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green

 
 
/griːn/ adjective

Translation

COLOUR being the same colour as grass
yeşil
The traffic lights turned green. 1503
ENVIRONMENT [always before noun] relating to nature and protecting the environment
tabiata/çevreyi korumaya ilişkin
a green activist/campaigner143
GRASS covered with grass or other plants
yeşil, yeşillik, çimenlik
green spaces 1432185
NOT EXPERIENCED informal having little experience or understanding
tecrübesiz, acemi
I was very green when I joined the company.10491134
be green with envy to wish very much that you had something that another person has
kıskançlıktan çatlamak; hasetlik etmek
2116
→ See also have green fingers → See also green light
(Definition of green adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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