- [countable, uncountable] the colour of blood or fire
- She often wears red.
- The woman blushed a deep shade of red.
- red of something the bright red of her blouse
- the reds and browns of the woods in the fall (= of the leaves)
- I've marked the corrections in red (= in red ink).
- The traffic lights were on red.
Homophones read | redread redTopics Colours and Shapesa1/red//red/- read verb (past tense, past participle of read)
- Have you read his new novel yet?
- red adjective
- She's that girl over there in the red dress.
- red noun
- The red of the setting sun glowed on the horizon.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- glow
- go
- turn
- …
- really
- very
- completely
- …
- bright
- brilliant
- fiery
- …
- red and blotchy
- red and puffy
- red and swollen
- …
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- [uncountable, countable] red wine
- Would you prefer red or white?
- an Italian red
- [countable] (informal, disapproving, politics) an offensive word for a communist or socialist compare pinkoTopics Politicsc1
Word OriginOld English rēad, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch rood and German rot, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin rufus, ruber, Greek eruthros, and Sanskrit rudhira ‘red’.
Idioms
See red in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee red in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishbe in the red
- (informal) to owe money to your bank because you have spent more than you have in your account
- The company has plunged $37 million into the red.
- My account is $100 in the red.
see red
- (informal) to become very angry
- People who drop litter make me see red.
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