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red
rɛd Listen
Meanings
adjective
  • of a colour at the end of the spectrum next to orange and opposite violet, as of blood, fire, or rubies.
    E.g. her red lips
  • communist or socialist (used especially during the Cold War with reference to the Soviet Union).
    E.g. the era of nuclear anxiety, the red scare and covert CIA plots
  • involving bloodshed or violence.
    E.g. red battle stamps his foot and nations feel the shock
  • (of a Xhosa) coming from a traditional tribal culture.
    E.g. a red Xhosa wife spends several years in her mother-in-law's homestead
noun
  • red colour or pigment.
    E.g. their work is marked in red by the teacher
  • a red thing.
    E.g. which dress - the black or the red?
  • a communist or socialist.
  • the situation of owing money to a bank or making a loss in a business operation.
    E.g. the company was £4 million in the red
red-
rɛd Listen
Meanings
prefix
  • variant spelling of re- before a vowel (as in redolent ).
re-
riː Listen
Meanings
prefix
  • once more; afresh; anew.
    E.g. reaccustom
  • in return; mutually.
    E.g. react
  • behind or after.
    E.g. relic
  • with frequentative or intensive force.
    E.g. refine
  • with negative force.
    E.g. recant

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