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W2S2 [braıt] adj comparative brighter superlative brightest

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1¦(light)¦

2¦(sunny)¦

3¦(intelligent)¦

4¦(colours)¦

5¦(cheerful)¦

6¦(successful)¦

7 as bright as a button

8 look on the bright side

9 bright and early

10 bright spark

11 bright and breezy

12 bright-eyed and bushy-tailed

13 the bright lights

14 bright spot

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[: Old English; Origin: beorht]

1.) ¦(LIGHT)¦

shining strongly, or with plenty of light

▪ Her eyes were hurting from the bright lights.

▪ The buildings looked lovely in the bright sunshine.

▪ a large bright room

2.) ¦(SUNNY)¦

if the weather is bright, the sun is shining and there is a lot of light

≠ ↑dull

▪ The weather was bright and sunny.

▪ a bright autumn day

3.) ¦(INTELLIGENT)¦

intelligent and able to learn things quickly

▪ He was an exceptionally bright child.

▪ a bright ambitious young man

▪ He is constantly coming up with bright ideas for making money.

4.) ¦(COLOURS)¦

bright colours are strong and easy to see

▪ a bright red jumper

▪ I never wear bright colours.

5.) ¦(CHEERFUL)¦

happy and full of energy

▪ Her voice was bright and cheerful.

▪ She gave him a bright smile.

▪ He looked up at me with bright eyes.

6.) ¦(SUCCESSFUL)¦

if the future looks bright, you think that something will be successful

= ↑promising

▪ The school's future now looks very bright.

▪ I'm sure the company has a bright future now.

7.) as bright as a button

very intelligent and full of energy

8.) look on the bright side

to see the good points in a situation that seems to be bad

▪ Come on, try to look on the bright side.

9.) bright and early

very early in the morning

▪ He was up bright and early, keen to get started.

10.) bright spark informal

someone who says or does something that they think is intelligent but is really wrong or stupid

▪ Some bright spark thought the building was on fire and called the fire brigade.

11.) bright and breezy

happy and confident

12.) bright-eyed and bushy-tailed

happy and full of energy

13.) the bright lights

the interesting exciting life in a big city

▪ She missed the bright lights of London.

14.) bright spot

an event or a period of time that is more pleasant when everything else is unpleasant

▪ The only bright spot of the weekend was our trip to the theatre.

>brightly adv

▪ The sun shone brightly.

▪ brightly-coloured clothes

▪ She smiled brightly.

>brightness n [U]

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Synonyms:

Luminous, shining, resplendent, glowing, lustrous, beaming, gleaming, glittering, glistening, glistering, twinkling, beaming, shimmering, sparkling, scintillating, scintillant, coruscating, flashing, flaming, blazing, dazzling, irradiant, radiant, brilliant, effulgent, refulgent, splendid, luminiferous, luciferous, light, vivid, nitid, sheeny, glossy, burnished, sunny, orient, noon-day, meridian, noontide, fulgid, fulgent, beamy, silvery, argent / Clear, transparent, lucid, pellucid, lucent, lambent, cloudless, untroubled, limpid / Illustrious, glorious, famous / Acute, ingenious, discerning, keen / Auspicious, cheering, promising, propitious, encouraging, favorable, enlivening, inspiriting, exhilarating, inspiring / Merry, lively, cheerful, cheery, happy, sprightly, genial, smiling, pleasant, animated, vivacious, Brightness, light, splendor, effulgence, sheen, radiance, lustre, luminosity, luminousness

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bright — [brīt] adj. [ME < OE bryht, earlier beorht < IE base * bher eg , to gleam, white > BIRCH, Goth bairhts] 1. shining with light that is radiated or reflected; full of light 2. clear or brilliant in color or sound; vivid or intense 3.… … English World dictionary
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