlighting
you were greenlighting
they were greenlighting

Past Perfect
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

Future Continuous
I will be greenlighting
you will be greenlighting
he/she/it will be greenlighting
we will be greenlighting
you will be greenlighting
they will be greenlighting

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been greenlighting
you have been greenlighting
he/she/it has been greenlighting
we have been greenlighting
you have been greenlighting
they have been greenlighting

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been greenlighting
you will have been greenlighting
he/she/it will have been greenlighting
we will have been greenlighting
you will have been greenlighting
they will have been greenlighting

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been greenlighting
you had been greenlighting
he/she/it had been greenlighting
we had been greenlighting
you had been greenlighting
they had been greenlighting

Conditional
I would greenlight
you would greenlight
he/she/it would greenlight
we would greenlight
you would greenlight
they would greenlight

Past Conditional
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

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References in periodicals archive ?

The objective of most production heads is to say `no' to people without them hating you," The exec then unveils his version of the standard greenlighting process around town.