Meaning

3 senses
  1. (literary, often)In a bright manner; brightly, glowingly, luminously, lustrously.

  2. (figuratively)Referring to colour: with bold or vivid colours; brightly, boldly, vividly.

  3. (archaic, figuratively)Referring to sight, sound, understanding, etc.: clearly, distinctly; brightly.

More definitions
  • with brightness

Examples

772 sentences
  1. A bright idea occurred to me.

    Мені в голову прийшла блискуча ідея. — deniko

    ruМне в голову пришла блестящая идея. — odexed

  2. They painted their house bright yellow.

    Вони пофарбували свій будинок у яскраво-жовтий колір. — ChickenKiev

    deSie strichen ihr Haus hellgelb. — Zaghawa

  3. The moon was bright last night.

    Минулої ночі місяць світив яскраво. — ascolto

    ruЛуна была яркой прошлой ночью. — corvard

  4. Tom is an extremely bright man.

    Том надзвичайно розумна людина. — deniko

  5. I think that Tom is bright.

    Я думаю, що Том розумний. — deniko

Origin

From Middle English brighte (“brightly; (figuratively) brilliantly, lustrously; of colour:

From Middle English brighte (“brightly; (figuratively) brilliantly, lustrously; of colour: boldly, vividly; clearly, distinctly; of voice: loudly”) [and other forms], from Old English breohte, beorhte (West Saxon) [and other forms], ultimately from Proto-Germanic *berhtaz (“bright, shining”); see further at etymology 1.

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Forms

more bright, most bright
Comparativemore bright Lesson
Superlativemost bright

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

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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