GREEN | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

Meaning of green in English

green
adjective
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/ɡriːn/ us
/ɡriːn/

green adjective (COLOUR)

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A1
of a colour between blue and yellow; of the colour of grass:
green vegetables
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green adjective (POLITICAL)

B2
relating to the protection of the environment:
green politics/issues
a green campaigner/activist
Green Party The Green Party has pledged to invest heavily in public transport.
go green
to do more to protect nature and the environment:
The Chancellor proposed a crackdown on car and plane emissions, and the introduction of tax incentives to go green.
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green adjective (PLANTS)

B1
covered with grass, trees, and other plants:
the green hills of Ireland
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green adjective (NOT READY)

(especially of fruit) not ready to eat, or (of wood) not dry enough to use:
green bananas/tomatoes
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green adjective (NOT EXPERIENCED)

informal
not experienced or trained:
I was very green when I started working there.
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greenness

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be green with envy
give the green light to something
go/turn green
green
noun
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/ɡriːn/

green noun (COLOUR)

A2 [ C or U ]
the colour of grass; a colour between blue and yellow:
light/pale green
dark/bottle green
 
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green noun (GRASS)

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an area planted with grass, especially for use by the public:
village green Children were playing on the village green.
 
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used as a part of a name:
Sheep's Green
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a flat area of grass surrounding the hole on a golf course
 
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green noun (FOOD)

greens [ plural ]
the leaves of green vegetables such as spinach or cabbage when eaten as food:
Come on now, eat your greens!
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Green
noun [ C ]
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/ɡriːn/
a member of the Green Party:
He used to be a Liberal, but now he's a Green.
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(Definition of green from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

green | American Dictionary

green
adjective, noun [ C/U ]
us
/ɡrin/

green adjective, noun [C/U] (COLOR)

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(of) the color that is a mixture of blue and yellow; the color of grass:
a green dress
[ C ] I don’t like that green.

Idioms

a green thumb
green with envy
green
adjective [ -er/-est only ]
us
/ɡrin/

green adjective [-er/-est only] (OF PLANTS)

of or relating to grass, trees, and other plants:
I’d like a green salad (= made with leafy vegetables).

green adjective [-er/-est only] (POLITICAL)

relating to the protection of the environment:
green politics

green adjective [-er/-est only] (NOT READY)

not experienced or trained:
I was pretty green when I joined this company.
green
noun [ C ]
regional US
us
/ɡrin/

green noun [C] (PLANTS)

an area planted with grass, esp. for use by the public:
The fair will be held on the green behind the library.
A green is also an area of smooth grass surrounding a hole on a golf course.
(Definition of green from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

green | Business English

green
adjective
  ENVIRONMENT, SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
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relating to or believing in the protection of the natural environment:
green issues/politics/solutions Small companies need green solutions to be more affordable.
Car manufacturers are investing in green technology.
Their recycling policies are very green.
a green campaigner/activist
Companies are becoming greener in response to customer expectations.
go green
to start doing things in a way that protects the natural environment:
There are many benefits for developers and builders who decide to go green.
My supermarket went green last year and has stopped supplying free plastic bags.
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Examples of green

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Such green speculations are problematic and will not be pursued further; purely human needs are the concern here.
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There are views over the green roof below and into the canopies of the surrounding trees.
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Outside this road, a green belt (100 metres wide) separated the city and surrounding countryside.
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Luminance-defined targets had the same hue and saturation as the background, whereas saturation-defined targets were green and equiluminant with the background.
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And if the soil is good, then the green twig will not be long in coming, and only a warm sun will nourish it.
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It is consistent with the conclusion that people typically see green objects as green, orange objects as orange, and so forth.
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We found that for both red and green center cells the data could be perfectly fitted by either mixed or pure surrounds.
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Cells of opposite polarity to the central reference cell are shown in red and those of the same polarity in green.
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Therefore, white-vented mynas probably preferred the green patches among residential buildings, as this may have allowed them to more efficiently exploit ephemeral anthropogenic food sources.
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Recent use of green oak springs from the realisation that fairly young trees offer a potential resource which can be converted to provide reasonable sections.
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For each directed green segment, there is an eaten square on its left side, and there is a blue (uneaten) square on its right side.
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Though more costly, the more sustainable option is the use of green manures.
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In other words, as the rate of import increases, the proportion of the obsidian assemblage that is green decreases.
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A popular explanation holds that large green jurisdictions have been forcing their trading partners to trade or ratchet up their regulation.
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But having said that, debbie tucker green's plays are real left-side-of-the-brain pieces of writing.
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Collocations with green

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brilliant green
Faecal samples were directly enriched in selenite brilliant green broth and selenite broth as described above.
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deep green
The okra variety is a day-neutral plant with deep green, broad leaves and moderate canopy height.
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dull green
It has oval-shaped dull green leaves and many peduncles bearing rounded inflorescences of bright magenta or purplish-pink flowers.
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顏色, 綠色的，草綠色的, 政治的…
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zelený, nezralý, nezkušený…
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