- (especially literary) made of gold
- a golden crown
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- gleam
- look
- …
- faintly
- softly
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- bright yellow in colour like gold
- golden hair
- miles of golden beaches
- Bake for ten minutes until the pastry is crisp and golden.
Extra ExamplesTopics Colours and Shapesb2- The walls gleamed golden in the light of the setting sun.
- The whole sky turned golden and red.
- the faintly golden afternoon light
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- gleam
- look
- …
- faintly
- softly
- special; wonderful
- golden memories
- Businesses have a golden opportunity to expand into new markets.
- Hollywood’s golden boy
Extra Examples- Halfway through the game, the striker missed a golden opportunity.
- I realized that this was my golden opportunity to say what I thought.
- This will be a golden opportunity for you to meet your pop idols.
Idioms
See golden in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee golden in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishbe golden
- (North American English, informal) to be in a situation where you are successful or do not have any problems
- He thinks once he gets the money he'll be golden.
- If it works this time, we’re golden.
the happy/golden mean
- (approving) a course of action that is not extreme
kill the goose that lays the golden egg/eggs
- (saying) to destroy something that would make you rich, successful, etc.Topics Difficulty and failurec2
silence is golden
- (saying) it is often best not to say anything
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