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bright

  • adjective
  • /ˈbɹaɪ̯t/

Emitting much light; visually dazzling; luminous, lucent, radiant.

Example

“The sky was remarkably bright and blue on that beautiful summer day.”

Other meanings

  1. Of light: brilliant, intense.

    “Could you please dim the light? It’s far too bright.”

  2. Of an object, surface, etc.: reflecting much light; having a high lustre; gleaming, shiny.

Example sentences

  • “I can't sleep because it's too bright outside.”

    Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0

Word history

From Old English "berht".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “bright” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.