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How to pronounce green
Say it like this: /ɡɹiːn/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does green mean?
nounThe color of grass and leaves; a primary additive color midway between yellow and blue which is evoked by light between roughly 495–570 nm.
A member of a green party; an environmentalist.
“How have greens sought to map an ecologically and socially sustainable future for society?”
A putting green, the part of a golf course near the hole.
“There are eighteen holes but I dare any visitor to find more than, say, twelve fairways and seven or eight greens.”
adjOf a green hue.
“He is wearing a green shirt.”
Sickly, unwell.
“Sally looks pretty green—is she going to be sick?”
Unripe, said of certain fruits that change color when they ripen.
verbTo make or turn (something) green or greener.
“Great spring before greened all the year.”
To become or grow green in color.
“by greening slope and singing flood”
To add greenspaces to (a town, etc.).
intjUsed to indicate that the speaker wishes to commence (or to continue a previously stopped) sexual activity.
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