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brilliant
Adjective
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If something is brilliant, it gives off a lot of light.
It was evening with the brilliant colors of sunset shining through the trees.
The sun's light was so brilliant that I needed to close my eyes.
The sky was a brilliant blue that day, and the air was cold.
He noticed a brilliant star in the sky.
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If something is brilliant, it is very good.
Truly brilliant ideas can sound crazy at first.
She wrote a book about her brilliant career in television.
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If a person is brilliant, they are very intelligent.
He was a brilliant teacher.
black
Noun
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The darkest color; with no light; the color of the sky at night.
He stood alone in the black of the night.
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Blacks are people of a race with dark coloured skin.
There were many whites, some blacks and native Americans, and a few Asians.
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If a company is in the black, it is making a profit. (opposite = in the red)
It took a year for the restaurant to get in the black.
black
Adjective
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colored black
The black dog was the color of night.
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If someone is black, they belong to a race with dark-coloured skin.
It's still difficult for a black person to become a manager.
About 30 percent of Southfield's 80,000 citizens are black.
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About a race with dark-coloured skin.
More and more universities are offering courses in black history.
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Black coffee or tea has no milk in it.
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If something is black, it is very bad.
The day the war started was a black day in history.
black
Verb
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If you black something, you color it black.
He blacked his boots before the party.
They blacked out the windows so the light would not be seen outside.
A number of lines in the report were blacked out.
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If you black out, you stop seeing and hearing everything around you and you fall down.
After his tenth beer, he blacked out and we couldn't wake him up.
bn
Abbreviation
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A shortened form of billion.
The country's GDP was $850bn.