Meaning

26 senses
  1. Emitting much light; visually dazzling; luminous, lucent, radiant.

    The sky was remarkably bright and blue on that beautiful summer day.

    glänzend, hell, strahlend

    я́ркийjárkij, я́сныйjásnyj, све́тлыйsvétlyj

    яскра́вийjaskrávyj, сві́тлийsvítlyj

    emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts

  2. Of light: brilliant, intense.

    Could you please dim the light? It’s far too bright.

  3. Of an object, surface, etc.: reflecting much light; having a high lustre; gleaming, shiny.

  4. Of a place: not dark; well-lit.

  5. Of climate or weather: not cloudy or gloomy; fair; also, of a period of time, the sky, etc.: characterized by much sunshine and good weather.

  6. (figuratively)Clearly apparent; conspicuous.

  7. (figuratively)Of a colour: not muted or pale; bold, brilliant, vivid.

  8. (figuratively)Of an object, surface, etc.: having vivid colour(s); colourful.

    The orange and blue walls of the sitting room were much brighter than the dull grey walls of the kitchen.

  9. (figuratively)Of a musical instrument, sound, or a voice: clearly audible; clear, resounding, and often high-pitched.

  10. (figuratively)Of a room or other place: having acoustic qualities that tend to cause much echoing or reverberation of sound, particularly at high frequencies.

  11. (figuratively)Of a scent or taste: having an agreeable balance of sweet and sour, often with associations of coolness, freshness, and sometimes aromaticity.

  12. (figuratively)Of a scent or taste: not bland or mild; bold, sharp, strong.

Examples

772 sentences
  1. A bright idea occurred to me.

    Мені в голову прийшла блискуча ідея.

    ruМне в голову пришла блестящая идея.

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  2. They painted their house bright yellow.

    Вони пофарбували свій будинок у яскраво-жовтий колір.

    deSie strichen ihr Haus hellgelb.

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  3. The moon was bright last night.

    Минулої ночі місяць світив яскраво.

    ruЛуна была яркой прошлой ночью.

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  4. Tom is an extremely bright man.

    Том надзвичайно розумна людина.

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  5. I think that Tom is bright.

    Я думаю, що Том розумний.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant:
Русский
By meaning 3
of a colour: not muted or pale — see also bold, vivid:
emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant:
having a clear, quick intellect — see also intelligent:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
of a colour: not muted or pale — see also bold, vivid:
emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant:
in good spirits — see also happy, optimistic:
having a clear, quick intellect — see also intelligent:

Origin

The adjective is from Middle English bright, from Old English berht, beorht, bryht, byrht,

The adjective is from Middle English bright, from Old English berht, beorht, bryht, byrht, from Proto-West Germanic *berht, from Proto-Germanic *berhtaz (“bright”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵ- (“to gleam, shine, whiten”).

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Forms

brighter, brightest
Comparativebrighter Lesson
Superlativebrightest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

111 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

214 antonyms

Word family

39 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • is a bright
  • bright red
  • a bright future
  • is very bright
  • a bright kid
  • bright boy
  • a bright boy
  • bright kid
  • bright future
  • a bright student
  • a bright guy
  • a very bright

See also

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