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bright English

Meaning bright meaning

What does bright mean?
Definitions in simple English

bright

If something is bright it gives out or fills with much light. The sun is very bright during summer. The bright room had a lot of windows. A person who is bright is clever and intelligent. Tom is a bright child.

bright

emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts the sun was bright and hot a bright sunlit room (= brilliant, vivid) having striking color bright dress brilliant tapestries a bird with vivid plumage (= smart) characterized by quickness and ease in learning some children are brighter in one subject than another smart children talk earlier than the average having lots of light either natural or artificial the room was bright and airy a stage bright with spotlights splendid the bright stars of stage and screen a bright moment in history the bright pageantry of court (= burnished, lustrous, shining, shiny) made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow bright silver candlesticks a burnished brass knocker she brushed her hair until it fell in lustrous auburn waves rows of shining glasses shiny black patents (= brilliantly) with brightness the stars shone brilliantly the windows glowed jewel bright (= brilliant) clear and sharp and ringing the bright sound of the trumpet section the brilliant sound of the trumpets characterized by happiness or gladness bright faces all the world seems bright and gay (= hopeful, promising) full or promise had a bright future in publishing the scandal threatened an abrupt end to a promising political career a hopeful new singer on Broadway (= undimmed) not made dim or less bright undimmed headlights surprisingly the curtain started to rise while the houselights were still undimmed

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Simple sentences

You look happy, so bright and early.
Nickel is a hard, bright silver metal.
You're a bright boy.
Tom's a bright boy.
This bird has a bright plumage.
I was blinded by the bright sun.
Tom doesn't like bright lights.
You have a bright future.
It was a bright and clear Sunday morning.
The candles made the room bright.
That's a bright idea.
The mother may well be proud of her bright son.
The day was bright, nor were there clouds above.
The star is so bright as to be seen with the naked eye.
Everybody was bright at the party.
But his eyes were blue and bright.
Edison was not a bright student.
The blood was bright red.
The moon is shining bright.
My mind is as bright and clean as a stainless mirror.
The sky is clear and the sun is bright.
The sky was bright and clear.
Cows are anything but bright.
I saw something very bright fly across the night sky.
Bright ideas never occur to me.
A very bright idea came to my mind.

Movie subtitles

I see that fear has darkened that once bright face of yours.
I'm really not in the mood to see the bright side.
Look for dried red fruits, a medium body, and a bright, mouthwatering acidity.
On the bright side, we can eliminate Crazy Pete and Victoria Speigleman though.
She came into assembly with her eyes bright red from crying one day, and wouldn't say why.
Well, you might if some of the bright young men around here had anything to do with it, wouldn't you?
You're the bright lad that's never been scooped.
How do you think you're going to get it, my bright little bird?
It was altogether too big and too bright.
A bright dress.
That place we passed with the wonderful bright lights.
All right, tell my public that Carl Denam, the bright boy. who was going to make a million dollars out of King Kong, is flat broke.
May the bright flame of our enthusiasm never be extinguished.
You're up bright and early this morning.
But let me peep at your face to see whether your eyes are bright or dull.
You know, these bright young people make one feel awfully old at times.
It just makes the whole world bright.
Well, even you look bright this morning.
Very bright In his studies.
I'll go fetch the bright-eyed little thing.
Free to live as a woman. Free to take my place in the bright world of the living, instead of among the shadows of the dead.
You know, I didn't realize what a bright, upstanding young man you were.
When she starts to feel dizzy, everything inside her goggles will fade to a bright white light -- another cue to the brain to trigger the surge.
Yeah, that bright young lawyer.
Bright sun.
Bright old fellow.
Well, the future looks very bright.
All shined up nice and bright, ain't they?
He doesn't know if it's cloudy or bright.

News and current affairs

And yet, despite these bright spots, international cooperation on issues ranging from regional conflicts to the protection of global public goods remains weak.
Anybody - and any idea - can be sold with a bright ribbon and a catchy jingle.
From Cordoba 1000 years ago to California today, the most intellectually stimulating places are crossroads for bright people from different cultures.
That bitter memory of oppression and exploitation lingers in the minds of too many Chinese like the afterimage of a bright light long after it has been turned off.
As a new Europe began showing its face, the single currency was the bright creation of visionaries who saw the chance of making an even tighter relationship between European countries.
But is the torch still burning bright?
The result is that it is not uncommon for a bright, productive young professor in America to earn as much, if not more, than older and less productive colleagues.
The EU is no super-state striding bravely into a bright new dawn.
True, there are bright spots: India, Spain, and the United Kingdom are beating expectations.
As a result, a proliferation of financial providers is likely, with particularly bright prospects for institutional partnerships that combine the more agile existing platforms with exciting new content and approaches.
Only the bright light of democratic transparency can remove such impediments; our government is determined to help it shine through.
What is immediately striking is Clinton's youthful appearance, bright laugh, and blue eyes that appear a little too round when she gazes at us with curiosity.
Some Iranian reformers and exiles put a bright face on Ahmadinejad's election, arguing that his administration is more likely to show the regime's real face and disabuse any Western hopes of compromise.
One bright day last September, Icarosaurus, the famous fossil of a Triassic Age gliding reptile, which had exited the halls of the American Museum of Natural History a decade earlier, was brought back to New York to roost.
There are bright spots, of course.
WASHINGTON, DC - It is graduation season in many countries, a time when classes of bright and fortunate young people don their caps and gowns, receive their diplomas, and hear advice from their elders.
Emerging-market growth is the world's bright spot and looks to be sustainable even as the advanced countries experience an extended period of rebalancing and slow growth.
On that bright Sunday morning, as spring turned to summer, voters wasted little time in dispatching Poland's communists to the abattoir.
On the contrary, he must change the conversation to reassure voters that their economic future is bright.
PRINCETON - As Egypt trembles on the brink of civil war, with alarming levels of violence and hardening divisions on all sides, it is hard to find a truly bright spot anywhere in the Middle East or North Africa.
Serbia has a bright future with the EU, but getting there requires that it break with its own past - on both Kosovo and the atrocities of the Milosevic era.
This historic step cannot be taken through the bureaucratic backdoor, but only in the bright light of democratic politics.
And, although the future does not look bright for Hezbollah, it is not likely to relinquish its power without a fight.

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