Meaning

1 senses

  1. To cut (a diamond) with many facets, to make it into a brilliant.

Examples

215 sentences

  1. That's a brilliant idea.

    Це чудова ідея! — deniko

    ruЭто блестящая идея. — Maksimo

    deDas ist eine brillante Idee. — Wolf

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  2. You're a brilliant photographer.

    Ти чудовий фотограф. — deniko

    ruТы замечательный фотограф. — odexed

    deDu bist eine hervorragende Fotografin. — Yorwba

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  3. She has a brilliant future.

    Її чекає блискуче майбутнє. — ascolto

    ruУ неё блестящее будущее. — marafon

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  4. Tom has a brilliant future.

    У Тома блискуче майбутнє. — deniko

    ruУ Тома блестящее будущее. — marafon

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  5. Tom's idea is brilliant.

    Ідея Тома геніальна. — deniko

    deToms Idee ist brillant. — Melang

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Origin

Borrowed from French brillant (late 17th century), present participle of the verb briller,

Borrowed from French brillant (late 17th century), present participle of the verb briller, from Italian brillare, possibly from Latin berillus, beryllus (“a beryl, gem, eyeglass”), from Ancient Greek βήρυλλος (bḗrullos, “beryl”). By surface analysis, French brill(er) + -i- + -ant.

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Forms

brilliants, brillianting, brillianted, brillianted
Base formbrilliant · to brilliant
3rd person singularbrilliants
Present participlebrillianting
Past simplebrillianted
Past participlebrillianted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybrilliant
he, she, itbrilliants

Past simpleLesson

all personsbrillianted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave brillianted
he, she, ithas brillianted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill brilliant

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

4 patterns
  • is a brilliant
  • a brilliant idea
  • has a brilliant
  • brilliant idea

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
brightenbrightlyB1brightnessbrilliancebrilliantlyB2brimC2

Dictionary 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.

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