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Definition of Bright

1. Adjective. Emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts. "A bright sunlit room"

2. Adverb. With brightness. "The windows glowed jewel bright"

3. Adjective. Having striking color. "A bird with vivid plumage"

4. Adjective. Characterized by quickness and ease in learning. "Smart children talk earlier than the average"

5. Adjective. Having lots of light either natural or artificial. "A stage bright with spotlights"

6. Adjective. Made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow. "Shiny black patents"

7. Adjective. Splendid. "The bright pageantry of court"

8. Adjective. Not made dim or less bright. "Surprisingly the curtain started to rise while the houselights were still undimmed"

9. Adjective. Clear and sharp and ringing. "The brilliant sound of the trumpets"

10. Adjective. Characterized by happiness or gladness. "All the world seems bright and gay"

11. Adjective. Full or promise. "A hopeful new singer on Broadway"

Definition of Bright

1. v. i. See Brite, v. i.

2. a. Radiating or reflecting light; shedding or having much light; shining; luminous; not dark.

3. n. Splendor; brightness.

4. adv. Brightly.

Definition of Bright

1. Proper noun. (surname) ¹

2. Adjective. Visually dazzling; luminous, lucent, clear, radiant; not dark. ¹

3. Adjective. Intelligent, brilliant. ¹

4. Adjective. Vivid, colourful, brilliant. ¹

5. Adjective. Happy. ¹

6. Noun. An artists brush used in oil and acrylic painting with a long ferrule and a flat, somewhat tapering bristle head. ¹

7. Noun. A neologism intended as a positive-sounding umbrella term to describe various kinds of non-religious and non-superstitious people. (There is a Wikipedia article on this usage.) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bright

1. emitting much light [adj BRIGHTER, BRIGHTEST] : BRIGHTLY [adv] / a light-hued tobacco [n -S]

Medical Definition of Bright

1. 1. Radiating or reflecting light; shedding or having much light; shining; luminous; not dark. "The sun was bright o'erhead." (Longfellow) "The earth was dark, but the heavens were bright." (Drake) "The public places were as bright as at noonday." (Macaulay) 2. Transmitting light; clear; transparent. "From the brightest wines He 'd turn abhorrent." (Thomson) 3. Having qualities that render conspicuous or attractive, or that affect the mind as light does the eye; resplendent with charms; as, bright beauty. "Bright as an angel new-dropped from the sky." (Parnell) 4. Having a clear, quick intellect; intelligent. 5. Sparkling with wit; lively; vivacious; shedding cheerfulness and joy around; cheerful; cheery. "Be bright and jovial among your guests." (Shak) 6. Illustrious; glorious. "In the brightest annals of a female reign." (Cotton) 7. Manifest to the mind, as light is to the eyes; clear; evident; plain. "That he may with more ease, with brighter evidence, and with surer success, draw the bearner on." (I. Watts) 8. Of brilliant colour; of lively hue or appearance. "Here the bright crocus and blue violet grew." (Pope) Bright is used in composition in the sense of brilliant, clear, sunny, etc.; as, bright-eyed, bright-haired, bright-hued. Synonym: Shining, splending, luminous, lustrous, brilliant, resplendent, effulgent, refulgent, radiant, sparkling, glittering, lucid, beamy, clear, transparent, illustrious, witty, clear, vivacious, sunny. Origin: OE. Briht, AS. Beorht, briht; akin to OS. Berht, OHG. Beraht, Icel. Bjartr, Goth. Bairhts. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bright

brigadistas brigalow brigalows brigand brigandage brigandages brigandine brigandines brigandish brigandism

brigandisms brigands brigantine brigantines brigge bright (current term) bright's disease bright-eyed bright-eyed and bushy-tailed bright-line rule

bright and morning star bright as a new penny(p) bright blue bright eyed and bushy tailed bright field bright field illumination bright field imaging bright field microscopy bright line

Literary usage of Bright

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1915)
"61 Cygni is not nearly so bright as a Lyne. but has a very great angular movement ... Thus when a bright star and faint star are looked at, one half of the ..."

2. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1888)
"The green line will be seei bright, while D is dark. In the bodies in which these phenomena apparently ..."

3. Biographical Memoirs by National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) (1895)
"dark lines they must coincide with bright ones, or at least must agree with the interspaces between the dark Hues. Moreover, in the above paper the ..."

4. Dictionary of national biography by Leslie Stephen, Sidney Lee (1901)
"Its introduction was preceded by a conference between bright and Lord John Russell, ... Monckton Millies was of opinion that Lord John bound bright over to ..."

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