bright
Often followed by up: to cast light onOften followed by up: to cast light on (someone or something); to brighten, to illuminate.
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Meaning
3 senses(UK, dialectal, transitive)Often followed by up: to cast light on (someone or something); to brighten, to illuminate.
(UK, dialectal, figuratively, transitive)Often followed by up: to cause (someone or something) to be bright (in various senses); to brighten; specifically, to make (someone or something) energetic, or happy and optimistic.
(UK, also, dialectal, figuratively, intransitive)Often followed by up: to become bright (in various senses); to brighten.
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
From Middle English brighten (“to illuminate; to become light, dawn; (figuratively) to cleFrom Middle English brighten (“to illuminate; to become light, dawn; (figuratively) to cleanse, purify; to clarify, explain”) [and other forms], from Old English beorhtian (“to brighten, shine; to sound clearly or loudly”) [and other forms], probably from beorht (“bright, clear”, adjective) (see further at etymology 1) + -ian (suffix forming verbs from adjectives and nouns). Later uses of the word are probably also derived from the adjective.
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Forms
brights, brighting, brighted, brightedSynonyms
78 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
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
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.