Meaning of red In English

• 0 of the colour of fresh blood:

  • red lipstick

  • The dress was bright red.

  • Look, you've embarrassed him - he's gone bright red!

• 1 the colour of fresh blood:

  • She uses a lot of reds and pinks in her paintings.

  • I've always worn a lot of red.

  • She was dressed all in red.

• 2 a person who has socialist or communist political opinions

• 3 relating to socialist or communist political opinions:

  • People are accusing each other of being "Red spies".

  • The Red Scare of the 1950s consisted of a panic-stricken fear of communism.

• 4 (of) the color of fresh blood:

  • red gloves

  • [ U ] She wore red.

  • [ C ] These reds don’t match.

• 5 a communist (= a person who believes in shared ownership of property and control of the methods of production)

• 6 a company or organization that is in the red has lost money in a particular period:

  • Currently the group is in the red by $1.7 million.

  • Almost all stocks on the FTSE 250 were in the red and the index finished 426.8 points lower.

  • Increasing numbers of people are finding their bank balances in the red once they've paid their monthly bills.

• 7 into a situation where you are losing money after making a profit:

  • go/fall/slide into the red Many technology firms have fallen deep into the red after a collapse in revenues from the telecoms industry.

  • go/fall/slide into the red Stock markets slid into the red by late morning.