bright
Something that has vivid colours or a lustrous appearanceSomething (especially a product intended for sale) that has vivid colours or a lustrous appearance.
Meaning
5 senses(in the plural)Something (especially a product intended for sale) that has vivid colours or a lustrous appearance.
A person with a naturalistic worldview with no mystical or supernatural elements.
An artist's brush used in acrylic and oil painting with a long ferrule and a flat, somewhat tapering bristle head.
(archaic, literary)Brightness, glow.
(archaic, figuratively, literary)Glory, splendour.
Examples
772 sentencesA bright idea occurred to me.
Мені в голову прийшла блискуча ідея. — deniko
ruМне в голову пришла блестящая идея. — odexed
They painted their house bright yellow.
Вони пофарбували свій будинок у яскраво-жовтий колір. — ChickenKiev
deSie strichen ihr Haus hellgelb. — Zaghawa
The moon was bright last night.
Минулої ночі місяць світив яскраво. — ascolto
ruЛуна была яркой прошлой ночью. — corvard
Tom is an extremely bright man.
Том надзвичайно розумна людина. — deniko
I think that Tom is bright.
Я думаю, що Том розумний. — deniko
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
plural: brightsSynonyms
2 synonymsAntonyms
2 antonymsCollocations
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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