Green
- noun
- /ɡrin/
- The Greens organized a community clean-up event to promote eco-friendly practices.
Examples
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As a dedicated member of the Greens, she spends her weekends advocating for renewable energy.
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Remember, green is about people and money as well as the rainforests and ice caps!
Academic text (2010) -
Consideration of toxic materials and processes is a part of green that is vital for us to be better human beings.
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Finally, as community leaders embraced and focused on "rebuilding green," they sometimes overlooked the needs of the town's elderly constituents.
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For this kokueki national interest faction, the pan-greens were easier to work with because they opposed China, Japan's chief strategic rival.
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Many Greens rallied to support the new environmental conservation law.
Synonyms
A person who works to protect nature and prevent pollution
A person who works to protect nature and reduce pollution
A person who cares about protecting the environment or something that is green
A person who cares about protecting the environment
Idioms
- Jargon
To look at the slope and surface of a golf green to decide how to hit a putt
Compounds
- US
An official card that allows a foreign person to live and work permanently in the United States
A political party that wants to protect the environment and support fair social policies
A period in the 1960s and 1970s when new seeds and fertilizers greatly increased food crops
- NSFW
A fictional food said to be made from people and used to warn about suspicious food
A range of mountains in Vermont, USA that are part of the Appalachian Mountains
- Specialized
Tiny living things in water that make food from light and often look blue-green
A river in the western United States that starts in Wyoming and flows south into the Colorado River
A low, soft green plant with creeping stems often used to make Christmas wreaths
- Literature
A soldier in green with no badge sent so a country can deny sending them
A West African monkey that lives in open grasslands with a greenish-grey back and a yellow tail
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Etymology
Green for a member of the Green Party comes from the color green, the color of plants and nature, so a 'Green' is someone who wants to protect the environment.